Stand alone elements of BUG

[Ruff_Hi]

I was chatting with some modders last year ... or was it 2014 ... about providing some stand alone elements of BUG. Note that I am talking about very minor graphical / informational items.

The ones in particular that I am talking about are:

• dot mapper
  • I think there is already a version of this. Edit: There is but the link to the file is currently missing. Will try and update that tonight.
    
• graphs
  • ability to show 1, 3 or 7 graphs per screen
    
  • ability to toggle various players on or off
    
  • example but it only shows 1 chart per page
    
• scale factor
  • already available in CivIV.ini file but is fixed for all screens
    
  • with this mod, can have one for the main screen and the default for the city screen
    
• EP screen
  • change numbers to green if you have enough EPs for mission
    
  • ability to toggle missions and cities view - helpful if you want to find the most efficient city to steal tech from
    
  • icons to show if you have enough EPs for graphs / tech
    
• Religion Screen
  • hot link to city in question
    
  • indication if the city has temple, monistory, cultural multiplier
    
• Victory Screen
  • number of unknown players
    

You'll notice that I left out whip assist, alerts, reminders, unit graphics and various other informational gathering items.

[Ruff_Hi]

I was working on the graphs / chart screen yesterday and I have a version that doesn't throw any errors. It isn't fully functional at the moment ... but at least there are no python errors in the code. This just means I have a logic error and not a python error. Still more work do be done.

[GermanJoey]

The #1 thing from BUG that I've always wished I had in any MP game was the thing that added a player's city count, in parenthesis, to the right of a player's name in the scoreboard. Any chance you could add that too?

[Ruff_Hi]

I was starting with the graphs ... but then I lost all of my work so far . I've started again and have built in the ability to turn features on / off via an ini file.

There are some elements of BUG that some people don't like (whip assist, alerts). I will NOT be adding those. There are some elements that make life easier (being able to swap city / mission lists in the EP screen) ... I am planning on adding those. There are some that just give you more info per page (multiple graphs per page) without changing anything ... I will be adding those. Adding the scale bar - yes. Overhawling the religious screen so that you can zoom to a city and see what cities are missing temples, etc ... probably.

Not sure on city count. You can get that from opening the trade window and counting ... so it isn't extra info. But it throws it in your face and that might change how you play (wooo ... GJ is up to 28 cities and I only have 5 ... I better get going). Is that something we want to add?