[GS] Poll: Canal Art in Cities

[usadefcon1]

This is something that has been bothering me for a while and I was wondering what the community opinion was.

 

[Wizard-Bob]

I am happy with it as is

 

[ferretbacon]

I was fine with the implied canal that we had before. It should only display through the city if it's connecting to an adjacent canal district.

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

I wouldn't say it's great, but it doesn't bother me tremendously.

 

[Ziad]

I appreciate that the canal is designed to make the boats actually fit and move in them. It looks absolutely gorgeous.... in the later eras.

The ancient ones are a bit jarring, but nothing too terrible. It's not like you settle that many canal cities anyway.

If it helps, just imagine your city is located between two land masses (think of Constantinople) rather than two bodies of water. It will make it feel a lot more appropriate in any era.

 

[ferretbacon]

I appreciate that the canal is designed to make the boats actually fit and move in them. It looks absolutely gorgeous.... in the later eras.

The ancient ones are a bit jarring, but nothing too terrible. It's not like you settle that many canal cities anyway.

If it helps, just imagine your city is located between two land masses (think of Constantinople) rather than two bodies of water. It will make it feel a lot more appropriate in any era.

FYI, they're currently showing up on any coastal city.

 

[Ziad]

FYI, they're currently showing up on any coastal city.

Ah incidentally I only intently looked at the ones that were between bodies of water.

K switch that to "imagine your coastal cities are located between two land masses that have a really short river in them"

 

[nzcamel]

K switch that to "imagine your coastal cities are located between two land masses that have a really short river in them"

Easier were rivers not significantly smaller

 

[acluewithout]

The art work is actually really cool, but a bit anachronistic in the ancient era. Can’t day this issue is the top of my list of priorities though.

 

[jddods]

doesn't worry me.

 

[Hatchie]

I like the fact coastal city looks... well... like a coastal city. However it’s true the apperance could change with era and/or city size. As it stands it looks a little weird in the newly settled cities at the beginning of the game when city consist of couple of little proto-buildings and massive dock looking comparatively modern to the rest of the city...

 

[Red_warning]

Coastal cities having docks would be real nice, but the canal doesn't look anything like it.

 

[NukeAJS]

I think they should remove the canal art for coastal cities unless it the city is on a one-tile isthmus. While I like the art, I think cities would look better with more city and less canal unless necessary. If only cities that actually had a canal et the art, it makes them a lot easier to spot as well (not like that'd be terribly difficult anyways, but still).

Also, in the earlier eras, the canals look like drydocks if they aren't connecting anything. Drydocks in the ancient era? It's a bit daft.

 

[Gedemon]

It's one of GS new features for which I'm waiting to know if they can be modded (in this case "modded out") before buying the expansion.

 

[Aussie_Lurker]

Tough one, B & C both would work for me......but I'd lean more heavily towards B.

 

[kaspergm]

I agree with others, it's not a top priority, but it does look a bit like a clash in the earliest eras, particularly for cities that are just coastal but not actual canal cities. But I guess I can live with it.

 

[Disgustipated]

I just think it should be smaller, but this doesn't bother me much.

 

[Ondolindë]

I think these canals most definitely need a rework at least. I don’t know if they bother me to the point I want to go punch someone, but they have many things wrong with them. They seem really odd looking to me!

 

[usadefcon1]

Looks especially out of place next to the Cothon

 

[ExtremeGardens]

I don’t like that the canal art dimishes the glory of the Palace. In any other city it doesn’t bother me at all, but in the capital I want the Palace prominently centered and surrounded by buildings, not shoved to a side to make room.

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But at least they are consistent in the design direction to make the map clear at a glance, and modders could probably make canals disappear in cities without connecting canal districts.