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Having played GalCiv for about a week now, I am still not completely friends with its UI. This might partly be because I don’t know the proper workarounds for my problems, so I am grateful for non-patch-solutions. I would also like you to keep this thread free of any balancing issues and just focus on the presentation of data.
What the UI really lacks is hyperlinks.
1. Military and social production: Where the heck is the star system of that colony located I am supposed to assign to a new project? Was it the one deep in enemy territory (so I go for influence/cultural resist) or was it one of my core systems (where I might go for a wonder/trade good).
Ideally, I want to see the minimap while making these decisions with all the flags available (sector ownership/populations centers..)
The speedy solution to this seems rather simple, since it has already been done on the negotiations screen: There you can right-click on an system to get its location in the galaxy. Just implement the same hyperlink here. I really need this feature for my own colonies also!
2. Research area: What IS that nifty-sounding social project actually going to do and at what costs? It has been pointed out elsewhere that first researching into the blue and checking the effects afterwards is anything but satisfactory.
I am also missing a search option: I. e. what’s the quickest way to terraforming? Where is my next morale-increasing social project? Part of this is very nicely answered in webpages.charter.net/trevorpowdrell but I want it ingame and complete.
3. Speaking of the minimap: Why do I have to go to my trade screen to see my existing trade routes? Make it another flag for the usual minimap. It’s even more complicated for foreign trade routes now. Just add the ones my spies found out about.
Did I miss anything? I guess I did.
Please complete.
What the UI really lacks is hyperlinks.
1. Military and social production: Where the heck is the star system of that colony located I am supposed to assign to a new project? Was it the one deep in enemy territory (so I go for influence/cultural resist) or was it one of my core systems (where I might go for a wonder/trade good).
Ideally, I want to see the minimap while making these decisions with all the flags available (sector ownership/populations centers..)
The speedy solution to this seems rather simple, since it has already been done on the negotiations screen: There you can right-click on an system to get its location in the galaxy. Just implement the same hyperlink here. I really need this feature for my own colonies also!
2. Research area: What IS that nifty-sounding social project actually going to do and at what costs? It has been pointed out elsewhere that first researching into the blue and checking the effects afterwards is anything but satisfactory.
I am also missing a search option: I. e. what’s the quickest way to terraforming? Where is my next morale-increasing social project? Part of this is very nicely answered in webpages.charter.net/trevorpowdrell but I want it ingame and complete.
3. Speaking of the minimap: Why do I have to go to my trade screen to see my existing trade routes? Make it another flag for the usual minimap. It’s even more complicated for foreign trade routes now. Just add the ones my spies found out about.
Did I miss anything? I guess I did.
Please complete.
