Who uses the Minimal

PC Mode

Colovion 21:34 02-09-2005

Personally, I love it. It increases the immersion factor and at times it helps me remeber the good ol' days of MTW. Do you use it?

Bob the Insane 21:41 02-09-2005

Toggle off everything and just use hotkeys... looks brilliant..

frogbeastegg 22:03 02-09-2005

Use it. Love it. Will never play without it again.

A.Saturnus 00:47 02-10-2005

I couldn´t live without it.

Quietus 01:36 02-10-2005

Wouldn't have it any other way.

Come Together 01:42 02-10-2005

Is it really that good? I think i might use it then.

Uesugi Kenshin 04:11 02-10-2005

I have always been too lazy to learn the hotkeys, now that all of you have said it is great I am going to have to try it...

aw89 13:47 02-10-2005

Can i see a screeny with it on? i dont know how it realy looks

derF 14:00 02-10-2005

Is it some sort of RTW interface?

Quietus 14:13 02-10-2005

Originally Posted by aw89:
Can i see a screeny with it on? i dont know how it realy looks

Here. Scroll down, there's a link there.

Originally Posted by derF:
Is it some sort of RTW interface?

Yep. It's old-school Total War interfarce with new plop-down controls if you forget the hotkeys.

It's nice. At least give it a try.

hoom 14:26 02-10-2005

I want a setting to permanently enable the pop down (ie not have to do it each battle) & some way of displaying the gamespeed.
Thinking of switching back to normal.

The Stranger 18:14 02-10-2005

what's minimal UI

Husar 18:31 02-10-2005

I´m using it since that patch, only issue is that you can´t give move orders in the region of the pop-down menu, but I like it.

Ellesthyan 18:41 02-10-2005

minimal UI = minimal Unit Interface. With other words, the buttons, the map, the unit icons, and all the other things you use to control your army. Minimal refers to a new feature that has come with the patch: it utilizes the same UI as earlier Total War games, and is a lot smaller and efficient.

The Stranger 18:44 02-10-2005

i think i'll try it

Colovion 20:17 02-10-2005

Another way to describe it is:

Not Warcraft

or

Being able to see the battlefield

Alexei 10:19 02-11-2005

And how do you activate it?

Puzz3D 15:08 02-11-2005

In preferences.txt, MINIMAL_UI:TRUE

F6 toggles the buttons between 3 settings: drop down, always on and always off. F5 toggles the radar map on and off screen, and F7 toggles the unit icons on and off screen. CTRL T changes the speed, but there is no game speed indicator shown.

The Stranger 15:13 02-11-2005

thanx also another question, where can build your own scenario.

ToranagaSama 14:33 02-13-2005

I like it, with the only mild exception, that the Plop-down, plops just a little too easily. Ploping-down the majority of the time when you don't need it. Using the hot key is preferred.

Haven't checked, but can those keys be re-mapped? F6 is a bit of a trip for the fingers during the heat of battle.

I also, wonder why the cards are placed all the way to the left of the screen, rather in the middle? Though, perhaps that's the best placing. Thoughts?

Very, Very, Very, mild annoyances.

Overall, a big thank you to CA. Now, 1600x1200 on a nice bigh 21 inch screen isn't wasted!!!

professorspatula 18:43 02-13-2005

The minimal UI is great. It's what the game should have shipped with. However, I don't like the way there's no button that controls the speed (apart from default control for triple speed). And everytime I assign keys to control the speed, when I next load up RTW, the changes are lost. Anyone else have that problem or know what causes it?

Nelson 20:54 02-13-2005

The new UI is outstanding. I'll never go back. The game looks far too good to hide.

Redz " Preatorian Knights" 07:01 02-14-2005

minimal UI????
a ok i wish i have one?
how do u get nywayz//

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