[Freeciv-Dev] Re: New FS screen shots

[Jason Dorje Short <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Morgan Jones wrote:
> On 15/03/2004, you wrote:
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> > On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 06:58:38PM +1300, Morgan Jones wrote:
> >
> > > On 14/03/2004, you wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > I implemented the focus tile and focus item. All the time a tile
> > > is focused (get a red border).
> > >
> > > A thought: The red border idea won't work easily for isometric view
> > > as units and city graphics are often taller than the actual diamond
> > > shaped tile.
> > To be honest: I haven't put much thought into isometric view. But
> > you are right. Any ideas?
Take a look at gui-sdl.  You may have to look at an older version since 
the current one won't compile.  It has a spinning circle underneath (in 
3d) the unit.  This means part of the circle is in front of and part is 
behind the unit (actually the whole thing may be "behind").
This is something that shouldn't be gui-specific; it should be part of 
the drawing code in mapview_common (except this drawing code isn't in 
mapview_common yet; see PR#3572).
jason