Glad to have inspired some of you. you don't always have to play in generals cam you can use delete to get the generals cam on normal battle cam mode this give you the feel of more of a generals role and if your units AI is beening stupid you can come out of it a sort the mess out by double clicking on a unit
which get you out of generals cam

I also besieging all the citys I can on generals cam now as they come to you but you have to spend the time there which also put a historical side on it and makes you think about how and when to attack rathere than going in there with a half made up military power in the area and winning when the odds should be against you and so slows you expansion down

I've also played in generals cam on MP which is really fun

are any of you been interseted in MP?