Boy would I love this

When you click on the target, like a planet with a troop transport selected, the view will snap to place the target in the center of the screen if you have the range to get there. If it does not snap to the center of the screen, you need more movement points than are available.

If that is the case, while the ship is moving you can select a different, closer target or a closer point to stop the ship.

why does it matter how far away it is? if you want to go there, go there.

Well, when the screen does not center the target, and I know I can not make it in that turn, I simply stop the ship some distance away, out of harms way, until the next turn.

I love the idea of seeing a ship's range. Rather than a circle (or maybe in addition to a circle), I'd like to see a dotted or flashing line indicating the path the ship will take to reach the target. I hate it when I am moving a ship southwest (for example) and to get there it moves west and then south, which takes it within detection range of the enemy -- whereas if it had gone south and then west it would have been undetected. With a path indication marked out before I commit to the move, I can decide to make the move in two stages (south and THEN west).

That would be nice too but the ship's

Egads your right kblore... So now, not only am I lazy and I can't count- My understanding of basic Geometry it flawed... CURSE YOU PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM

More like gameplay mechanics -- the hexagon system has just never caught on big time with games. Too bad, I certainly prefer it but I guess the majority of customers wins out on this one.

The problem I have with hexagonal maps is that the map edges look wrong, you end up with that stepping effect where if your unit moves along the map edge it zigzags in and out. Not exactly a mortal flaw I know, but it is a bit odd.

I always did prefer the hex system but that probably comes from growing up with the old Avalon Hill board games like Afrika Korps and Midway

Heyyyyyyyyy, Afrika Corps rules. I myself have squad leader. Tried to sell it on Ebay once and I think it was up around two hundred or so. Didn't sell. Nostaligic I guess, but no one I know knows how to play or even wants to. Hate it when a good game goes to crap.

But just out of curiousity, were you thinking cylinder (1 board edge) or sphere (make circular map)?

Both board edges is what I'm familiar with. Just like the Metaverse Galactic Map.

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It eliminates the edge effects of being in a corner. Of course, sometimes you want the protection of being in the corner.

On a square map movement is easy, you use normal distance calculations and just make them modulo the size of the map. Not sure how this works on a hex grid but that'll never happen anyway.

As far as a 3D playing volume, is this supposed to happen? Don't know as if I'd care for that. Might be tough to visualize. Also don't really see the benefit of it. The only real thing of interest is how far one thing is from another. Is the direction you take to get there really that important?

Until there's a true 3D desktop display I'd just as soon have a 2D map. There are folks working on such things but they're bulky and expensive. See the following link.

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I just know I loved the original Civilization game but when Civilization II came out I couldn't stand the prespective view and gave up the game.

I second the initial suggestion.

Agreed. It would make it easer to use. Lord knows the number of times i've lost a transport to the Alterians when I misjudge squares.

How about once you select a unit, it starts displaying the route between the unit to your mouse, and the time needed, like in CIV? Simple and effective, without barely visible fields of influence or anything like that.

I always did prefer the hex system but that probably comes from growing up with the old Avalon Hill board games like Afrika Korps and Midway.

Squad Leader! wOOt! (I'm such a geek...)