Check out these map-editor buttons

Ralf · September 16, 2001, 02:27

Click on this old map-editor screenshot.

Now, take a look on each of the eleven buttons at the bottom of the screen. Some are obvious like the forest-button, but any ideas about the others? Does some/most of them lead to sub-menus? The choosen water-button for instance, says "irrigate", but perhaps it contains sub-menu river, lake and ocean, as well? Any speculations comparing with the map-editor in Civ-2?

Gramphos · September 16, 2001, 02:32

I don't think it is a mapeditor, just an old screen.
I think ti is the full screen of one of the screens that was with CGW (IIRC).

Ralf · September 16, 2001, 02:40

Quote:

Originally posted by Gramphos
I don't think it is a mapeditor, just an old screen.

It is obviously the map-editor - look at the buttons. What else could it possibly be?

The irrigation-graphics indicates an old screenshot, but I dont think they have changed the map-editing button-choices.

tishco · September 16, 2001, 02:50

it says worker in the box so its probably the popup order butons in game for terraforming, look at the date:1997 there woulod be tereforming, so thats why irrigation is there, and forest and stuff.

duh!
(only joking)

i thought on the old screenshots the civ info is at the top and the map on the right and th irrigation was the wiggly squares i see on that one, is it old or new, it's modern age and new interferance but theres the old irrigatrion?

i dont like having the civ info in tha unit box underneath.

Ralf · September 16, 2001, 02:59

Click HERE and check out these main-game bottom-screen buttons. They vary in both numbers and positions.

BeBro · September 16, 2001, 03:40

Well, I´m also not sure that this is the map editor. Look on the buttons, one has "Irrigate" as function. Perhaps these buttons are for active settlers? So, the forest button could say "Change Terrain", the button with the tower could mena "Build Fortress", the button left to the tower could mean "Mine" etc, etc.

Rasputin · September 16, 2001, 03:54

definalty not a map editor its jsut the workers orders buttons at bottom of screen

Ralf · September 16, 2001, 03:54

Quote:

Originally posted by BeBro
Well, I´m also not sure that this is the map editor.

Well, maybe you, Gramphos and Rasputin are right. Hmm - we just have to wait and see, I guess.

Gramphos · September 16, 2001, 04:25

I guess it is the Worker Functions.
The tree must be plant forest
The waves is irrigate (as the text says)
ZZZ must be sleep
The tower could be fortress
The two vertical lines seem to be road.
The arrow left of irrigation can be GoTo or locate unit.
To the rest I've no idea. The Pickaxe (or Hammer) may be mine, but not on grassland

There should be a build colony also.

Gramphos · September 16, 2001, 04:38

Now I've compared it with that CGW screen, and It is the same map. The only difference I can see is that the CGW screen has a ship on it.

The Screen

hetairoi22 · September 16, 2001, 07:13

The hand could mean _wait_
The sun (first icon) could mean _build colony_???

Dan Magaha FIRAXIS · September 16, 2001, 08:54

It's not the editor, it's not even an in-game screen; that is an extremely old artists' mockup of what an interface might look like over the game main map screen.

Dan

Gramphos · September 16, 2001, 08:56

What did I say?

Dan supports my theory.

on Ralf

Inverse Icarus · September 16, 2001, 12:17

dammit, i missed a chance to rant on ralf

Stromprophet · September 18, 2001, 18:02

Quote:

Originally posted by Ralf
Click on this old map-editor screenshot.

Now, take a look on each of the eleven buttons at the bottom of the screen. Some are obvious like the forest-button, but any ideas about the others? Does some/most of them lead to sub-menus? The choosen water-button for instance, says "irrigate", but perhaps it contains sub-menu river, lake and ocean, as well? Any speculations comparing with the map-editor in Civ-2?

I would think that this is the worker options screen. After all, a worker unit is selected. So I imagine he would have the option to build roads, irrigate, and build forts.

Father Beast · September 18, 2001, 19:22

Quote:

Originally posted by hetairoi22
The hand could mean _wait_
The sun (first icon) could mean _build colony_???

Good shot! I thought the hand meant wait, but I couldn't figure the sunburst. Thanks

Father Beast · September 18, 2001, 19:27

Quote:

Originally posted by Dan Magaha FIRAXIS
It's not the editor, it's not even an in-game screen; that is an extremely old artists' mockup of what an interface might look like over the game main map screen.

Dan

Fascinating!!
Since these buttons appear in almost every main map screenshot thus released ( and EVERY recent one) that NONE of the screenshots are actually from the game, but just artist mockups?

That you don't actually have any real screenshots, just artist mockups?

that you don't actually have a game, just artist mockups?

I hope that it's actually that most of the screenshots are real, but this one is a mockup from before.

The_Aussie_Lurker · September 18, 2001, 22:33

If we think back to civII, the sun icon represented the increasing effects of pollution! Therefore, my theory for what the sun icon means is "De-Pollute" square. As I said, that is just my THEORY! What icon would represent the build colony command, under these conditions, is a mystery to me.

The_Aussie_Lurker.