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Galactic Civilizations II: Main Screen look and feel

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Galactic Civilizations II: Main Screen look and feel

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Here is a preview of what the main GalCiv UI will look like.

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A couple of points:

  • The Angle and zoom level will be adjustable. If you zoom out enogh, the map morphs into a tactical view of the galaxy (it's very cool and subtle).
  • You can look at the map top down or nearly at the same level.
  • As you can see, influence is no longer based on sectors. Sectors are purely for geographic use now.
  • What you can't see in this shot is that the night time side of planets has citiy lights (everything rotates, this isn't a static thing). The more crowded the planet, the more city lights there are.
  • You'll be able to play at any resolution from 1024x768 on up. So if you want to play on your 1440x1024 laptop, no problem, it'll play at that resolution and it won't look scaled. It has dyanmic interfaces throughout (In our opinion, the resolution independence tech here is superior to any strategy game ever. Most either scale all the graphics or simply just make the viewing screen bigger and everything else stays tiny. we have total control of how the UI changes at any resolution).
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Reply #26 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
exCELLent (fingers tenting)...
Reply #27 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
groups...

This way, political borders (influence) can change more dynamically throughout the game! I like it!
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Reply #28 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I like the interface to.Will it have the ability to change depending on your morality(good=white ,evil=red)?Haven't seen anything posted about the interface changing like GC1.
Reply #29 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
the mini map maximizing to the whole screen.
Reply #30 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
at war in a random event- or rebel and become an indy allied to you, or etc...
Reply #31 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Efthimios, check out our journals where I show screenshots of tactical mode.
Reply #32 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
It looks great. I like the frontiers...any chance for neutral zones where no one can pass (as agreed in a deal?).
Reply #33 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
g the whole galaxy) appearing in (almost) full screen mode to easily see that map. Or were you suggesting that because of something else I said?
Reply #34 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Isn't there something like this in GC I and AP now? From the planets screen there is a tactical screen that might be enhanced to give you what you're looking for.
Reply #35 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Heh? I have no idea what you are talking about elmo3.
Reply #36 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
ing on what button you select over on the right hand display. Right now the tactical display doesn't show much but it could be expaned to cover a lot of things you mentioned like influence, scan ranges, waypoints, etc.
Reply #37 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Efthimios, my point was that when you're zoomed out in tactical mode, you'll pretty much get what you're asking for.  I think.

As I mentioned earlier, the minimap is going to have an options screen to toggle what it shows.

Reply #38 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
n. In the early days someone tried to play the entire game from the tacticle map as a lark. Can't remember if they succedded or not.
Reply #39 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Didn't know you could do it with F9. Thanks. Time to RTFM I guess.
Reply #40 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
hank you all for yoru patience.

F9 is the key and the key is F9.
Reply #41 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

.  I'm not even sure that the tactical map would be in the manual for GC1.  Our manual has a lot missing.

 

Reply #42 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Looks fantastic! (drool)