'Cosmetic' Suggestions

[Mr. Mercanto]

Speaking of uniform accuracy, it would be stellar if the US Sharpshooters wore the historically correct green variant uniform rather then blue. 

[Cerebus]

Something that would be great is a graphical order of battle for your units on the battle selection screen.

Something like a family tree showing the general's portraits then the brigades and batteries under them.

 

You could include links to the Wikipedia articles for that general / brigade like Crusader Kings 2 does for characters.  It would really help add historical flavour and also improve the educational value of the game.

 

Love the wikipedia idea. It works great in CK2 and as Paul says would add so much flavour and educational value.

[Cerebus]

Lets not get too carried away with uniform details and sprite size etc etc. The MOST important thing is gameplay. The TW series lost this focus and has turned into how detailed can we make our figures and how many different animations can we do, rather than is the GAME any good. Make the gameplay perfect first , then worry about the length of mustaches.

[Husserl]

Cerebus, you've touched the head of the needle!

[JohnnyJingles]

Lets not get too carried away with uniform details and sprite size etc etc. The MOST important thing is gameplay. The TW series lost this focus and has turned into how detailed can we make our figures and how many different animations can we do, rather than is the GAME any good. Make the gameplay perfect first , then worry about the length of mustaches.

Agreed. Changing names of regiments first would suffice. Uniforms are not important until the more important matters are done with.

[thekev506]

Bingo, Cerebus.  The whole idea behind this thread was visual/polish ideas for the game that wouldn't be essential, people are getting a little too carried away.

[R.E.B.Blunt]

Agreed. Changing names of regiments first would suffice. Uniforms are not important until the more important matters are done with.

 

Unless something changes I do not for see them even adding regiments to this game. Unless you can detach a Regiment from the Brigade. Like say the First Regiment of each Brigade can be detached like... Davis Brigade would have the 11th Mississippi Regiment (My re-enactment Regiment!).

[Mr. Mercanto]

I'd like to see minor changes like US Sharpshooters in green but I definitely agree that the most important thing is good gameplay, which this game already has in spades!

[Harlequin]

Speaking of uniform accuracy, it would be stellar if the US Sharpshooters wore the historically correct green variant uniform rather then blue. 

I think that by Gettysburg the Sharpshooters had lost the green uniforms for blue (although with green for the NCO's chevrons, etc). I would be nice to have the choice, though.

[slippytoad]

I'd like to see:

 

option to disable the musket and cannon tracers

tweak the map so that hills, ridges etc are more exagerated so its easier to see where the higher ground is.  the elevation map is cool but I'd rather not leave it on all the time

[N.C.rebel]

We need a background picture on the main screen of the game instead of a gray screen.

[thekev506]

Making the movement lines transparent would be nice, the map can get very cluttered when you start moving a lot of units at once.

[Canerosso]

I would really like the opportunity to reduce units sprites size (to mantain the scale) and increase the numbers of soldiers actually rendered. 1/1 would be a dream..

[thekev506]

I'm guessing it's at 1:1 now for performance reasons, Canerosso, but it would be pretty amazing!

[N.C.rebel]

Would be really awesome if they could do that I'm all for it!!!

[Canerosso]

Well the game engine is not that heavy for a modern rig. I think almost everyone could br able to enjoy full scale battles without framerate losses.

[RichardMcCor]

1. Add a mini map as each scenario starts to allow you to choose between them. I can never recall which VP element is where and the descriptions alone are not good enough for me.

[Paul_KT]

1. Add a mini map as each scenario starts to allow you to choose between them. I can never recall which VP element is where and the descriptions alone are not good enough for me.

 

That would be brilliant!  Instead of having button, to show a map of the area with Corp markers and movement arrows showing units approach the battlefield.  Then highlighted areas for each of your optional battles.  It would really give you a picture of how the battles were linked together.

[Paul_KT]

Just thought of a little cosmetic change that would really help.

When you click on a general all the units in his chain of command are highlighted green, which is great.

Could you highlight units in his zone of influence another colour so it's easy to see what units are getting a bonus?

[neogodhobo]

Make smoke last longer.... In real battles, smoke would litter the battlefield. It was chaotic. Lets go get the chaotic feel. or maybe put in an option : realistic smoke : on/off

[thekev506]

Make smoke last longer.... In real battles, smoke would litter the battlefield. It was chaotic. Lets go get the chaotic feel. or maybe put in an option : realistic smoke : on/off

I think this was a graphics thing if I remember right.  Nick said they took the heavier smoke seen in the pre-release pics out to improve performance for now, and it might go back in later.

[neogodhobo]

I think this was a graphics thing if I remember right.  Nick said they took the heavier smoke seen in the pre-release pics out to improve performance for now, and it might go back in later.

 

 

Great okay, thanks, sorry for not researching this before commenting !

[Pierre]

Right now when units get on the very edge of the map the little flag icon above them disappears, it would be good if that didn't happen because sometimes I forgot the 'lost' units who were on the edge.

[Myes!]

The game isn't focused on individual details and soldiers, and the game's sprites are far too low resolution to be used any larger as they are. There also wouldn't be much point- this game has a focus on the battle, not zooming in on a soldier, since there's always Total War if you enjoy those sorts of things. 

 

 

I fundamentally disagree with every damn word you said.

[Pierre]

That is an extremely good idea man, I don't know nuffin' about the Battle of Gettysburg (except that Benny Hill is impossible to take) so a preview of the map you get at the start of a phase would be helpful in choosing.