Remake

[Wdll]

The only reason I would also prefer an option for some 3D graphics would be great for the LOS. It's still difficult to know for sure as it is. Then of course that could be solved with something similar as to what happens with the game to show you where the unit can move. An overlay? of different colour or something.


Having said that, I doubt we will see any remake any time soon.

[Horses]

Probably there is also a possibility to optimize the code.
The Cpu load is in windowed mode very high-even on very fast machines.

[Mobhack]

Horses said:
Probably there is also a possibility to optimize the code.
The Cpu load is in windowed mode very high-even on very fast machines.

Well, of course it is as it is a game.

While (running)
pump graphics to screen
if (check things)react to things
end;

At a minimum, it will be cycling the colour palette even if you are not doing anything (like moving units) - so you can have nice billowing smoke and water effects etc.

The only games that will not do this are those based on the windows message loop principle - do nothing, wait till the end user pokes a key. Only simple little card games and so on can use that strategy (like those provided with windows - minesweeper etc).

If you want an example of the simple windows application at work - run the GameOptions dialogue (not the game) and check CPU usage, as that is a simple windows app, reacting to user mouse pokes.