I very much dislike how Civ3 focuses the view on a trouble zone, then yanks you away. For example, it will give an eyeblink of a shot of a city that is in civil disorder, then yank away to another view, too quickly to assess the situation or even to remember the name of the city in disorder.
Yes, I'm aware that I can go into the manager, and scroll, and each city in civil disorder will be highlighted in red. I don't care. I want the "yanking" to stop.
Another example is a city of yours that is being attacked, or that has just built something. The game will give an eyeblink focus there, then yank you away. I don't like that. I want to stay on ONE SCREEN where I can see just a handful of cities, all very close to each other, and give all those cities their commands, then, move on the grid to the next zone, and give those "neighborhood" commands.
Every time the game "yanks" my view to a new, faraway area, I feel as if Sid Meier has personally come to my house and has punched me in the back of the head without warning. I cannot overstate how irritating this aspect of the game is.
Is there some patch or hidden setting to keep the game from yanking and stobe-light flashing from area to area so fast? I want to give lots of tweaking commands in the area I'm in, then move on comfortably.
I guess what I want is for the game to STOP deciding for me in what order I see things, or for how long I can view them. After I've given a command, I want to give commands to nearby units and cities next, not the ones the game arbitrarily yanks me to.
I also want to never again have the game rape me with a quickie shot of civil disorder, then overehwelm me with other information and distractions so I forget to deal with it. I want the game to be cast in titanium so that the first cities I deal with are those in civil disorder, no matter what.
Yes, I'm aware that I can go into the manager, and scroll, and each city in civil disorder will be highlighted in red. I don't care. I want the "yanking" to stop.
Another example is a city of yours that is being attacked, or that has just built something. The game will give an eyeblink focus there, then yank you away. I don't like that. I want to stay on ONE SCREEN where I can see just a handful of cities, all very close to each other, and give all those cities their commands, then, move on the grid to the next zone, and give those "neighborhood" commands.
Every time the game "yanks" my view to a new, faraway area, I feel as if Sid Meier has personally come to my house and has punched me in the back of the head without warning. I cannot overstate how irritating this aspect of the game is.
Is there some patch or hidden setting to keep the game from yanking and stobe-light flashing from area to area so fast? I want to give lots of tweaking commands in the area I'm in, then move on comfortably.
I guess what I want is for the game to STOP deciding for me in what order I see things, or for how long I can view them. After I've given a command, I want to give commands to nearby units and cities next, not the ones the game arbitrarily yanks me to.
I also want to never again have the game rape me with a quickie shot of civil disorder, then overehwelm me with other information and distractions so I forget to deal with it. I want the game to be cast in titanium so that the first cities I deal with are those in civil disorder, no matter what.
