Lack of empire overview??

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Firstly: I enjoyed GC1/AP, but I think the game was flawed by it's scope/UI.

One of the main drawbacks of GC1/AP is IMHO the lack of empire overview. The main overview screen can only display 1 sector at a time while the galaxy was up to 28x28 sectors(!) I found it almost impossible to respond to enemy fleets and keep track of all my systems, fleets and star bases.

GC1 has a small 'overview' screen, but it can only be used to get info from influence spheres and star systems. It is even quite hard to see ownership of star systems and almost impossible to see enemy/own fleets. And you can't select stuff directly from it.

I have seen from screenshots that this is essentially the same in GC2. Complexity is even increased by having planets appear in the main overview screen.

Personally I like to play on huge galaxies when playing space 4x; a lot of stuff to explore and conquer. It is great to really get the feeling that you are running a powerful empire. In GC1 I only had the patience to play medium or smaller galaxies, and even that became quite tedious with the lack of empire-wide overview.

I would have hoped that the developers went for a more simplistic empire-overview in GC2 (hint: Stars!, MoO 1+2, Starships Unlimited).
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
So... have you seen screenshots of the tactical map? With the new 3D engine you can zoom out and in. If you zoom out far enough, things turn iconic for ease of sight, and you can zoom out quite a ways away. At the farthest zoom-out, I can see many sectors at a glance. If you run it at a large enough resolution, I imagine you'll be quite happy even on gigantic maps.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
What you are saying sounds great!

The only screenshots I have seen have only room for one sector in the overview screen (way zoomed in I guess) .
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
http://img78.exs.cx/img78/6524/stratmap3cv.jpg

Theres a screenshot of the strategic map (fully zoomed out). You only get several sectors on screen at once, but if you run in higher resolution you can see more.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Firstly: I enjoyed GC1/AP, but I think the game was flawed by it's scope/UI.

One of the main drawbacks of GC1/AP is IMHO the lack of empire overview.

Have you tried the F9 Key in GC1/AP?