[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#4807) see diplomatic/zoc state of units on the map

["Christian Knoke" <chrisk@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 09:07:55AM -0700, Genevieve Gracian wrote:
> 
> Playing with a lot of ais with new diplomacy patch makes rather hard to see
> quickly with who you have which kind of diplomatic state and so, with zoc,
> makes hard to move units quickly. Having a look at the players report before
> moving an unit isn't acceptable.

ACK.

> Maybe a new colored sprite could be added in tilesets and layered on units 
> icons
> so that it's possible to see in the map if you can stack on other player's
> unit, attack it or move being careful with zoc. 

A radical suggestion: cut down number of border colors to five. More than 5
colors aren't distinguishable anyway, with the color scheme we use. Make one
color for own country, one for neutral, peace, allied, and enemy, resp.

> Imho, one graphic with different colors (from red to green <=> from war to
> alliance) is enough to do so. 
> 
> red -> war = can be attacked
> yellow/orange -> cease-fire / neutral / peace = beware of zoc
> green -> alliance = can be stacked
> 
> For a stack, same graphic in blue can be used and details shown while editing
> the stack for each unit.
> 
> G. Gracian

Christian

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