1) I see units under production, both on the map and in the War Production screen. But I am seeing no indication of how much longer each has. There's gotta be a way, right? I'm especially curious because I selected a few quick-to-assemble units that supposedly took 15 days, but none of them seem to be ready following a 15 day turn.
2) I figure that a basic strategy is to build fortifications along the border, so that I can attack knowing that no invasion can occur behind me and proceed at a high rate of speed. Fortifications should slow any enemy offensive enough that I can address them... But I am feeling really in the dark about this. a) I got to build one level of fortification in one city, as a regional decision... But is this an option that appears regularly? Randomly? A certain number of times? I see that you can build fortifications by assembling 2 supply and 4 elements of artillery, which I am sure is fine later on, but extremely difficult early on. One wouldn't want to sacrifice other priorities for this purpose, if the game actually presents more efficient options. b) Visibility of existing fortifications seems very difficult, at least to my eyes. I see stockades out west. But Alexandria and Washington just have a tiny little indicators, which are hidden when stacks are present. So is there a way to look across the map and see fortifications at a glance?
3) Probably not a big deal, but what is up with development ratings? I went to build an outpost and saw that this is only allowed where development is not high, and this was defined as 75 or less. Then I looked around and saw that even Washington and New York are only 75. Maybe unimportant to gameplay, but I was mystified.
4) I'm having some trouble seeing things on the map. It does not scroll in all that far, so stacks totally cover the city and region. And although I can scroll out a reasonable distance, all units and other information disappear, making it rather useless to scroll out. Together, this makes each turn a lot more difficult... Which is okay, if that is the way it is. But I am suspicious that maybe things are not working correctly. I have experimented in Options with Memory usage and Max texture size, but these keep re-setting themselves. Which is odd because I have a very modern Win 10 system with quite a good graphics card. Is there any advice out there on optimizing graphics for this game?