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

["Gregory Berkolaiko" <Gregory.Berkolaiko@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 10 Aug 2003, Jason Short wrote:

> Genevieve Gracian wrote:
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > 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. 
> > 
> > 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.
> 
> A good idea.  Can anyone provide sample graphics for trident and 
> isotrident tilesets?

As a simpler alternative, maybe we should have diplomatic status available 
via middle-button click.

G.