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winston
King
Ee ecky thump
Mar 99
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posted March 20, 2001 08:17
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Well, I do. It's the only way I can be sure to move my units the way I intended to. It takes a little away from the illusuion of moving through real terrain, but after a while, you hardly notice it. Anyway, this works for me.  I also like to have the game run at the medium zoom in-rate, that is Shift-Z. Occasionally, I'll switch to the medium zoom out-rate, Shift-X - mainly when I have to move ships over relatively long distances.What are your preferences? Grid on or off, and what kind of zoom? |
Ming
Deity
ACS CivII/OTF Moderator
b.02-15-99
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posted March 20, 2001 08:23
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I play with the grid on. I've tried with it off, and it just doesn't feel right. But considering I'm an old board gamer...  As far as the Zoom goes, I play on the default setting, because that's what I'm used to. |
Tizzy
Warlord
Hey! That's Queen to you!
Aug 2000
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posted March 20, 2001 08:29
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I used to, when I first started playing, but I prefer to play without it now.
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DaveV
King
USA - EDT (GMT-5)
b.02-15-99
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posted March 20, 2001 08:40
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Grid on, always. I'd be lost without it. I even like the highlighted city radius that so offends some purists, since it helps me in laying out my cities. I nearly always play on the standard zoom (shift-z), since that setting looks the best to me. I zoom out sometimes late in the game when I get tired of the screen recentering constantly.Edited to change "zoom in" to "zoom out" in the last sentence.
[This message has been edited by DaveV (edited March 20, 2001).] |
Jay Bee
The Spanish Civilization II Site
La Jolla, California, USA
b.02-15-99
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posted March 20, 2001 08:59
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Grid off, always. I find the grid very aestethically unpleasant. Once you're used to it, the mistakes in unit moving are practically nil. Zoom at default too. |
Hasdrubal
Warlord
Carthage
May 2000
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posted March 20, 2001 09:09
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Grid off. Except when planning cities or moving triremes.
Zoom: one or two levels below default.(zoomed in) Also, as the game progresses I tend to zoom out. |
cpoulos
King
NY NY USA
Jan 2001
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posted March 20, 2001 09:33
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quote:
Originally posted by Ming on 03-20-2001 08:23 AM
But considering I'm an old board gamer...
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You also, eh? I started back in 76. I play with the grid off. I put it on to figure out city placement, and to see what areas need to be developed, but it goes right back off. I use maximum zoom, as I don't see to well anymore. 
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Paul
Emperor
Zwolle, The Netherlands
Mar 99
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posted March 20, 2001 10:21
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Grid on, but not the white city grid. That just looks ugly. Standard zoom, because that's what I'm used to. When I play a comparison game that was started by someone else the first thing I do is change all the options to my own preferences. |
Carolus Rex
King
Sweden
b.02-15-99
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posted March 20, 2001 11:22
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Grid always off, because the white lines mess the map up.Paul, how do you turn them off in MP? I downloaded a file for Civ 2 that took care of it, but haven't found one for MP. Zoom is one level in (I think) for sharper looking graphics. Carolus |
Marquis de Sodaq
Chieftain
Land o' Lakes
Jul 2000
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posted March 20, 2001 11:41
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The grid is always off, just for aesthetic reasons. I don't find it at all difficult to lay out cities properly or move units. You get used to it not being there, and it looks better.------------------
"There is no fortress impregnable to an ass laden with gold."
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Scouse Gits
King
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Nov 1999
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posted March 20, 2001 11:57
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Grid always on, otherwise the salvage companies become too rich on my triremes. I zoom in and out frequently.
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skrobism
Warlord
MKE,WI,USA
Oct 2000
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posted March 20, 2001 14:12
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I usually play with the grid on - medium zoom.------------------
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CYBERAmazon
Prince
United States of America
Feb 2000
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posted March 20, 2001 14:16
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Winston, et al.:I play with the map grid off, except when placing cities. Then it's on to make sure I get the maximum specials possible within the city's radius. CYBERAmazon |
wittlich
Prince
United States of America
Feb 2000
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posted March 20, 2001 14:21
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I play with the grid on - mainly because of my cities. I want to make sure they are close enough to be connected but not overlapping each other...and the best way for this is to have the grid turned on.
