Pbem suggestions - enable coordinating plans on the map

[Daza99]

Suggestion 1#
What about having previous messages ingame written to a log, which could be named the same name as game save but with a _messagelog at the end of it.

Suggestion 2#
What about having a placemaker system, where you click on type of placemarker sprite and then click on the s.map where you want to place it and it will automatically put a number over it or just above it(it globally increments each time you or an ally places a marker on the map). Only allied players will see these markers. Maybe the markers will be a symbol the player picked for their regime, a smaller icon. Or better yet nato-like military makers, for basics things like arrow (which you could rotate before placing), attack, defend, guard and these could be color coded to the player and still have a number assigned to it for referencing.

There could be options to move and delete markers. Perhaps you can only edit your own markers. There could be a toggle on/off to show and hide these. Maybe even these markers could appear on the main map with a toggle key too to see them. There could be a popup box with the options and markers so it can be used on either map. And viewable on either one, when toggled to do so.

These marker numbers can be referred to in your messages, I am heading to mark6..or..how about you attack here mark5 and i attack at mark4.


This would save the player having to take a screenshot and then using some image editor add arrows and markers themselves. Remember these markers on the main map would be invisible until you toggle them on.

The only negative i see is the s.map might be a bit too small to see the markers clearly? but if they are sprites they could be scaled to a certain size.

Anyway maybe there is a better way to do this, even a topography map version that can be exported to pdf. And the s.map isn't used at all. Just the top. map and the main map.