Play at the Highest Resolution!

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I had been playing at the default resolution for a few games. I switched to a higher resolution, and was pretty impressed. I strongly recommend that everyone try out the game at the highest resolution your monitor and graphics card support.

There were only some minor flaws:

- At higher resolutions, the mini-map is the same size in pixels, which makes it harder to read. You should be able to make the mini-map bigger.

- When you zoom out the main map to strategic mode, you should be able to see the same information you get on the mini-map. You should be able to see the unexplored stars (and planets with Stellar Cartography). If you have "Eyes of the Universe", you should be able to see all ships on the main map, and not just on the minimap.

- The game setup screens and some other screens do not appropriately scale to larger resolutions.

- It'd be nice to be able to specify the font size somewhere.
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I really wish you could stop uninhabitable planets from showing up on the zoomed out icon display... that view is great for planning a war, but the uninhabitable planets clutter it up. Maybe their could be a toggle or something... if there isn't already and I missed it...

But, most games don't give you that kind of view at all, so I really shouldn't be complaining!
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Thats not complaining, its constructive critisism

In other news, yes I'd love for the mini-map info to be on the "Strategic" map. Even if just empty circles represent stars/planets and then the appropriate icons for the other things you can see on the minimap. I'd also like the boarders to show up on it in unexplored space but thats not a biggie.

On max resolution and especially at larger map sizes the mini map gets less and less useful. And since the zoom in function seems to be buggy (Especially Influence borders, they always seem to dissapear), and since there is no easy way to center the minimap I generally ignore it later in the game except for influence borders (that always work zoomed out )
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Probably my biggest pet peeve with the interface is trade routes. They need to be made far more obvious than they actually are.

Against the darkness of space, I have to squint in order to guess where they're at, and they're far easier to see when covered by the fog of war.