Please add the map in the loading screen frame, I forget to look in lobby before loading starts.
just be a easy nice feature to include
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Adding one bit of text is probably not easy, I can’t see any other reason why it would be missing with all this knowledge and experience we have today from other RTS. I hope for this in the season 17 update. So buckle up, get a wife(or waifu) and children. And maybe one day you can enjoy it together and it will be a beautiful day.
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I thought this is core part of the game, where adding this information would reduce the advantage for the player who actually looked this up in the lobby… 
And to be fair with the devs, it’s not just a simple static text, it ideally would be different for each map strongly corresponding with the actual map you will play on, so has to be tested for all map+civ+playername combos ( 
). So better take the time to implement this right. Imagine if they prematurely include this feature and it sometimes displays the wrong map name…
I’d be fine with it just being notepad font on white backgroun. anything would be better than not knowing
so true
20 chars 20 chars 20 chars
Don’t know how many more years this is going to take, it should be an obvious feature that they clearly intended to add considering the space allowing for it. This needs to be implemented already.
Yes, but they wanted to make it like in AoE 2 where you can see the players in the game…
It was. The exact thing everyone was requesting in this 2 year old conversation was added in a hotfix about 2 months after this thread was created, and is likely why the discussion ended. You can see the name of the map in the loading screen now, and have been able to for over 2 years at this point.
For context, they are asking for the map name… in text. You are referring to the addition of a thumbnail. I’m sure they would agree with you, though it’s not what they were asking for specifically.
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The distinction of text or image is not made in title or post by the OP. I don’t see why you feel the need to be pedantic when clearly one is still missing from the equation today, years later.
I don’t see a reason to reach out only for an eristic comment.
In fact, it is almost amusing that you’ve pointed out that they’ve suppousedly “solved” this post, which made no distinction. Because between text and image, they’ve chosen to put in the least amount of effort, foregoing making improvements since.
Moreover, I think it is appropriate to have brought up this post rather than making a new one. It shows exactly the progress of something so critical and how it has been handled over the years.
I can’t tell you what is appropriate or inappropriate for you to make a thread for. What I can say to you is that it is clear that the reason you responded to this thread was to underline the history with the issue you have. I responded because you seem to be neglecting the progress that has been made since the OP.
I am not in disagreement with you on the addition of a thumbnail to the loading screen.