Help-- unit buttons moved

planetfall · September 18, 2002, 17:58

Ok, I thought I had seen everything with civ3. But my buttons moved from the bottom of the screen to the right side.

They still work for workers: mine, road, etc, the buttons are just in a different location. This seems to imply we can set the buttons at any position:
top
right
left
bottom.

Now, any ideas on how to move the button box to a different screen location?

I am guessing it was some mouse action, but I don't have a clue as to how they moved. Anyone else ever seen this?

Thanks

--PF

cgannon64 · September 18, 2002, 18:00

This happened to me after my keyboard started screwing up. I got my keyboard fixed, then the buttons moved back to the bottom.

Who knows?

vmxa1 · September 18, 2002, 18:08

It is common. There is a way to recover it, but I forget how. I just use it where it ends up. Stop/start game will put it back also.

Theseus · September 18, 2002, 18:11

Backspace.

planetfall · September 19, 2002, 09:41

Theseus is right!

Backspace keystroke toggles between button box at bottom and button box at right of screen.

Thank you Theseus.

-- PF

[ Trivia: Theseus:
Seems to have come from nthes, meaning "to loosen". (Note: the temple of Theseus, at Athens was a sanctuary for slaves and others fleeing persecution "in memory of
Theseus, while he lived, was an assister and protector of the distressed." -Potter. vol. i. p. 36.) ]

Hum, don't know about this ID:

"Theseus is said to have united all of Attica into one State, to have defeated the invasion of the Amazons, battled against the Centaurs, carried off Helen of Troy and to have essayed the rescue of Persephone from her imprisonment in Hades. The Athenians, however, being much given to strife and discord, fomented a rebellion which was led by Menestheus, the descendent of Erechtheus. Theseus was banished from Athens and at last, an old and broken king, was murdered on the island of Scyros by King Lycomedes "
Full story at:
http://www.labyrinth.net.au/technical/theseus.html

zulu9812 · September 19, 2002, 10:25

I've actually seen a Firaxian screenshot with the buttons at the right hand side, so they must prefer it that way too

planetfall · September 19, 2002, 10:43

Quote:

Originally posted by zulu9812
I've actually seen a Firaxian screenshot with the buttons at the right hand side, so they must prefer it that way too

It's too bad they didn't finish the job and allow button box at top and left as well and we could reset geometry by using the backspace key. Sometimes it would really be nice to have those buttons out of the way. Guess I have to learn the keyboard shortcuts. Ugh.

--PF

Theseus · September 19, 2002, 11:50

Quote:

Originally posted by planetfall
[ Trivia: Theseus:
Seems to have come from nthes, meaning "to loosen". (Note: the temple of Theseus, at Athens was a sanctuary for slaves and others fleeing persecution "in memory of
Theseus, while he lived, was an assister and protector of the distressed." -Potter. vol. i. p. 36.) ]

Hum, don't know about this ID:

"Theseus is said to have united all of Attica into one State, to have defeated the invasion of the Amazons, battled against the Centaurs, carried off Helen of Troy and to have essayed the rescue of Persephone from her imprisonment in Hades. The Athenians, however, being much given to strife and discord, fomented a rebellion which was led by Menestheus, the descendent of Erechtheus. Theseus was banished from Athens and at last, an old and broken king, was murdered on the island of Scyros by King Lycomedes "
Full story at:
http://www.labyrinth.net.au/technical/theseus.html

Theseus is said to have have mixed Amazons, Helen, and Persephone in an Army, but, with stats 0-1-1, it didn;t last long.