[Freeciv] Re: iso 3d

[Thue <thue@xxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 07 April 2001 11:44, Karl-Ingo Friese wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> I just hope that iso 3d will remain an option. Not that I dislike
> the look of the new tiles (in fact they look great). But its eye
> candy only - and I mainly play freeciv for the game itself. The
> main thing that disurbed me in Civ II was that you could not turn
> off Iso 3d. Civilization is a 2d game and for that the interface
> should be 2d as well; at least for experienced players. There are
> a lot of situations which are very time critical and the iso 3d
> view will enhance the "arg, I dit not wanted to make _that_ move"s
> drasticaly.
>
> Its like chess. 3d (iso or not) chess programs look nice. But if
> you want to _play_ chess, you choose a 2d view.
>
> Just my few coppers,
> Ingo / Chaoz / ChaosE

Yes, I think everybody agrees the old view stays.
In fact I have found that I prefer the old view too. :P

-Thue