Hiding units from display

[obsolete]

I wonder, is there a hot-key to hide units from the display? Sometimes it obscures too much of the terrain/cities for my tastes.

 

[Diamond]

CTRL+B shows the bare map. The button for it is in the bottom right corner, with the grid, resource display, etc buttons.

 

[obsolete]

Diamond, thanks. But perhaps the problem is I have bug mod, and the button does something entirely different (it adds markers). Anyhow, CTRL+B actually does work, so problem solved anyway. Thanks.

 

[EmperorFool]

Diamond, thanks. But perhaps the problem is I have bug mod, and the button does something entirely different (it adds markers).

AFAIK, BUG doesn't change any of those buttons above the minimap. If it does, please provide a screenshot showing exactly which button and I'll fix it.

 

[obsolete]

Hmm, alright. Now it leads me to question, is there a hotkey for the LINE-DRAW command. I can draw lines fine when I ZOOM out, but those buttons dissapear when you get close to the terrain. I wonder if the game does allow you to DRAW lines when you can actually see the tiles clearly you wish to draw in. The only command I know off by heart, is Alt-S for signs.

 

[EmperorFool]

No, you cannot AFAIK, and I find that truly annoying. I used to use the lines to make dotmaps and outlines of future city BFCs, but it's hard to see the tiles at the zoom where you can draw lines, as you said.

The latest development version of BUG (not released in an installer, but you can get it on our website as a nightly SVN snapshot) has a dotmapping tool build in that draws outlines for you. It's quite nice, and we're improving it with more features soon.