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Frogboy
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Reply #51 December 5, 2013 5:31:54 PM
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I'm just pissed you didn't put this kind of UI on LH!

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Frogboy
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Reply #52 December 5, 2013 6:04:15 PM
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Quoting Lord Reliant,
reply 50

I think the constraints MOO had to work with for hardware forced them into making an interface that was streamlined. It's easy to over-design a UI just like it is to leave out critical info. The new Gal Civ 3 screens seem to be striking a good balance, especially if the UI scales somewhat.

This hasn't been mentioned yet, but will there be the ability to toggle graphical overlay info easily? I know some of those things have been in the Options, but I'm thinking of SimCity where you could easily switch on and off info that's meaningful. I really like that presentation of info instead of burying those options in Settings.

GalCiv for OS/2 was a contemporary of MOO.  The difference wasn't hardware. It was software. OS/2 vs. DOS.

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Reply #53 December 5, 2013 6:04:54 PM
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Quoting Trojasmic,
reply 51

I'm just pissed you didn't put this kind of UI on LH!

GalCiv III is the first game UI I got to design since...well GalCiv II.

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Reply #54 December 5, 2013 10:20:18 PM
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Quoting Frogboy,
reply 45

No Find button in GalCiv III.

I noticed that.  Assumed it was gone because you have that very nice categorized empire tree on the right side of the screen.  

Another UI question:  In the economy shot in the founders' repository, is the dashed line on the economy triangle the revenue break even point for the empire?  That's the only thing I can think of.  If so, nice touch.  More nice little touches like these, please.  

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Reply #55 December 6, 2013 11:51:39 AM
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Quoting Kantok,
reply 54


Quoting Frogboy, reply 45
No Find button in GalCiv III.

I noticed that.  Assumed it was gone because you have that very nice categorized empire tree on the right side of the screen.  

Another UI question:  In the economy shot in the founders' repository, is the dashed line on the economy triangle the revenue break even point for the empire?  That's the only thing I can think of.  If so, nice touch.  More nice little touches like these, please.  

You nailed it! Nice catch!

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Reply #56 December 6, 2013 12:15:26 PM
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Quoting Frogboy,
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You nailed it! Nice catch!

Wait?  I nailed which?  I made two comments.  

Curses!

This is just like when I ask my wife is she wants item A or item B and she says "Yes". 

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Reply #57 December 6, 2013 12:26:40 PM
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I wouldn't be surprised if both were true!

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Reply #58 December 9, 2013 6:16:19 PM
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Quoting Kantok,
reply 56


Quoting Frogboy, reply 55

You nailed it! Nice catch!

Wait?  I nailed which?  I made two comments.  

Curses!

This is just like when I ask my wife is she wants item A or item B and she says "Yes". 

I meant the line showing where you needed to put the dot to have positive income.

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