Happening this Thursday on 4/17: Firaxis Feature Feedback: Auto-Explore

[Taefin]

If FXS figures out how to implement AI use of the scout buttons (+1 vision etc) let’s hope they can get the AI using commander and aircraft abilities.

 

[Pfeffersack]

I think whoever designed the keyboard input (and the UI) have never played a Civilization game in their lives. Maybe they didn't want PC version to have more controls than console, which is just gross.

The absence of (optional) edge scrolling fits for me in that picture. I get that this might not be for everyone anymore (as it might bite with certain common hardware setups these days)...but why is there the need to completely remove it?

 

[Markus5]

Don't forget about scouting units in the exploration and modern ages.
For example, how would you automate searching for antiquities?

 

[protocol7]

Did anyone attend the event? Did you get a sense that know how to implement auto explore now?

 

[Yzman]

Don't forget about scouting units in the exploration and modern ages.
For example, how would you automate searching for antiquities?

I am not sure that scouts really have a function in that beyond getting rid of fog of war.

 

[99-percent-sure]

I am not sure that scouts really have a function in that beyond getting rid of fog of war.

Scouts can be useful to scope out which artifacts haven't been claimed yet while your explorers are busy digging someplace else, instead of having your explorer spend 10 turns running to a relic site that winds up being occupied.