Concerning the zoom level, I leave it at its default setting since I'm use to it that way
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George Garrett
Warlord
Victoria. B.C. Canada
May 99
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posted March 20, 2001 14:31
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I find the grid essential to my play...if one miscalculates a target location, vital units could be lost (tiremes, besieging stacks, etc). I especially like it for "plotting" the course of my longer sea voyages.
It's never occured to me to use other than the default zoom...I must try it.
I was puzzled by the reference to cities...I wasn't aware that (in Civ2 anyway)there was an alternative way that they could be shown? And while we're on the subject of grids, can anyone tell me how/if I can show the co-ordinates on my playing map (Civ2)? I've tried DrFell's suggestion of clicking on the right-hand map, but no joy...yet on my map-editor the co-ordinates are plainly to be seen.
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Dissident
King
of the Mojave Desert and a freethinker
Feb 2000
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posted March 20, 2001 14:50
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I used to always have it on until I got my 19" monitor. With the new monitor the diaginal lines look very jagged and look like sh!t. so I only turn them on to verify my city grid before building a new city. |
DaveV
King
USA - EDT (GMT-5)
b.02-15-99
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posted March 20, 2001 15:00
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Originally posted by George Garrett on 03-20-2001 02:31 PMI've tried DrFell's suggestion of clicking on the right-hand map, but no joy...yet on my map-editor the co-ordinates are plainly to be seen.
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Try clicking the right mouse button on the main map. It's also worth noting that you can move the blinking cursor with the arrow keys once you're in this mode. Press the "V" key to go back to normal mode. |
Paul
Emperor
Zwolle, The Netherlands
Mar 99
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posted March 20, 2001 16:26
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Originally posted by Carolus Rex on 03-20-2001 11:22 AM
Grid always off, because the white lines mess the map up.Paul, how do you turn them off in MP? I downloaded a file for Civ 2 that took care of it, but haven't found one for MP.
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I copied the icons.gif from 2.42 into my MP directory. That's the iconsb.gif from the 2.42 patch, which you should rename to icons.gif to get rid of the white grid. It also works in the MP version. I don't play the MP version often, but I have never noticed any problems with this. |
Scouse Gits
King
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Nov 1999
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posted March 21, 2001 03:31
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Grid off - you soon get used to it and the aesthetics arem greater - but SG(2) prefers it on - see above -- so when we play together it goes on...------------------
Scouse Git[1] "Staring at your screen in horror and disbelief when you open a saved game is one of the fun things of a succession game " - Hueij
"The Great Library must be built!"
"A short cut has to be challenging,
were it not so it would be 'the way'." - Paul Craven |
War4ever
Prince
Vancouver Canada PST
May 2000
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posted March 21, 2001 10:28
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i prefer the grid on too.... normal settings for the zoom..... i guess whatever the default is. I played with it off for awhile and almost went stark raving mad. I noticed my military advisor complained of heavy losses and the city coordinator crying foul with poorly laid cities  |
George Garrett
Warlord
Victoria. B.C. Canada
May 99
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posted March 21, 2001 11:12
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Thanks, DaveV -will try this |
John-SJ
King
...as opposed to JohnT
Aug 1999
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posted March 21, 2001 11:34
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Map grid on, always! I prefer the default zoom level becuase of the unit clarity but sometimes late in the game on a large map I will zoom out a couple of levels to make moving units easier.John-SJ
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HsFB
Prince
Phobos, Martian System
Jan 2000
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posted March 21, 2001 14:27
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I use it off, with the standard zoom level (at a 1024*768 screen resolution) and only use the grid to fit cities as perfectly as possible |
The Mad Monk
King
of the Wild Frontier
Mar 2000
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posted March 21, 2001 22:23
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Always on in the early game, when knowing the exact content of each and every square is so critical; off otherwise for aesthetic reasons, unless doing some serious city planning...Standard zoom is typical, but changed as needed. |
Craftsman
Chieftain
Sao Leopoldo, RS State, Brazil
Feb 2001
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posted March 23, 2001 10:54
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Grid off (reason: aesthetics), unless I need to take a look in a new city location or to control some trirremes.
