thanks, i can take a look, i'm comitting the handicap emoji additions i just made, then will look thanks
pending issue of img being left-aligned but couldn't fix it for now, i believe the advantage of being able to sort by emoji i.e. theme outweighs this downside so left as such for now
edit: to answer generally, i wanted AdvCiv-SAS to feel fairly fast paced and not tedious, especially in late game, so i reduced marathon turns from 1250 to 1000, however if it's too slow, i can add an extra game speed sure for diversity and if i find how
to have a matching pace for the year numbers vs turn numbers, one would need to also redo the timeline, which i generally did with chatgpt after checking it. There are also things like trainpercent etc that liekly need a change. I'll take a look and give you feedback, but i'm not sure about x10 and x15
as marathon is 1000 turns now which is a x2 vs normal, if i'm not mistaken, i could add a x2.5 (1500 turns) and x3 (2000 turns), then x10 and 15 would be gigantic numbers, is it what you mean? Just to be sure i got the question right, looking into it atm, thanks,
the advantage of adding a game speed (if possible, i didn't check yet) would be to keep marathon cleanly as an option for example.
edit 2: re on this, it looks like we can add game speeds rather which is a cleaner solution i think; it also looks like a new game speed like marathon2 (placeholder name for now if i add gamespeeds i mean) is selectable fine in the "play now" and custom game menus, so they look like a preferrable solution. Regarding the height lost from more game speeds, it looks like C2C mod figured it out fine, so if i can find how they did it i can implement it too (they did a lot of great stuff xd i mean thanks c2c mod xd).
Note: as AdvCiv-SAS does not have that much techs, i'm not sure we can stretch it too far without researching the same tech forever, but if this fine then i'll see, for now i'm thinking 1500 turns and 2000 turns are nice fillers for extra long game speeds
edit 3: looks liek GPT-5.2-Codex figured it out or part of it, we can now display more rows with this but sitll not as much as c2c, however it's a good start if it can be improved
in: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization IV Beyond the Sword\Beyond the Sword\Mods\AdvCiv-SAS\Resource\Civ4Theme_Common.thm
with (around line 88):
with .Layout
{
// <!-- custom: tighten main menu layout spacing/margins to match C2C theme; more compact rows help fit additional game speeds in Play Now / Game Snapshot lists without scrolling. Source: C2CTheme_Common.thm (Layout_MainMenu_OuterMargin 4,4,4,4; spacing 2/2). Goal: show more options while keeping main menu readable. (GPT-5.2-Codex) -->
// .Size_VSpacing = 8;
// .Size_HSpacing = 8;
.Size_VSpacing = 2;
.Size_HSpacing = 2;
.Size_OuterMargin = GRectMargin(8,8,8,8);
with SF_CtrlTheme_Civ4_Control
{
GRectMargin .Layout_Thick_OuterMargin = GRectMargin(12,12,12,12);
//GRectMargin .Layout_MainMenu_OuterMargin = GRectMargin(20,8,20,20);
GRectMargin .Layout_MainMenu_OuterMargin = GRectMargin(4,4,4,4);
}
}
still digging xd
edit 4: wooww this is such a nice enhancement xd, thanks for asking me the question!
now we can see more maps without having to scroll which i believe is a nice enhancement,plus the header was useless and self-explanatory + cumbersome anyway. I still didn't figure out the vertical spacing of the left-side items, but this is so much cleaner already xd thanks. Code:
//GRectMargin .Layout_MainMenu_OuterMargin = GRectMargin(20,8,20,20);
// <!-- custom: reduce Y specifically to lift the panel up so we have more room; helps display more map types without having to scroll -->
GRectMargin .Layout_MainMenu_OuterMargin = GRectMargin(0,-44,0,0);
I'm questioning if we need the margins at all as they are distracting too, and we could gain some more room xd if readable and nice will see
edit 5: 2189-2190 screenshots: yes better without these margins xd this is so 2026 look, so need to trim more i guess xd hehe
edit 6: 2214-2216 screenshots: looks like these values work well enough for now (although i didnt find inter-spacing at least yet):
GRectMargin .Layout_MainMenu_OuterMargin = GRectMargin(-4,-48,-4,-7);
edit 7: GPT-5.2-Codex did it! See screenshots 2217 to 2222. Now we have enough room to look into game speeds, and there is a lot of room to add more! But i should commit this first! Thanks GPT-5.2-Codex xd thanks
