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Having come off of a recent non-galactic civ kick, I have to say I miss a couple of their interface features.  Being able to pan by moving the mouse past the edge of the screen rather than dragging would be hugely appreciated, as would the ability to move a unit even after you've pressed 'pass' to put them idle for the turn.  I'm hoping that the movement point loss is just a temporary implementation of the command, otherwise that's going to burn people.

 

All in all though, I'm very excited at how things are turning out.  The UI looks pretty, and seems to be doing a good job of presenting information.  I'll definitely stop in periodically as this comes together... right now there isn't a huge amount to test outside of confirming the game seeming stable for me, and that I haven't seen any obvious graphical glitches. 

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top


Having come off of a recent non-galactic civ kick, I have to say I miss a couple of their interface features.  Being able to pan by moving the mouse past the edge of the screen rather than dragging would be hugely appreciated, as would the ability to move a unit even after you've pressed 'pass' to put them idle for the turn.  I'm hoping that the movement point loss is just a temporary implementation of the command, otherwise that's going to burn people.
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Both of these things were in Galactic Civilizations 2, and will almost certainly be in this game. Don't worry :3


 

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting ParagonRenegade, reply 1



Both of these things were in Galactic Civilizations 2, and will almost certainly be in this game. Don't worry :3

 
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In GalCiv 2 skip turn resulted in loss of movement points. But I think SD will fix it this time for GalCiv 3.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

*goes back and checks*

You know, I totally forgot screen edge panning was in GC2... wonder if I had it turned off and forgot it was a feature.  That's good to hear, at any rate, the lack of panning was my major interface complaint.  Maybe I should go play some GC2 while I wait for three to get a few more features... get myself into the right frame of mind.

Reply #4 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Personally I never use edge panning, I prefer click and drag.

Reply #5 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting EvilMaxWar, reply 4

Personally I never use edge panning, I prefer click and drag.
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Quoting ParagonRenegade, reply 5
Strategic zoom-to-cursor master race. You scrubs need to L2P.
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That works too, but I feel a little dumb moving the mouse over and wiggling the scroll wheel back and forth when I want to move a couple of screens over.

Reply #7 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting George, reply 6


That works too, but I feel a little dumb moving the mouse over and wiggling the scroll wheel back and forth when I want to move a couple of screens over.
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Reply #8 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

If im moving some distance I either zoom out or use the mini map. 

I played some old school games with edge scroll only recently and it felt so awkward and primitive.