Interface suggestion

[ioticus]

Unless I'm missing something, you can't tell what nations the flags represent by looking at the map. Instead, you have to go to the nation overview screen and hunt for the correct flag. I can never remember which flag is what. It would be nice if the name of the nation the flag represents appeared on the province info screen from the main map.

[Edi]

You're just going to have to learn to remember. It isn't that difficult a task, just 17 symbols. The only ones where there is danger of confusion if you don't look closer are Man, Mictlan and Pangaea because they all have green flags that look rather similar at a glance.

And we definitely don't need anymore clutter on the map. If it was done with a filter, maybe, but the problem is there already are nine filters for the more important stuff (okay, so I don't think the income filter is all that necessary, I always turn it off because it's so bloody annoying, but that's just imo).

Edi

[Chazar]

Abysia and Marignon are also pretty similar;
and I once mistook Ulm for R'yleh - bad idea.

There are some banner mods out there which improve upon that...

[Norfleet]

Cainehill once mistook Pythium for Ermor, a move that we've laughed about for some time now, on the grounds that he was told that "Ermor is purple", and Pythium is purple, but a different kind of purple.

[LintMan]

Arryn's site has a mod with replacement flags that make it easier to tell them apart. The only problem is that you can't use it in MP games unless everyone has it (I think).

[ioticus]

Originally posted by Edi:
You're just going to have to learn to remember. It isn't that difficult a task, just 17 symbols. The only ones where there is danger of confusion if you don't look closer are Man, Mictlan and Pangaea because they all have green flags that look rather similar at a glance.

And we definitely don't need anymore clutter on the map. If it was done with a filter, maybe, but the problem is there already are nine filters for the more important stuff (okay, so I don't think the income filter is all that necessary, I always turn it off because it's so bloody annoying, but that's just imo).

Edi

Just because YOU don't have trouble remembering don't presume others don't have that problem. And you misunderstood my post. I'm not talking about putting the names on the map. I'm talking about putting the names on the province info screen. All you would have to do is right click on the province to get the name of the controlling nation. There would be no clutter that you seem to hate so much