Why, oh why can't they make the main map so you can scroll in/out?

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God...I'd love to be able to do that. Would make the game SO much easier if you could see more of the MAIN map, with everything smaller...if Civ can do it, if other games can do it, why not this one?
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Because that wasn't what GalCiv 1.x was designed around for the last 2 years?

And you do have the tactical map option.

Remember, everything you've played, the release, all the updates, that was all funded out of pocket by Stardock. We had to focus on making sure it worked. Because I'm pretty sure we all missed the glowing front-page game magazine previews years in advance.

Kris

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Press F9 - puts the minimap in the main screen.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Press F9 - puts the minimap in the main screen.
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I didn't know that. (:(
Any other useful 'F' keys?
Where are they listed?
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Press each of them and see what happens. :)

F8 - show sector influence (but there's a small onscreen button for it)

Even better: with F9, if you adjust your minimap zoom factor, it also affects the F9 zoom factor (I think - need to doublecheck that).

F1-F6 are the same as the buttons on the bottom of the screen.

I forget what F7 does.
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
Thanks fsk.

I was in the middle of a game and not willing to risk messing it up.
They might have been cheats of some kind. ;)
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
I like the tactical display but there are a lot of things it doesn't show -most importantly scnner ranges and anomalies.

PLEASE CAN WE HAVE ANOMALIES VIEWABLE ON THE MINIMAP? (and preferably the option of removing the resources which look like stars in a big enough galaxy)

I'd still rather be able to get a bit further away from the main view -Eyes's of the Universe is great but having to stop every move or two to see what I haveuncovered is a nuisance.

I understand that it may not be possible (for goodness's sake design it into the sequel!) to zoom in and out on that screen - any chance there could be one alternate setting about half the current scale?

~SDC~