18-10-2004 12:25									#1
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CIV4 should use a map based on hexes instead of squares.

At present, the square-based map in CIV3 has a few anomalies:
* City radius is an approximation of a circle
* Bombard range is a square
* A unit in a city that moves 2 squares out of the city is still within the city radius - except if it moves diagonally twice.

A hexagonal map has a few advantages over a square map:
* If using 2-d graphics, less unit animations are required
* The range of units is more like a circle
* A city radius can match the range of the units travelling to and from the city in all directions

How would the game look if it was hex-based? Not very different:
* Bombard would still be X tiles in each direction
* The city radius would encompass 19 tiles instead of 21

	18-10-2004 13:08									#2
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Thread #8463 on the subject...

	19-10-2004 06:41									#3
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quote: Originally posted by DRoseDARs Thread #8463 on the subject...

Yeah, I tried to search for other threads on this topic but I couldn't find how to do it.

Anyway, if it's been suggested before, it must be a popular idea.