The Grid .77a

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I'm checking out the .77a test version and quick thing I noticed right away, the hex grid goes away if I'm not zoomed out a ways. I tried fiddling around with settings but can't figure out a way to make it stay ON all the time, regardless of zoom level.

So how do I adjust settings to make the hex grid stay ON all the time? I really hate not being able to see my ranges accurately; especially when I'm trying to zoom in close. Usually when I'm zooming in close it is exactly because I want to be able to figure out ranges precisely; hex grid disappearing kinda kills that ability for me.

Happy Thursday!

 

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Reply #1 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Major complaint since the open access began some of those complaining were in the closed Alpha before that.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Yeah I need grid at closer zoom most of all. Thankfully Brad posted a fix for it on Discord..

Look for the following lines in Data\Core folder for the game..

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  1. <StrategicIconDistanceThresholdLow>4500</StrategicIconDistanceThresholdLow>
  2.     <StrategicIconDistanceThresholdHigh>3500</StrategicIconDistanceThresholdHigh>

And swap the values 4500 and 3500 around.

After doing this I had to remove my Documents\My Games\GalCiv4 for the change to take affect. Not sure if there's a more elegant way but make sure to rename the folder if you want to keep save games etc.

This makes the grid visibile at close zooms and fades out for far zooms which I prefer.

I also found you can adjust the intensity of the grid by  changing GridIntensity in the same file. I think it's 0 (transparent) to 1 (opaque), I'm trying it at 0.75 to make the grid a bit more blended with the background.