Standard zoom (Shift+z).
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paiktis22
Warlord
Athens Greece
Oct 2000
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posted March 23, 2001 21:12
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Grid always on. I made the mistake of not switching it off and learning to play without it and now it's too late. The terrain looks so much better without tho. Oh, well I play one «zoom» closer than the regular because for some reason the untis feel more «real» to me like that. As the game advances I zoom in and out according to the needs of quick orientatio. |
Craftsman
Chieftain
Sao Leopoldo, RS State, Brazil
Feb 2001
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posted March 24, 2001 00:37
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Hello, paiktis22!Try again! If you like realism, than your games are going to be more realistic without that grid annoying the landscape view...
My very first games were with the grid. But I felt that I was missing something with that grid polluting my view... So I turned it off!
I became a little confused on the beggining, but it is worth the effort!
Thanks for your time! |
colossus
Warlord
Hong Kong
Nov 1999
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posted March 25, 2001 02:16
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Always grid on, standard zoom. |
Dhalsim
Settler
England
Feb 2001
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posted March 25, 2001 05:39
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Off, except for city placement or if I'm sending a bomber over a distance.
Zoom 1 or 2 out.------------------
Yoga Flame |
Fiera
Prince
From Hispania (like Maximus)
Mar 2000
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posted March 25, 2001 23:21
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Always off... otherwise is ugly. I don't feel surprised that Jay Bee felt the same... I guess that all scenario creators/players turn off the grid... I even create my maps with the grid off... |
Ecthelion
Emperor
of the German Reich =)
Mar 2000
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posted March 26, 2001 11:24
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I play with the grid off... I do activate it for checking city overlapping and city locating stuff similar to this occasionally though |
drake
King
of Malden, MA, US
Oct 2000
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posted March 26, 2001 11:40
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No grids, standard zoom. The way civ was meant |
Earwicker
Chieftain
Washington, DC, USA
Mar 99
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posted March 26, 2001 22:50
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Like so many others, grid off except for placing new cities. I use the 'v' glowing square for moving triremes and airplanes instead of the grid. |
ColdWizard
King
Nothing...... anybody seen my crown?
Feb 2000
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posted March 27, 2001 20:35
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grid on and standard zoomi've played with the grid off and my city placement gets even worse than it usually is |
Sirotnikov
King
Israel
Feb 2000
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posted April 03, 2001 14:42
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Grid on including the white lines. Helps a lot to figure out when you're being invaded . I also am a perfectionst when building cities and often get very annoyed when the square fitting for me to build a city on it is made of some ****ty terrain or worse - is ocean. |
kyrie_asini
Warlord
of a strange new world
Jan 2001
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posted April 04, 2001 02:50
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Grid off (except right before I build a city just to make sure I'm not being stupid in my place ment... never messed with the zoom... seeing as I play on bcr3's computer, I don't want to mess with his settings too much. |
Thoddy
Settler
Hannover, Germany
Jan 2001
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posted April 04, 2001 09:48
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Grid on, white lines, standard zoom. |
Ilkuul
Warlord
of Thame (UK)
Mar 2000
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posted April 06, 2001 20:14
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Me too, grid on, standard zoom (occasional zooming out for long sea voyages, etc.) -- and especially the white city grid! Maybe I'm a bit slow or something, but that really helps me identify ZOC's, terrain to improve, etc. |
HsFB
Prince
Phobos, Martian System
Jan 2000
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posted April 08, 2001 05:29
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and i got the patch which turns the white city grid into thinner dotted lines...I HATE the solid white lines whivh are the deafult... |
paiktis22
Warlord
Athens Greece
Oct 2000
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posted April 09, 2001 14:23
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Emm, could you be so kind as to reveal the location of this aesthetically prevalent patch?! Thanx P.S. Who wants to come with me and raid the offices of Firaxis and steal civ 3 (well not steal, just make a copy). I really can't wait much longer
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