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- Civilization II MacOS 1.0 • 07/24/97 • Notes for Windows Civilization II Players
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- Civilization II for MacOS has numerous feature enhancements that are different
- from Civilization II for Windows. A list of these enhancements follows:
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- 1) No Herald Warning
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- The memory warning that allows the user to turn off animated heralds is not
- necessary on the Macintosh and has been removed.
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- 2) Label Select in City Style Dialog
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- In the "City Style" dialog where the user chooses the icon style for his/her
- cities, the user may now click on the name of the city style as well as it's
- icon.
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- 3) Number Filtering in Edit Fields
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- All edit fields in the program that require numbers to be typed in will now ONLY
- accept numbers.
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- 4) Standard MacOS Menus
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- The Edit Menu has been added; the Game Menu on Windows is
- now the File Menu, & the About box has been moved to the Apple Menu - all in
- accordance to MacOS standards.
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- 5) Quit/Retire Dialogs
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- The Quit/Retire dialogs now have a better, more Mac-like interface.
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- 6) Resolution Scaling
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- Default Resolution scaling only occurs on monitors greater than 1200 pixels wide.
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- 7) Improved Lists
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- List boxes are now sorted alphabetically & lists support type-selection.
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- 8) Settler Drawing In List
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- The "Settler" icon is drawn better in the buy/change list.
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- 9) City Drawing in Foreign Minister List
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- The city icons are drawn better in the Foreign Minister list.
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- 10) Default Buttons in Foreign Minister Window
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- "Send Emissary" is now the default button in the Foreign Minister dialog.
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- 11) Default Selection in Goals Dialog
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- In the "What Discovery shall our wise men pursue" dialog, the discovery suggested
- in the Science Advisor dialog is selected by default.
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- 12) Plaque Drawing
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- When meeting a foreign emissary, the plaques that show scientific advances in the
- background art are drawn better.
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- 13) Command Keys
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- The command keys are different from the Windows command keys.
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- 14) High Council Window
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- The High Council window has been laid out differently.
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- 15) Control Tracking Added
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- Various controls (such as the zoom boxes) now "track" when they are clicked in
- accordance to MacOS human interface guidelines.
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- 16) Default Buttons
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- Default Buttons now flash when activated by keystrokes & are outlined with grey
- border in accordance to MacOS human interface guidelines.
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- 17) City Window Buttons
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- The buttons in the city window now flash when their single key equivalents are
- used.
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- 18) Opening Dialog Placement
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- The opening dialogs have been centered on the screen as an ease of use improvment.
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- 19) Revert Game
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- The "Revert Game" menu option has been added to allow the user to revert to the last opened or saved game.
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- 20) Single Key Command Listing
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- The "View Single Key Commands..." menu option has been added to allow the user to view all the single key command equivalents.
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- 21) Larger Active Player Rectangle
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- The colored rectangle in the corner of the status window which denotes the currently active player has been made larger.
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- 22) Version Information
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- The version information displayed in the title of the "Game Options" dialog is now the Macintosh version string.
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- 23) Save Option When Quitting
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- The "Quit" confirmation dialog now gives the user the option to save the game.
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- 24) Quit In First Dialog
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- The "Cancel" button in the main menu dialog has been renamed to "Quit."
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- 25) High Council CD Alert
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- The user is now told that the High Council cannot be viewed if the CD is not loaded.
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- 26) Double Clicking on Files
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- Double-clicking on files in the Finder will open the appropriate Civilization II application, i.e. the game or the map editor.
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- 27) Throne Room Art Improvements
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- The Throne Room components have been reordered to match better.
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- 28) Tutorial Default
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- The Tutorial is now defaulted to on for the first three difficulty levels.
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- 29) General MacOS-style Visual Changes
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- Throughout the program, the appearance of things has been changed to conform more
- closely with MacOS standards.
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- 30) Various Bug Fixes
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- Throughout the program, various bugs that existed in Civilization II for Windows have been fixed.
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