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[NowhereMan]

i love the game.

one suggestion i have:
scrolling around the map (in fortress mode) gets a bit tedious.
i think this could be alleviated by making the overview map clickable.

thanks

[Narushima]

The game is made to function as an old-school rougue-like, so I don't think that would be...well at least not needed.
More over, I don't think it's even possible.

[Core Xii]

Oh I'm fairly sure it's possible. The game already has mouse support for lots of other things.

NowhereMan, you can scroll (2x) faster by holding Shift while scrolling.

[Xeirxes]

It'd also be nice if you could click on the minimap to transport to that sector;.

[Selkie]

Man this would be useful, and the mouse would finally have a purpose rathen than being in and doing nothing, i take it sooner or later the mouse could also be used to help designate areas.....

start ignoring rant here
Narushima i know this game started off as a roguelike, and in some respects it still has a roguelike "feel" i think it's starting to become something far different to roguelikes except in graphics. Especially once the third dimension gets fully implemented. IMO the only thing holding this game back from a far larger audience is the graphics, whenever i show this to someone they are fascinated by my discriptions of it and the stories i have to tell, but they have difficulty getting past the ASCII style. For alot of people graphics DO add to the gameplay.
stop ignoring rant here

[herrbdog]

The mouse can already be used to in designation mode (dig, smooth, remove, chop, pick plants, etc.) and you can right click to re-center the yellow 'X', and if it moves somewhere far enough, it will recenter the map itself.

[Selkie]

yeah i found that out about 15 minutes after i posted    soooo just ignore that bit

[NowhereMan]

Xeirxes: i think we're talking about the same thing. when i said 'overview' map, i meant the one that you can see while you're playing if you push tab a few times. ( i guess it's on by default)

Core Xii:  thanks. i was aware of the shift thing which  makes designating areas and selecting workshops in 'q/t' mode much easier.  i had difficulty using it until i figured out that i needed to have numlock engaged in order for the shift to work.  however, there seems to be a bug with that. if i shift and then hold down a direction (as opposed to briefly clicking) occasionally the game gets stuck scrolling in that direction. i have to exit  the game and restart (the save files don't get corrupted or anything so its just a nuisance).

[Grey Area]

I read somewhere in the Future of the Fortress thread that Toady is implementing user-settable bookmarks, i.e. you will be able designate a key to take you to any place on the map, so you could have F1 for your farms, F2 for your workshop district, F3 for the magma forges, etc.

[flap]

Without using the mouse, maybe it could be possible by pressing a key to move the cursor in the minimap rather than in the main screen.