Screenshot of the Day #99: A Connecting Principle

Thunderfall · Feb 02, 2003, 12:36 AM

An old pre-Civ3 release screenshot. It shows some debugging features (minimap river highlighting, excessive grids) and programmer art. There's probably some old/placeholder art in there too.

http://www.civfanatics.com/sotd/sotd99.jpg

This screenshot is dated July 21, 2001 (before Civ3's release) and is submitted by Mike Breitkreutz of Firaxis. I am just glad Firaxis changed the font! Thanks to MikeB for this special screenshot.

PS: The next SOTD will be our 100th SOTD!!! Stay tuned.

CrackedCrystal · Feb 02, 2003, 02:06 AM

Um, is that whipped cream on the top of those mountains or snow?

japskua · Feb 02, 2003, 02:22 AM

uh oh.... scary

Veera Anlai · Feb 02, 2003, 06:54 AM

That font alone could have single-handedly killed Civ 3 o_o

sabo · Feb 02, 2003, 07:05 AM

Font?? I can't even tell what LANGUAGE it is..

Chieftess · Feb 02, 2003, 07:29 AM

Gothic.

china444 · Feb 02, 2003, 07:33 AM

That would be cool if you could hop islands if they were that close...

china444 · Feb 02, 2003, 07:34 AM

Whats up wit hthe territory by the way

CrazyMrLeo · Feb 02, 2003, 08:34 AM

Sheesh, talk about bad location. O_o

MadScot · Feb 02, 2003, 08:37 AM

The grid seems to go through the middles of what we now have as tiles. Is there an option to have the grid this way in the actual game?

Zingo · Feb 02, 2003, 08:51 AM

Yes, ctrl + G to switch grid on and off.

*Edit, sorry wasn´t looking at the pciture....

Mike B. FIRAXIS · Feb 02, 2003, 09:22 AM

That font was never intended to be the game's font. At that point in development, the artists were still deciding on a font to use for the game so we gave them the ability to set which font the game would use without editing the code. The font in this screen shot was just one I grabbed out of Windows to make sure this ability worked. I think it was Lucida Blackletter.

The red grid is not the actual grid. If you look closely, you can see the gray grid on there also. The red grid is used to highlight the vertices of the real grid so I could see where the river tiles were being drawn (river tiles are drawn on the vertices -- not directly onto the grid). (Incidentally, the red lines on the minimap are the rivers).

The snow-capped mountains you see in this screen shot are placeholder art (done by me!) that I used before the actual art was completed. You know you like my artwork.

TiberSeptim · Feb 02, 2003, 09:23 AM

Poor Greek settler

I wonder whose face is in the upper left?

DiamondzAndGunz · Feb 02, 2003, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by TiberSeptim
Poor Greek settler

Actually, If you look closesly, it says Japanese...

Matrix · Feb 02, 2003, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Thunderfall
I am just glad Firaxis changed the font!

You're glad!

I'm astounded! That Gothic is beautiful.

Why did they change it?

Ribannah · Feb 02, 2003, 10:06 AM

The Worker is in the ocean? Kewl!

CrazyMrLeo · Feb 02, 2003, 10:26 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Matrix

You're glad! I'm astounded! That Gothic is beautiful. Why did they change it?

People probably had trouble reading it. Plus, it's wouldn't be that appropriate in the modern era ;D

hbdragon88 · Feb 02, 2003, 11:43 AM

Cool. Although - I never understood why they ever removed the big buttons to conduct espionage/diplomacy and those three buttons on the minimap - like hell! The ones in the real game are tiny and hard to press.

What's with the red grid? It makes it ten times harder to know what's what...

Alexnm · Feb 02, 2003, 12:45 PM

Very interesting screenshot. I remember seeing some of these pre-beta screens while the game was being developed, and I liked the big buttons in the info box and in the minimap.

Oh, and Mike -- you could do a graphic mod to be released in the next patch... I'm sure we would all love it!

Xerol · Feb 02, 2003, 04:20 PM

That font changing ability sounds like something that should have been kept...like as a preference in the game.

