Go-to command

[zeeter]

Maybe I'm missing something. In Civ2 we had a great GOTO command. I could just hit "g", then a list of cities would pop up. I'd click the first letter of the city I wanted to send to and hit enter if it was the right one, then not have to worry about the unit anymore till it got there or couldn't reach for whatever reason.

In CIV3 there is too much scrolling. I hit "g", then have to click on the little map, then on a map square to move it. Usually when I need to send troops somewhere I am sending them to a city, so it was much easier in Civ2.

Am I missing something? Is there a quick way to do this?

 

[Highlander_two]

Keying "CTRL-SHIFT-G" will pop up the city list box and allow you to select a city to go to. Kind of kludgy but I guess Firaxis had too many other key codes already in use.

 

[Dominix]

That wouldn't happen to work with "j" would it??

 

[zeeter]

Thanks Highlander! That should help a lot, although why they changed it from just hitting 'g' I'll never know. While on that subject, I wonder why we cant hit 's' to sentry anymore? After a hundred games of hitting 'y', I still catch myself hitting 's' now and then.

 

[Highlander_two]

Don't know, Zeeter. Just another one of those "mysteries of life" in Civ3, I guess.

I've never used the "sentry" command. Is it now "Y"? What use is it? I may have to give it a try!

 

[zeeter]

The sentry command is great. When you fortify, your units stay fortified until you unfortify them. If you sentry them, they will wake up when an enemy is in the next square. It save time by you not having to remember that a cavalry unit is in that city. Usually I will have two defenders, and one offensive unit in any given city. Its nice to get that one attack before they attack you, but if you forget he's there (easy to do in a big game) that cavalry may as well have been a rifleman.
Also, if I have a large section of land that is not populated I may send a warrior there to senty. This way he will wake up if an enemy passes by so I will have some warning. Its easy to miss this when playing, especially if you walk away from the PC between turns.

 

[Highlander_two]

Thanks, Zeeter! I'll give it a try.

I used to use the "S" command in Civ2 - I think their term for it was "Sleep" but it worked the same way. I never knew the Civ3 equivalent was "Y"! Boy, is that OBTUSE or what?

 

[MuddyOne]

Does it work with "J"? Don't know, but if a unit is active in a stack you want to move you can use Shift-"L" to locate a city- then when that city is in sight hit "J" and click on the city.

 

[Koronin]

It's cool, because you won't always want to 'go to' a city, but instead somewhere else, like the battle front etc...

Originally posted by zeeter
Maybe I'm missing something. In Civ2 we had a great GOTO command. I could just hit "g", then a list of cities would pop up. I'd click the first letter of the city I wanted to send to and hit enter if it was the right one, then not have to worry about the unit anymore till it got there or couldn't reach for whatever reason.

In CIV3 there is too much scrolling. I hit "g", then have to click on the little map, then on a map square to move it. Usually when I need to send troops somewhere I am sending them to a city, so it was much easier in Civ2.

Am I missing something? Is there a quick way to do this?

 

[zeeter]

Koronin - maybe your right about not always wanting to go to a city, but I'd still like for the option to be there. If I have troops all over the current screen I need to click on each one, then scroll all the way around the world to move him, and repeat this process over and over again. In Civ2 I could just hit "g", then to go to, say, washington, hit "w", then Enter. Done. No scrolling. No nothing.

 

[Koronin]

Yes I see what you're saying, it's a pain to point the cursor to a city, and even more so when it skips around the clock from unit to unit instead of an organized manner.

I like Civ 3, it's pretty fun to play, but they've really lost points with me on ironing out the little things, and to me, it's the little things that can make a good game, great.

 

[MuddyOne]

Shift-L

 

[sabo]

Great!! I was wondering about that too...

 

[Cartouche Bee]

Just try Ctrl- Shift-G when you have 400 or 500 cities. Nope, it don't work. The dialog box extends off the sides of the visible screen you can see some cities but not many.

CB