[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Clarifications on Civ2 Isometric Tileset

["Mike Jing" <miky40@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> (2)  Isometric means you are not confined to a single tileset!
> There are dozens if not hundreds of megabytes of art created for >Civ2. 
> Players can swap in whatever graphics patch or combination of >graphics 
> they want.  Civ2 supports the design of scenarios, so there >are graphics 
> sets created for very specific worlds, for instance the >American Civil 
> War, Hannibal's campaign, or Star Wars environments. Ideally the FreeCiv 
> client would also allow the player to use >alternate graphics files..
Actually, Freeciv does support alternative tilesets and other graphic files. 
 And it should be able to support Scenarios (Mod Packs) in the near future, 
if not already.
> (3)  Gridlines
> The screenshots of my graphics were created with Civ 2's optional
> gridlines turned off (I think most play it that way).  I will try to
> post an image which shows what it looks like with gridlines toggled >on - 
> they make movement much easier until you are accustomed to the >isometric 
> view.
I always play with the gridlines turned on, even with the overhead view of 
Freeciv (yes, there are optional gridlines in Freeciv too  :-).  I had some 
problem adapting to the isometric view of Civ2 because the sense of 
direction has changed, i.e. movement up/down/left/right in the isometric 
view would have been diagnal in the overhead view, so I kept pressing the 
wrong keys on the numpad.  Of course I got used to it after a couple of 
games, but I still make occasional mistakes due to force of habit.
> (4)  Bit Depth (amount of colors)
> The graphics you saw are GIF files, but in actuality this does not
> matter as the relatively primitive Civ2 graphic engine is far more
> restrictive that the GIF format.  I don't know the exact number, but >I 
> think Civ2 only allows use of a few dozen colors (only three reds, >for 
> instance).  My original graphics files were created as 24-bit, so >they 
> could look better in a game system which supported a greater bit >depth.
That's certainly good news because Freeciv doesn't impose that kind of 
restrictions.
Mike


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