Index: ai/aicity.c
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RCS file: /home/freeciv/CVS/freeciv/ai/aicity.c,v
retrieving revision 1.124
diff -u -r1.124 aicity.c
--- ai/aicity.c	2002/09/28 21:58:14	1.124
+++ ai/aicity.c	2002/10/31 12:53:55
@@ -407,14 +401,11 @@
              > pcity->food_stock + pcity->food_surplus) {
         /* Don't build settlers in size 1 cities unless we grow next turn */
         continue;
-      } else {
-        if (city_list_size(&pplayer->cities) <= 8) {
-          /* Make AI get gold for settlers early game */
-          pplayer->ai.maxbuycost = MAX(pplayer->ai.maxbuycost, buycost);
-        } else if (city_list_size(&pplayer->cities) > 25) {
-          /* Don't waste precious money buying settlers late game */
+      } else if (city_list_size(&pplayer->cities) > 6) {
+          /* Don't waste precious money buying settlers late game
+           * since this raises taxes, and we want science. Adjust this
+           * again when our tax algorithm is smarter. */
           continue;
-        }
       }
     } else {
       /* We are not a settler. Therefore we increase the cash need we