New Game?

[CSSS]

Many, many thanks for everyone's kind words!

I will try to post a couple of screenshots at the start of the weekend. Assuming that I can move after Thanksgiving dinner!

YES!!!

[mercenarius]

Well, mostly what I have today is some simple things. I added the option to show an Undo Button in place of the Help Button. Some players may like this. I think most will stick with the default configuration with the Help button.

The Undo is similar to "Hannibal" but will allow for moves within a province to be undone. That's not really very exciting, and I posted something about this a while ago. But being able to undo changes in splitting and joining forces is going to be needed for people using Point and Click. Anyway, here is a sample:

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I added the Game Summary or ("Victory Conditions") dialog to the Admin Dialog itself. This is shown wth the 'V' hotkey on the strategy map or within the Admin Dialog. This is in part allows the player to get a reminder, if needed, which contending power he or she is playing:

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That might sound funny, but sometimes when I am testing I can forget which contending power I selected. The "Vexillum Imperatoris" is just a way of telling the player "This is what your banners look like."

I am also in the process of revising slightly the treaties used in the game, and am adding a little helpful text in their dialogs:

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Those treaties are reviewed in the Admin dialog.

The "supply units" mentioned in that treaty's dialog are usually added as food stores on the equivalence that 1 supply unit equals 1 food store unit for a minor city. 1 supply unit can feed 12 strength points for one turn. But if there isn't a city or fortress within a province to receive the tribute it can be delivered to an army in the field in the form of supply units.

Admittedly, these samples aren't too exciting. I'll try to have some screenshots next weekend of functions and events from the diplomatic relationships. An example is when a Roman Client State finds that its "Patron" has been defeated or has even been destroyed.

[mercenarius]

OK, I have made progress on the mechanism for treaty proposals. It's still evolving, but there are some things to show.

I also decided that it might be good to be able to review some things from the Strategy Map, so I have updated the "Augustus" Operational Commands Menu. It will now include an item for reviewing recruits on order as well as one for showing "open" diplomatic activity. It might look like this when there are outstanding diplomatic legations or offers:

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Clicking on the Active Legations button will show a review dialog:

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I'm going to add a button to allow some kind of quick access to the relevant part of the Admin Interface. I am also going to add some hot links to some of the lines in the summary text. I'll program that this week and try to post some screenshots before (or on) next weekend. Those links and buttons will allow the player to accept or reject any of these proposals. The player will also be able to propose a modification in the terms of the treaty.