Spring Patch Info

[stealth_nsk]

Filters aren't that good idea. You'll have high chances to miss something important. I'd like to see notifications in a bit different way:
- Instead of covering the whole screen, display some short icons, like in old Total War games.
- Group the notifications by type, i.e. for all cities founded. By clicking on each icon it should display all relevant notifications.
- Make those notification persistent until closed, so you don't miss them.
Something like this would work better.

Alternatively, there could be even more old school UI element - message window with all events coming into it, with ability to filter them.

 

[Leyrann]

I kind of like keeping half an eye on it and trying to pick out the important stuff. Kind of like actual rumors/gossip.

 

[Victoria]

If I was in power I would be saying don’t tell me about those bits, leave a list of those other bits in my in tray and come and tell me about these things I need to know. The list is not that big really and a simple radio button to table would suffice. I think to myself surely that’s not hard to implement. Then I think about all the other things they need to do including the annoying bugs so I try and rope in the AI programmer who screams at me that it was not what they were hired to do.

 

[Leyrann]

If I was in power I'd be like "just go and build stuff, why do you need me telling you to build a market", but hey, every civ game has featured markets.

 

[nzcamel]

Filters aren't that good idea. You'll have high chances to miss something important. I'd like to see notifications in a bit different way:
- Instead of covering the whole screen, display some short icons, like in old Total War games.
- Group the notifications by type, i.e. for all cities founded. By clicking on each icon it should display all relevant notifications.
- Make those notification persistent until closed, so you don't miss them.
Something like this would work better.

Alternatively, there could be even more old school UI element - message window with all events coming into it, with ability to filter them.

You do not have to use them. But having the option would be an improvement for many players who aren't reading any of them. I'm open to other ideas too, like your groupings, or making them easier to read. I have the mod that does that. Yes, I like amount of effort that has gone into making each on feel thematic; but having to read 6 meaningless words before you get to the actual content is again making them too much effort.

 

[MrRadar]

For the reports, I'd like there was just one notification button on the right, among all the others, smth like 'Foreign Office' brief or whatever. You click on it - it opens the brief where you can read all the rumours, reports and other information, sortable by subject, e. g., Wonders initiated, Wars declared, etc. Just stop blocking the whole screen with them. Or if we must read them in real time as they come, reduce the size of them and push them to the side, like it was done in BERT with attitude messages, or somewhere else not so central. A running text line would also be better.

As for other games to help pass the time, I'd suggest Frostpunk. A wonderful little game, very good looking and requiring some thinking. Just don't watch too much of let's plays on YT, because it may spoil the story for you. You can replay the game to get better results, but after one playthrough you'll know what's coming next time.

 

[Victoria]

Maybe they are gonna buff England a bit better? After all they rolled their makes if I remember correctly. I just want to know one way or the other, but its a brave thing after announcing what they were doing with them to change it. I hate all this waiting.

 

[Ellerby]

Maybe they are gonna buff England a bit better? After all they rolled their makes if I remember correctly. I just want to know one way or the other, but its a brave thing after announcing what they were doing with them to change it. I hate all this waiting.

Have I lost the ability to English? "Rolled their makes"? Enlighten me.

 

[arthur486]

I have to say someone at Firaxis had remarkable foresight to name the patch 'Spring Developer Update' and not 'April Update', especially knowing that the one before it was called the 'March Update'.

 

[Hakan-i Cihan]

I have to say someone at Firaxis had remarkable foresight to name the patch 'Spring Developer Update' and not 'April Update', especially knowing that the one before it was called the 'March Update'.

Or it is indicating that, after this patch there won't be one in a while...
Technically they can bring it out in december 2018 and it is still spring, in the southern hemisphere...

 

[acluewithout]

For the reports, I'd like there was just one notification button on the right, among all the others, smth like 'Foreign Office' brief or whatever. You click on it - it opens the brief where you can read all the rumours, reports and other information, sortable by subject, e. g., Wonders initiated, Wars declared, etc. Just stop blocking the whole screen with them. Or if we must read them in real time as they come, reduce the size of them and push them to the side, like it was done in BERT with attitude messages, or somewhere else not so central. A running text line would also be better.

