17-01-2002 21:26									#1
	Hello I'm new to the Civilization games Got spare money?

THEY R SOO KOOL.
Sorry for the outburst, but I played freeciv and loved it and I came to htis site from www.freeciv.org and dlded the techdemo and was really inpressed by the image quality and artwork. I must admit there really needs alot of work bfore it becomes incredibly great game and reaches the level of free civ, currently though the gfx surpass that of freeciv.
Here is my input of what needs to be improved (i don't mean any disrespect):

Ai= needs quake 2 massive 1 improvement bfore it bcomes fun playing against the ai, i really love playing against ai.

shortcuts= beleive me it's trouble the current way of movement without any shortcuts and without being able to erase movement paths once set but not executed, as well as shortcuts to as much as possible would be incredibly awesome considering currently it's a massive hassle just moving.

gui= bloody confusing and hard to use.

what I hope to see:

An RPG system with leveling up etc... for units also that u can place units inside heros (heroes of might and magic 3 series)

Game ai (in difficulty, pathifinding etc...) able to scale with processors: I would love the ai to take full advantage of the power of the intel p4 processor.

A better gui, less confusing interface etc...

shortcuts.

maps only limited by your ram.

Mebe some basic opengl special effects added like fireballs from enemy attacking your castle from their seige garrison.

I love your work and I'm pretty sure in a few months you guys will surpass all my expectatoins, I have very high hopes with this project (amazingly more then with freeciv), also you guys progress fast as well which is a very big strength, this project has xtrmely great crew as well as web page and strengths and I love the work and effort being placed into it.

Thank you.

	17-01-2002 22:14									#2
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Hey KILER, thanks for the feedback!

Much of the stuff you're looking for will be coming along at some point. Even the Heros should be possible Waaaay down the line. But we have a lot to do first, as you know.

You Can cancel a movement order. Right-click on the TF in the units box, and near the bottom is "Cancel orders".

Cya,

Mark

	17-01-2002 22:20									#3
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Thanks for the feedback.

quote: and without being able to erase movement paths once set but not executed,

Actually, you can erase them (in the right button menu, you have a cancel orders option).

I note your gripe for shortcuts, what gui improvements would you most like or what do you find most hard-to-use/ugly? We know gui needs a lot of work, but it is a lot of things, so any specifics are welcome. If you could post any specific remarks/enhancement requests in the Demo6 Comments and Bug Reports thread, it would be great!
Character model is in, though far from being coded, but we can very probably have hero units in mods.
AI is very silly right now, but we have plans of doing much better...

	18-01-2002 08:55									#4
	cool Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

I would like the gui to take alot less room, as well as a bit colourfull would look nice, and have a slight fashion to it so it would look really medivel instead of Micro$oft.
Thanks

BTW I just finished the map where u and other 6 cities are and I won this time, I must admit the Ai in demo 6 is quite a chellenge at first, I eventualy beat it with brute force.

Last edited by KILER on 18-01-2002 at 10:39