21-04-2005 00:55									#1
	A pretty simple feature I would LOVE to see Inflate your Upload Space

How about an MSPaint style drawing tool that lets me mark up the map? I mean, when I'm planning out where my cities will go I would love to be able to just color in some tiles or outline the city so I know where to place the settler I'm sending out. There are other instances this would be helpful... make it visible to allies for coordinated attack plans, use it to denote temporary cities, mark a city that you want to do something with in a few turns so you don't forget... this should be reasonably simple to implement, and it would be a really cool little gadget that power-players would adore.

-Eric Hestand-

	21-04-2005 01:09									#2
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hmm.. awesome idea!

I'd love to see that too.

	21-04-2005 04:32									#3
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Awesome idea! This would help so much, as it would work also as a notepad feature, something someone suggested a little while a go. There are so many times when I've wanted to wait 2 turns to change the food/shield ratio and forgot it in about 20 secs, only to remember it when it's totally too late. I've also made strategic plans with Paint Shop Pro, which is neat, but slow. It would be like squashing 2 flys with the same hit.

	21-04-2005 10:16									#4
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BAH -- we don't need no kiddie-electronic crayons in this game.

	21-04-2005 10:23									#5
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So then, how do we go about suggesting this feature to the devs? Do they peruse this board regularly, or should we contact them more directly?

-Eric Hestand-

	21-04-2005 14:00									#6
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zenchronus:
Well while from the standpoint of someone in front of his keyboard it seems easy for a dev to just listen and implement an idea, the other side of the medal is that they would have too much people to listen to. So don't think about contacting them more directly, since it is as useful as trying to do so for Microsoft's or Motorola's devs But they do come on these boards to give a look, even if I have no idea how often.

	21-04-2005 14:11									#7
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It's been asked several times before, I really hope we will get it this time, same goes for something like post-it notes.

	21-04-2005 16:25									#8
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Something new in a civ game? Outrageous!

	21-04-2005 18:22									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Trifna But they do come on these boards to give a look, even if I have no idea how often.

Quite often. I see Soren's name on the active user list on a regular basis. He seems to be around often enough to read everything posted in this forum (Hi Soren! )

It's nice to have a game developer who listens to the fans...



Oh, and yes, I support the idea of markers, it's a nice and fun feature that I always use in those few games that have it.

	21-04-2005 22:41									#10
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quote: BAH -- we don't need no kiddie-electronic crayons in this game.

Speak for yourself!

I like the idea.

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	22-04-2005 08:03									#11
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I'm spending time in the Civ IV forum to see what the latest news is about the upcoming game.

	24-04-2005 11:36									#12
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I like the idea, it would make memory less important, a VERY nice thing in Long turn span PBEMs

	24-04-2005 14:51									#13
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Good Idea! I would like to mark squares, for new cities or workers jobs.

	24-04-2005 17:21									#14
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Great idea!

	25-04-2005 03:29									#15
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quote: Originally posted by zenchronus How about an MSPaint style drawing tool that lets me mark up the map? I mean, when I'm planning out where my cities will go I would love to be able to just color in some tiles or outline the city so I know where to place the settler I'm sending out. There are other instances this would be helpful... make it visible to allies for coordinated attack plans, use it to denote temporary cities, mark a city that you want to do something with in a few turns so you don't forget... this should be reasonably simple to implement, and it would be a really cool little gadget that power-players would adore. -Eric Hestand-

This would be a really neat feature indeed. But if you´re a real hardcore gamer you print out the map on your printer, put it on the wall and stick pins and flags in it to keep track of coming conquests and strategys

	25-04-2005 04:14									#16
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quote: Originally posted by Dr Zoidberg This would be a really neat feature indeed. But if you´re a real hardcore gamer you print out the map on your printer, put it on the wall and stick pins and flags in it to keep track of coming conquests and strategys

But you'd have to print out a new map every turn to keep it updated, which sort of defeats the purpose (and is a great waste of paper).

	26-04-2005 03:00									#17
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Not really, you could use different colours of pens to mark new borders and conqured/lost territory.

	28-04-2005 01:17									#18
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Now that I thought of this, I keep missing the feature in my current game of Civ3. Also nice would be a rearrangement of the turn phase structure. I'm playing a huge Earth map and most of the civs have around 30-40 cities... my memory is so terrible that when, say, an unwelcome ship comes traipsing into my territory, I'll say "I have to do something about that after the build phase." Unfortunately, by the time the build phase is over, I've forgotten about the ship. Next turn I'll think the same thing. When you have so many cities to manage, it's easy to forget everything else going on.

	28-04-2005 12:37									#19
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People with bad memory shouldn't be playing games like Civ in the first place.

	28-04-2005 20:20									#20
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I probably shouldn't be raising children, either... but I've managed to not leave my daughter in a car seat on top of my car, and I still haven't ever lost my capitol city in a game of Civ3. I think I'm doing okay.

Besides, having a crappy memory comes in handy sometimes. Think of all the virtual lives saved when I forget to start a war, or when I keep forgetting to mobilize or change governments to go to war. My simpeople are probably very glad of my forgetfullness. ^_^

-Eric-

	28-04-2005 22:12									#21
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well congratulations on utilizing your bad memory for the good of humanity

	29-04-2005 06:24									#22
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the good of SIMhumanity