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| Author: | D. Groce [ Mon May 31, 2010 2:16 am ] |
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I notice in the tillercon pictures that a lot of players use the 2d view which I seldom use. What view do most of you use and why. I switch to 2d to see uncrossable hexes but that is about it, mostly stay in 3d zoom out, which I know limits my view, but I like it. Lt. Gen. D. Groce Commander V Corps AotP "beyond our ideas of right and wrong there is a field, I will meet you there" 
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| Author: | D.S. Walter [ Mon May 31, 2010 2:27 am ] |
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Strictly 2D, no sounds. No other way to keep track of what's going on. 5 minutes a year I may go 3D just to look at the terrain for a moment, but frankly, the HPS graphics are not that immersive compared to BG. <center>Gen. Walter, USA <i>The Blue Blitz</i> [url="http://www.acwgc-usa.org/"]  [/url]
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| Author: | Dwight McBride [ Mon May 31, 2010 3:10 am ] |
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Strictly 2D Your Obedient Servant, Lt Gen Dwight McBride Ist Division/1st Brigade V Corps/AOP/USA |
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| Author: | MDavis [ Mon May 31, 2010 3:49 am ] |
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I play in 2D. I think it just gives me a better view of the board (map). I will switch to 3D or sometimes 4D momentarily to get a better feel for terrain when the situation warrants, like an area with changing elevations. Fld. Lt. Mark Davis Adjutant, CSA Western Theater 4th Bde, 1st Div, III Corps Army of Alabama, CSA |
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| Author: | Blake [ Mon May 31, 2010 3:51 am ] |
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I am the same as David - I use 3D almost entirely. I use 2D only to see creeks better on occasion. Col. Blake L. Strickler Army of the Mississippi Chief of Staff 6th Bd/4th Div/IV Corps 
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| Author: | Digglyda [ Mon May 31, 2010 4:29 am ] |
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Originally I played games entirely in 3D at all times. I've now arrived at a balance of playing pretty equally between the 2D & 3D views, switching back and forth between the different zooms as I play a turn. I've suffered too many frustrations with the curse of the invisible Orchard in 3D to be able to do without the 2D view. Brigadier-General Jim Wilkes. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, XX Corps. AoC. U.S.A. |
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| Author: | Cruces [ Mon May 31, 2010 7:19 am ] |
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As an old school board gamer, I use almost always 2D view. Col. Elkin Chief Engineer AotT “I have come to you from the West, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies. . . . Let us study the probable lines of retreat of our opponents, and leave our own to take care of themselves. Let us look before us, and not behind†|
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| Author: | Drex [ Mon May 31, 2010 8:08 am ] |
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I play 3D although it is difficult to follow creeks without switching to 2D. With contours on, the elevations are easier for me to follow in 3D. Maj.Gen. Drex Ringbloom, AotS Chief-of -Staff, 2nd Division Cmdr, "Corcoran's Legion", VIII Corps Army of the Shenandoah 
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| Author: | A.Trommel [ Mon May 31, 2010 11:45 am ] |
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My preferred option is 3D zoom-out, with occasional 2D thrown in for the sake of getting the feel for the lay of the land. Lt. A. Trommel "Motley Foreign Ranks" 5th Bde/1st Div/XVIth Corps, Army of the Tennessee, USA |
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| Author: | cameronm [ Mon May 31, 2010 3:18 pm ] |
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2D and nothing but the 2D[:D] Major General Cam McOmish Commander Western Theater Confederate States of America 
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| Author: | Ernie Sands [ Mon May 31, 2010 5:44 pm ] |
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I play 2d, exclusively. <b><font color="gold">Ernie Sands, General 4th Brigade, Cavalry Division, XIV Corps, Army of Cumberland, USA 
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| Author: | KWhitehead [ Tue Jun 01, 2010 12:41 am ] |
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I play in 2d. I like how the 3d looks but it is to easy to make a mistake in positioning units in it so to move I stay in 2d unless I am having trouble making out a road which does show up better in 3d. General Kennon Whitehead Chatham Grays 2/3/IV AoM (CSA) |
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| Author: | S Trauth [ Tue Jun 01, 2010 12:44 am ] |
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2d zoom in mode mostly -- sometimes zoom out -but not very often (as it is too easy to make a mistep and get piled up along a road. I like looking at 3d with some of the mods over at Brett's site -but don't generally play using it unless a very small scenario. Col Stephen Trauth AOT XV Corps/3rd Division [1st Cavalry] 2nd Cavalry Brigade |
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| Author: | John Sheffield [ Tue Jun 01, 2010 8:57 am ] |
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2D with highlighted contours occasionally switching to 2D zoom out when I need to look at the bigger picture. <font color="yellow"> Colonel John Sheffield,</font id="yellow"> Second Infantry Division <font color="black">("The Lost Tribe")</font id="black"> XVI Corps <font color="orange">Army of the Tennessee.</font id="orange"> <font color="red">U.</font id="red"><font color="white">S.</font id="white"><font color="blue">A.</font id="blue"> [img]C:\Users\John\Documents\Wargaming\Army%20of%20the%20Tennessee\INF%20COL%20Set%201.gif[/img] <font color="gold">War doesn’t determine who’s right. War determines who’s left. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font id="gold"> <font color="black">Last night I lay in my bed looking up at the stars in the sky and I thought;...... where the hell is my ceiling?!</font id="black"> |
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| Author: | Robert [ Wed Jun 02, 2010 2:44 am ] |
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<font color="beige"><b>Regular 2D all the time using the jump map to go from point to point on big maps. Always use the contours and unit view highlighter too.</b></font id="beige"> <center> <font color="beige"><b>General R.A.'Bob'Weir 
</b></font id="beige"><font color="green"><b><font size="4">CSA Eastern Theater Commander</b></font id="size4"></font id="green"> 
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