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Old July 2nd, 2009, 03:06 AM
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Default Re: Possible User Interface Improvements

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I don't think a minimap is necessary if you zoom all the way out and use the arrow keys for scrolling.
Doesn't work well. If you zoom out, select a province and zoom in again, the zoom won't centre on that province (resulting in it going off-screen most of the time). Yes, you can use arrow keys but it is a slow process.
If you use the # key to select a province, it will center the window around the province. You can then zoom in and out of it in any way that you want.

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Also the issues caused by very large maps are fairly easily rectified by, er, not playing on such large maps.
And what is the point of having a 1,500 province capacity if it is so frustrating to use it?
I agree to that, the limit should be lower. There just isn't much of a point in playing such large games. The AI will be less dangerous, not more successful, the hosting times will become unbearably long very soon, and you'll eventually hit at least one of the other limits that are in the game. The game isn't designed to be played at those extremes. The minimap suggestion is good, though there are more important things that should have to change first, IMHO.
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