Show starting neutrals on map previews

by **yeti_c** on Mon Sep 01, 2008 4:50 am

BENJIKAT IS DEAD wrote:I was kind of expecting it could be done in a relatively automated way - using a version of the number display tool, that only displays the territories witha <neutral> tag.

I reckon that this could definitely be added to the game engine.

C.

by **chipv** on Mon Sep 01, 2008 5:00 am

BENJIKAT IS DEAD wrote:Whilst having a script that could do this easily for me (I will suggest it as an extra for BOB), it wouldn't also help out the newer players, many of whom are completely baffled when faced with a map with many neutrals (especially in the fog)

I see your point - your suggestion should be pretty easy for the site. Forget about scripting, then.

On the game page the map image is overlaid with the armies dynamically, same thing can be done for the game finder with a static overlay.

by **FabledIntegral** on Mon Sep 01, 2008 5:08 am

God I feel dumb - I still don't understand this concept. Unless you're talking about only certain maps, which they are always the same number neutral in the same spot (thus this suggestion would exclude maps such as classic, world 2.1, etc.).

by **BENJIKAT IS DEAD** on Mon Sep 01, 2008 5:10 am

FabledIntegral wrote:God I feel dumb - I still don't understand this concept. Unless you're talking about only certain maps, which they are always the same number neutral in the same spot (thus this suggestion would exclude maps such as classic, world 2.1, etc.).

I am indeed - such maps include Feudal, AoR, AoM, Supermax, Waterloo, Arms Race, Galapogos, Luxembourg, Iraq etc

by **e_i_pi** on Mon Sep 01, 2008 5:13 am

FabledIntegral wrote:God I feel dumb - I still don't understand this concept. Unless you're talking about only certain maps, which they are always the same number neutral in the same spot (thus this suggestion would exclude maps such as classic, world 2.1, etc.).

I don't think BENJI is talking about neutral territories when there are neutrals due to the provinces not dividing easily. I think he means like in Feudal, where you have a set number of neutral on certain provinces at the start of every single game, and that never changes.

It could only work on the splash map you see when you click on the map icon in Start a Game / Join a Game / Find a Game. It wouldn't function while you were playing. It's just so that you know how many neutrals start on the provinces that ALWAYS start neutral.