Grid Question

[Seadog]

hello everyone, i am new here and i have a question that hopefully someone can answer.

ok, say i want to attack a city. i bring my army to the city, but then i can't attack the city because it is not in a grid i can use. i cannot figure out why the game will only let you move diagonally. has anyone else had this problem? i mean, i love the game, but not being able to attack some city is pretty annoying, especially when you see enemies come to your city and attack from any angle.

 

[Zelig]

I don't think I understand your question.

You can move units in any direction, and what do you mean by a grid that you can't use?

 

[Duke of Marlbrough]

Welcome to CFC.

Perhaps you are trying to use your arrow keys to move your units? If you use your number pad (assuming you have one), you can move your units in all directions. Or, you can also click and hold on your unit, then drag the mouse cursor to where you want it to go.

 

[Smash]

I hope that is it or someone will have to explain ZoC

 

[Seadog]

yes i have been using the arrow keys, that was the problem, thanks!

 

[ElephantU]

In Game Options you can set it so the mouse is usable too.

BTW, welcome to CFC...

 

[Duke of Marlbrough]

I think the mouse is just usable. I don't remember any settings to 'turn it on'. You just click and drag from the unit to use it.....?

 

[Zelig]

Heyyy, I didn't know you could drag move units.
You can set it in the options so that when put your mouse to the side of a unit little arrows appear and you can click the mouse instead of dragging.

 

[Duke of Marlbrough]

What option is it called?

 

[Ace]

Originally posted by Duke of Marlbrough
What option is it called?

Its under game options, second from the bottom. When activated, you don't have to click and drag, you just move the cursor over the selected unit until a little black arrow points to the hex the unit will move to if you click. IMHO, its not as easy to use as just clicking on a unit in the normal manner and dragging it to where you want it to go.

 

[ElephantU]

Originally posted by Duke of Marlbrough
What option is it called?

Under Game/Game Options, its titled:

[ ] Move units w/ mouse (cursor arrows).

IIRC, it is usually unchecked in GOTMs, one of the first things I change (followed by "High Council" and "Wonder Movies"!).

 

[Old n Slow]

Keep in mind that the drag path may not match with your intended path -- I usually only use it for my pole travelers.

 

[Duke of Marlbrough]

I would only use the drag method for one square movements anyway. I never trust the goto command to work further that that.

 

[Archer 007]

Originally posted by Duke of Marlbrough
I would only use the drag method for one square movements anyway. I never trust the goto command to work further that that.

So true.

 

[Ace]

The goto command is a real timesaver. You just have to be very careful when you use it. (like you must know where the zero meridan is at all times)

One of the most impressive things in civ2 is sending a unit, by rail, across a large landmass. The unit flys across the map faster than the eye can follow!!! This can be especially timesaving when you want/need/have to use the same route for several units. once you know the route works, you can use it forever. like sending fresh units to the front from your factories, or sending freight to that last AI city... or in a ship chain, it saves a lot of keystrokes.