[Freeciv-Dev] Re: grid color

[Christian Knoke <ChrisK@xxxxxxxx>]

Am Freitag, 14. September 2001 23:10 schrieb Raimar Falke:
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 03:07:52PM -0500, Mike Kaufman wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 09:06:16PM +0200, Raimar Falke wrote:
> > > On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 12:58:00PM -0500, Mike Kaufman wrote:
> > > > On a side note (which browsing through climisc reminds me) I
> > > > think that the grid color (red) on the main map for which city
> > > > workers are using is a really bad color.
> > > >
> > > > Mainly, because it directly contradicts the grid color used to
> > > > denote _unavailable_ tiles in the city dialog. That is _not_ a
> > > > good thing.
> > >
> > > I don't see a problem here because:
> > >  - only tiles at the top and bottom are unavailable and
> >
> > top and bottom?
>
> Tiles which are above the top or below the bottom of the map.

I don't understand /this/.

>
> > >  - both (unavailable and used) tiles are "unavailable" for use of
> > >  another city.
> >
> > hmm. since I'm familiar with the dialog usage, it reminds me of
> > tiles that _that_ city can't use, when in fact those are the tiles
> > that _are_ being used.
>
> I don't understand this.

He's referring to the minimap in the city dialog, where the
red frames indicate tiles being used.

>
> > > > If anything, and this has bothered me for awhile,
> > > > there ought to be an option to have the map grid on, but the
> > > > white city outline off. for some reason, that annoys me to no
> > > > end.
> > > >
> > > > I expect that it's pretty easy, but I'm not familiar with that
> > > > part of the code. If there's uniformity of opinion, would
> > > > someone be willing to produce a patch?
> > >
> > > So you want two switches: "enable the black base grid" and "show
> > > city outline and used tiles"?!
> >
> > yes, that's pretty much it. I might call them "Map grid", "City
> > grid" for the menu label.
>
> Comments from other people?
>

Hhm. When cities grow, these red and white grids are not
usefull anymore(!). On the other hand, when cities are small,
you won't really need them.

In a recent game I was confused by these grid colors.
I switched it on, because I needed exact positioning of my
(many) units, but there were colored units, grids, tiles ...
So I'd prefer it all black.

>       Raimar

Christian

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