American Civil War Game Club (ACWGC)

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"

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.

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Strictly 2D

Your Obedient Servant,
Lt Gen Dwight McBride
Ist Division/1st Brigade
V Corps/AOP/USA

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

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

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.

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 behindâ€

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

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

2D and nothing but the 2D[:D]

Major General Cam McOmish
Commander Western Theater
Confederate States of America

I play 2d, exclusively.

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4th Brigade, Cavalry Division, XIV Corps,
Army of Cumberland, USA


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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)

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

2D with highlighted contours occasionally switching to 2D zoom out when I need to look at the bigger picture.

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Second Infantry Division
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XVI Corps
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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">

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