multiple suggestions for gameplay interface
there probably are other threads that already say most of these things, i'm just getting down all my suggestions here now and can work on organizing them out to speceific threads later
feel free to critique, modify and make your own suggestions
trying to keep it strictly to interface, how players interact with the game, trying to avoid game mechanics


add mini map world scanner
a mini map in corner of screen, that shows the whole world map
to navigate fullscreen view, click or drag on mini map,
eg you're looking at america, but you want to check on china, just click on that part of the mini map, instead of zooming out and dragging accross the screen 7 times,
mini map could be plain, or have all details of full map just smaller, or somewhere in between showing only basic details

possible make mini map zoomable also,
eg you're inspecting cities, so fullscreen is max zoom, but you could zoom mini map in on you're country to more easily pick out cities
navigate mini map just like fullscreen, click and drag to scroll, click to go to




make things searchable

units,
(i keep losing units because they join a stack and get covered up,)
search all unit type, scan go to next unit same type
select units same type
speadsheet of units would also help

cities
search by city, nation, building types, levels, can or can't mobilize, etc
a spreadsheet with cities would be great,

units
unit stack markers, little dots showing number in stack, when hover cursor show titles of units in stack

sunject finders
when you click on something a box shows up at bottom of screen, and the subject(unit/location) highlights
it would be nice if there was a button in the info box to re-highlight unit
eg you are scrolling through units, but there are so many on screen you can't tell which one, you hit a button and the screen recenters on that unit, and unit flashes maybe with circle marking selected unit(s)



have extra zoom in and out,
on small side gets crazy when you've got 30ish units going through an airport,
on large side hard to see big picture, and anoying scrolling back and forth to send units across continents


in game info navigation
scroll through levels
(to check stats between levels of unit research you click to enter page then close and scroll and enter a new page,)
it would help if you could have a button left right for previous and next upgrade

also it would help to have up down navigate button, to go to other units

also have hyperlinks to cross connect
tems like
hard/soft units
fixed wing
ranged
airlift
carrier compatible
day number tech


have info pages searchable by keyword, with sample results like google
eg search day 4 tech
results show snippets of pages referencing day 4 tech



have link to unit/building data on unit selection
eg you click on a stack, the units are listed in box, have an info button on each unit so you can check they're capabilities


combine diplomacy and coalition pages

add coalition title column to diplomacy, some coalitions have the same graphic

also allow units to be inspected in stack
eg can't get digitized health in stack, you can see the health bar, but you can't see numbers unless you split them and select individually

when you select info on build screen you see only that screen,
you should be directed to a unified wiki

allow windows to be moved,
eg like when making resource orders, it's helpful to see wht current orders are in play to compare

allow market orders of any price

i only use desktop, i haven't seen a way to do any of the things mentioned

have cross game notifications
have notifications for when game closed, through steam etc

notification options
messages for you
coalition messages
mentions
news
compltetions
invasion

thanks,
that is helpful
it seems that you have to have exact full search terms

1 you can't see groups, eg all paratroopers
2 you have to memorize hundreds of terms exactly
3 you have to know what you're looking for, you can't look for details and "find" results

makes sense, i figured that'd actually be a feature first on mobile anyway

in the activity box
show destinations
show final destination and next stop
have the arrow and unit highlights more distinctive, like put a circle around unit or something



make paratroopers auto use airdrop in fastest route selection,
eg you tell paratroop to go from this continent to that one, he airdrops to nearest airport and flys to nearest airport and airdrops to final destination
i get how this one could be considered intended complication for gameplay but i still would apreciate not micrmanaging my guys

don't automatically close unit box when you give orders
eg you select 10 units same type, from homeland, you want to deploy them in several areas accross the world, it would be nice to
click highlight desired units, drop undesired selections, sroll over to deployment area, and start clicking targets,
eg click command(go, attack, patrol) then click location or unit, then it asks how many you want to send, with default being 1 so you can hit enter for hotkey
(maybe make default max min a changeable setting)

allow waypoints with airunits
eg route paths so that you can patrol along a route
also air units are stubborn sometimes you want them to station out of a closer city to decrease commute on patrol or bombing run, etc, but to do so you have to gice seperate orders, first send them to the desired city, you must wait for them to arrive or else tehy will turn around and go all the way back the last stationed city and then go patrol area from distant city,
it would be nice to be able to say go here and then waypoint to patrol location, etc

this one also seems deliberate, to have so much speed, but have to babysit them

Measuring tools

radius (useful for air units)
click on location click on measuring tools radius tool, click plus minus to adjust radius, or type in radius, check map, close radius tool when done
hotkeys
ctrl scroll for adjusting radius
ctrl r and click location or unit for opening radius tool on selection,
ctrl r or esc to close
possibly make it so you can see radiuses on multiple units/locations,
eg so you can see coverage of airports, bombers, etc

measure route length
open measuring tools, route length, click out route just like waypoints for units, the distance is displayed in measuring tools info box
measure route by unit
same as above, but you can assign an immaginary unit to a route, you can select a unit you have, or an enemy unit you can "see" or you can choose unmade units from tech menu, guessing aproximate unit that would go along that route
possibly include ability to toggle same route or point to point with mods like if there was harbor or airport, or if a differnet unit was used, or if a different level unit was used
eg you draw a route, pick a unit, get a total
or pick a unit draw a route
or pick some points then choose various units to see what routes they would take, how fast they would go, etc
and have toggles like ignore borders,
and have add imaginary port etc

make routes clickable
eg you click on a route line and it shows the unit in the selection box, highlights the route, and lists destination, starting point, current location, next stop, etc with option to center on unit

new command
meet up
the delay can work ok but it would be nice to have a command to meet up and be able to continue waypoints on a route
eg you select several units at different locations with different speeds, you say move to here, waypoint, waypoint, then meetpoint, then waypoints, etc, so that you can have them meet up before a big battle, but also not drag eachother into a single line they can gradually merge, and possibly pick up some new territory along the way

when searching the forum, have highlights in different color,
i can't see what is being highlighted, i can guess, but if i search a wordy question results look like they've been redacted in white-yellow

i do, just seems like a simple adjustment that could make a big improvement