[freeciv-ai] Re: (PR#6199) even huger fstk/ksw/paw/ferry cleanup

["Gregory Berkolaiko" <Gregory.Berkolaiko@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 28 Sep 2003, Per I. Mathisen wrote:

> Ok, so features:
>   - fstk hunts down (inland) units on other continents
>   - fstk hunts inland cities on other continents

for each our unit
it will run beachhead on each enemy city on other continent.
if they have many inland cities, the server will grind to a halt

this should really be re-thought.

we must make fstk PF friendly, not use it as a tool to estimate distance.
this will require some imaginative PFing, but it is possible, I believe.
It might be hard without multiple starting points code though.

>   - fstk has no range restrictions, being 12 tiles away will not save you
>   - no more beachhead problems
>   - correct estimation of time to inland targets
>   - paw, fstk and gothere used to get like a dozen parameters, no longer
>   - much cleaner code
> 
> And probably some more.
> 
>   - Per
> 
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