Feb 02, 2003, 12:36 AM	#1
Thunderfall Administrator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NY, USA Posts: 11,730 Images: 1545	Screenshot of the Day #99: A Connecting Principle An old pre-Civ3 release screenshot. It shows some debugging features (minimap river highlighting, excessive grids) and programmer art. There's probably some old/placeholder art in there too. http://www.civfanatics.com/sotd/sotd99.jpg This screenshot is dated July 21, 2001 (before Civ3's release) and is submitted by Mike Breitkreutz of Firaxis. I am just glad Firaxis changed the font! Thanks to MikeB for this special screenshot. PS: The next SOTD will be our 100th SOTD!!! Stay tuned. __________________ Thunderfall Weight: 1.0 Value: 161 Cast When used Shock Damage 1 to 25 points on Touch

Feb 02, 2003, 02:06 AM	#2
CrackedCrystal Where am I? Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,007	Um, is that whipped cream on the top of those mountains or snow? __________________ A beginning is a time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct.

Feb 02, 2003, 06:54 AM	#4
Veera Anlai Southern Belle Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Ye Olde Florida Posts: 497	That font alone could have single-handedly killed Civ 3 o_o __________________ Where are we going? And why am I in this handbasket?

Feb 02, 2003, 07:05 AM	#5
sabo My Ancestors were Vikings Join Date: May 2002 Location: Minneapolis, City of Lakes Posts: 4,097 Images: 2	Font?? I can't even tell what LANGUAGE it is.. __________________ Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.-- SW

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Feb 02, 2003, 02:22 AM	#3
japskua Chieftain Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Finland, Lappeenranta Posts: 24	uh oh.... scary

Feb 02, 2003, 07:33 AM	#7
china444 Ain't no thang Join Date: May 2002 Location: Battle Creek, Michigan Posts: 3,992	That would be cool if you could hop islands if they were that close...

Feb 02, 2003, 07:34 AM	#8
china444 Ain't no thang Join Date: May 2002 Location: Battle Creek, Michigan Posts: 3,992	Whats up wit hthe territory by the way

Feb 02, 2003, 08:34 AM	#9
CrazyMrLeo Wild Child Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The Canada Posts: 270	Sheesh, talk about bad location. O_o

Feb 02, 2003, 08:37 AM	#10
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Feb 02, 2003, 08:51 AM	#11
Zingo Beer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Umeå Sweden Posts: 64	Yes, ctrl + G to switch grid on and off. *Edit, sorry wasn´t looking at the pciture....

Feb 02, 2003, 09:22 AM	#12
Mike B. FIRAXIS Firaxian Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Hunt Valley, MD Posts: 114	That font was never intended to be the game's font. At that point in development, the artists were still deciding on a font to use for the game so we gave them the ability to set which font the game would use without editing the code. The font in this screen shot was just one I grabbed out of Windows to make sure this ability worked. I think it was Lucida Blackletter. The red grid is not the actual grid. If you look closely, you can see the gray grid on there also. The red grid is used to highlight the vertices of the real grid so I could see where the river tiles were being drawn (river tiles are drawn on the vertices -- not directly onto the grid). (Incidentally, the red lines on the minimap are the rivers). The snow-capped mountains you see in this screen shot are placeholder art (done by me!) that I used before the actual art was completed. You know you like my artwork.

Feb 02, 2003, 09:23 AM	#13
TiberSeptim Chieftain Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 8	Poor Greek settler I wonder whose face is in the upper left?

Feb 02, 2003, 10:06 AM	#16
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Feb 02, 2003, 11:43 AM	#18
hbdragon88 haunted by blackness Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: somewhere Posts: 3,745	Cool. Although - I never understood why they ever removed the big buttons to conduct espionage/diplomacy and those three buttons on the minimap - like hell! The ones in the real game are tiny and hard to press. What's with the red grid? It makes it ten times harder to know what's what...

Feb 02, 2003, 12:45 PM	#19
Alexnm King Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Brasil Posts: 601	Very interesting screenshot. I remember seeing some of these pre-beta screens while the game was being developed, and I liked the big buttons in the info box and in the minimap. Oh, and Mike -- you could do a graphic mod to be released in the next patch... I'm sure we would all love it!

Feb 02, 2003, 04:20 PM	#20
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