As for other games to help pass the time, I'd suggest Frostpunk. A wonderful little game, very good looking and requiring some thinking. Just don't watch too much of let's plays on YT, because it may spoil the story for you. You can replay the game to get better results, but after one playthrough you'll know what's coming next time.

I think you should get gossip through the governors.

Maybe they are gonna buff England a bit better? After all they rolled their makes if I remember correctly. I just want to know one way or the other, but its a brave thing after announcing what they were doing with them to change it. I hate all this waiting.

If only.

I also think England is just past “buffing” now. They need to be completely rethought. And I think, realistically, that’s only going to happen in the next expansion (if at all).

 

[agonistes]

Filters aren't that good idea. You'll have high chances to miss something important. I'd like to see notifications in a bit different way:
- Instead of covering the whole screen, display some short icons, like in old Total War games.
- Group the notifications by type, i.e. for all cities founded. By clicking on each icon it should display all relevant notifications.
- Make those notification persistent until closed, so you don't miss them.
Something like this would work better.

Alternatively, there could be even more old school UI element - message window with all events coming into it, with ability to filter them.

Well, no, that's exactly why you would have filters - to be sure you saw the important messages.

I like the gossip. But filters is a grand idea.

Have I lost the ability to English? "Rolled their makes"? Enlighten me.

Shhhhh. Its @Victoria english. Her brain is faster than her typing. We ignore it because her posts are very informative.

edit: there is also a chance it is english slang. Same difference really.

 

[Benzombie]

I do hope the patch comes soon, I would love to have a reason to get back into Civ 6.

 

[Ellerby]

Shhhhh. Its @Victoria
edit: there is also a chance it is english slang. Same difference really.

Unlikely. I'm an English peasant myself and communicate exclusively in rhyming slang when conversing with the other peasants, and it's no slang I've ever come across.

She must be one of the aristocracy. They don't talk proper.

 

[Inlex]

The only notification I'm ever interested in, is whether or not a civ has started/completed/contemplated building a wonder. I do feel the game would be much more immersive and easier to grasp if the notifications would have a log of some sorts. I use long turn times to get a drink, watch a series or whatever. I don't want to be forced to look at my screen that is overflowing with spam, that is removed from the screen too fast to be able to read it, in a 20 civ game... If I wanted a hands-on twitchy game, I'll play tekken or something

 

[MrRadar]

Have I lost the ability to English? "Rolled their makes"? Enlighten me.

I'll hazard this: "Rolled back to their earlier makes (builds/versions)"
You see, our high priest @Eagle Pursuit, who divines patch drop dates by looking at some Steam database... erm.. thingies, discovered that they tested some build, and tested it some more, and then suddenly rolled back to testing a version from three weeks earlier, possibly due to some horrible bug. If you read all 45 pages of this helpful thread, it makes perfect sense even if half the words are omitted

 

[Victoria]

I'll hazard this: "Rolled back to their earlier makes (builds/versions)"

Perfekt

A make is a build or version or at least the files that make a version.It was indeed the Accipitridae Sectatio making such premises in a previous postulation.

Unlikely. I'm an English peasant myself and communicate exclusively in rhyming slang when conversing with the other peasants, and it's no slang I've ever come across. She must be one of the aristocracy. They don't talk proper

Steady, I'm not off my boat race, use yer loaf, I aint no ponce but...Ellerby, now that sounds silver spoon to me I was born a manky, nothing wrong with that bar the wrong end of the coutry. Went in a leaky boat to NZ at the fine age of 3 but been back for a long time now.

 

[Trav'ling Canuck]

Have I lost the ability to English?

Forget "rolled their makes", which sounds like it a line from an old pulp detective novel. "Have I lost the ability to English?" must be one of the all time great quotes!

 

[Victoria]

Have I lost the ability to English? "Rolled their makes"? Enlighten me.

They rolled the makes back to the seventh QA build in the series from March 29th.

See he even says it is so here
with a tad of artistic license

BTW, if anyone does not know what a Manky is -

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

I trust @Victoria on this issue. I can't think of a better exemplar of the Queen's English than the Queen herself.