BUG dot mapping

[s.bernbaum]

I wanted to try the dot mapping in BUG. The only thing that I could find was a BUG function that displayed a colored BFC, with my choice of color, and the city square at the center. It is activated by command-option-control-O. Is this the dot mapping function or is there a key command to actually allow drawing? Also, when I click on a square using the aforementioned function, the mapped BFC stays on the map. What to I do to erase it?

 

[AlanH]

Alt-X toggles dot mapping on or off in BUG. Command-O (with or without other modifier keys) just opens the BUG options screen.

When dot mapping is on you can select a colour and draw a bfg by clicking its centre tile≈. You delete a bfg with a control click on the centre tile.

There's a strategy drawing layer where you can draw lines and text captions. Activate it by clicking on the appropriate icon bottom right in globe view. You can also draw the text captions in normal map display view using Alt-Sß. I'm not sure that this option is modified by BUG, though. I think it's part of the standard game.

 

[s.bernbaum]

Alt-X toggles dot mapping on or off in BUG. Command-O (with or without other modifier keys) just opens the BUG options screen.

When dot mapping is on you can select a colour and draw a bfg by clicking its centre tile≈. You delete a bfg with a control click on the centre tile.

There's a strategy drawing layer where you can draw lines and text captions. Activate it by clicking on the appropriate icon bottom right in globe view. You can also draw the text captions in normal map display view using Alt-Sß. I'm not sure that this option is modified by BUG, though. I think it's part of the standard game.

Ooops.... I meant to type command-option-control-X in my original message. I got the "X" and "O" mixed up - probably why I lose at tic-tac-toe! The Alt-S (Option-S) is part of the standard game ever since vanilla. I use that one a lot. When I tried Alt-X by itself, it just toggled the camera view. I was only able to activate it by using all three modifier keys. I thought being able to move the BFC around in the dot map mode was pretty good but could not figure out how to remove it. I'll try the control click. Thanks! BTW, Command-O brings up the standard Civ options screen. The BUG option screen is command-alt-O.