Grid Mode While In Game

[Hadibya]

Can someone tell me how to turn on the grid option so that when viewing the cities, I can see the grids (such as the screenshot below).

http://www.civfanatics.com/civ3images/Bamspeedy/when-to-build-wonders.jpg
which I got at

http://www.civfanatics.com/civ3acad_builders_dream.shtml

Thanks.

 

[Bob1475]

Welcome to CivFanatics forum - you will love it!


Click Main Menu - (that's the little triangle on the upper left corner of the map)

Click Map

Click Grid controls

 

[Turner]

Or you could do Ctrl-G.

 

[Puppeteer]

^ Yup. I like using gridmode a lot, but if I don't turn it off before making screenshots to post here I usually get flak about it. Some people hate those lines.

 

[budweiser]

I need the lines, I can't play without them.

 

[Chinghis]

Same here, although Civ 3 is a lot easier without them than Civ 2. Without grid lines in Civ 2, I was always moving the wrong direction.

 

[bonscott]

CTRL-G is your friend. I usually play with grid lines off but I'll switch them on when planning for city placement or a military strike. With that key command you can switch them on and off at will as the situation merits.

 

[Bluemofia]

I always use the gridlines because they help me approximate distances, and those all too common land jutts into the ocean are actually land or bits of land that is water.

Sorry if that's confusing.

 

[RegentMan]

I play with the grid on during the beginning when I'm trying to settle cities. Very easy to plan my layout.

 

[Hirachi Dinavo]

I've played the game so long I can count the tiles and visualize city radii with the grid off....

 

[Dreadnought]

I use it to plan cities, but that is about it...

 

[Pentium]

I agree with Hirachi Dinavo. I can't stand them.

 

[Elponitnatsnoc]

You can also turn them on/off under preferences i think also

 

[gmaharriet]

I can't judge distances or directions without them.

 

[general_kill]

isnt the hot key for grid simply "G"?

 

[RegentMan]

It's ctrl + G. G is the goto command if I recall correctly.

 

[Dreadnought]

G is go to, Ctrl-G is grid

 

[general_kill]

oh right. Havent played in a few months so i'm getting rusty