Interface Questions

[emcgman]

Are there any plans to add additional overlay buttons.

I would especially like to see a button/hotkey that highlites all my cavalry on the map, for example. Similar buttons to highlite artillery, militia and infantry would be great.

I play a variety of games, and sometimes don't get back to a particular game for a week or so.

With Kharkov DOTD, I can see at a glance where everything is, even if I haven't played in a few days.

But with GGWBTS, I have to spend an hour just looking over the map to see what the situation is. This deters me from playing this great game.

With a game like Kharkov, there's a max of 4 units in a hex. But with GGWBTS, there might be 7-10 leaders with associated units in a single region. If you use NATO symbols, everything is just an `X'. Not useful at all.

GGWBTS is one of the coolest computer strategy games ever made, but I seriously need some interface conveniences.

In the meantime, any gameplay tips on how to manage this stuff would be welcomed.

Thanks

[Joel Billings]

No plans for new buttons, but there are many hotkeys that allow you to highlight areas with certain units, so you can pick infantry, cavalry, etc. Press the h key to see the list of hotkeys.

[Doc o War]

read back over the threads in this forum- its packed with tips.
and once you get the hotkeys down its pretty easy to see what is where.

also use the leader icon on the bar up top to locate commanders with whatever attribute you need- I need to find administrative officers all the time to build forts - that really helps to find them- click on the area it says its in and it takes you right there on the map. Same for cav- remember militia cav is a diff hotkey then regular cav

[emcgman]

Joel,

`Find unit type hotkeys', that's exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks also Doc O War for the reminder about the leader screen, I hadn't really been utilizing it other than to find army and theatre commanders.

[GShock]

emc that's the most useful tool in the whole game. U need to assign MIL to the best training leaders if you want them to fight effectively as INF. By clicking on a general you can put him in the bottom line and goes highlighted in red. Easy then to scroll down and compare the general u look for with the general u had previously highlighted. Very very useful and important tool not just to locate but also to compare. 

[Doc o War]

[&o] it is a useful tool.