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I'm not arguing against using trac for art tasks I also think it would be easier to organize, just pointing the reasons why it's not being used yet

building on this, i think that a good way of making the selection screen would be in a similar manner to Age of Mythology (rather than Age of Kings or Empire Earth), with the civs organized into rows and columns in either squares or circles (one or the otheer) with edge stylizations, a portrait, and a map background which varies between civilizations, accompanied by the civilization's name, with a separate column along the right edge of the screen which gives some brief details on their best-known history (the Spartans get mention of Thermopylae, the Macedonians have Alexander's conquests, and the Carthaginians have Hannibal crossing the Alps). going into greater detail, the outermost edge of these selection images would be based on an iconic substance or art design to that civilization (like the edge designs on Greek pottery for the Hellenic factions), with a map of the area that civilization hails from in the background (so Balkan Peninsula for the Hellenic factions, France for the Gauls, North Africa for the Carthaginians, etc.), and a portrait of the most iconic unit of that faction, so the Macedonians get their Companion Cavalry, the Romans have a Legionary, the Spartans have a Hoplite, and so on. the unit portrait (which should probably be at least from the waist up) should ideally not obscure the map in the background. clicking on these pictures would cause them to become outlined in gold, perhaps with a sound signalling your choice (a generic rousing cry for all of them or a specific phrase for each one, along the lines of "Let's go!" or "To victory!")

5 more to the collection! Templates for coloring coming soon...