Re: [Freeciv-Dev] fast technology explained

[Tony & <stuckey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Nov 08, 1998 at 05:21:44PM +0100, Peter Schaefer wrote:
> I played a game of the CivII yesterday( btw. the interface is really
>  bad for fast gaming.). I noticed the following things that explain 
>  fast technology:
> 
>   foodbox size: The foodbox starts with 20 i.e.
>   (city.pop+1)*foodboxsize.
>   Funny that I never noticed this before :-)

        I noticed this a while back, and planned to submit a patch.
        In both Civ1 and Civ2, Foodbox size is (citysize+1)*10.  In Freeciv,
it's just Citysize*10 right now.  This does contribute to faster growing
civilizations.

        There are only about 8 places in the code where citysize is
referenced, but I haven't had time to look at them all and see what their
reference and impact are.

>   date progress: the date progresses by 50 years till about 1500 BC,
>    then faster.

        ??

>   science advisor: this dude made me research one or two other techs
>   before Republic, so I acquired that only in 800BC.
>   I think this is a bug, not a feature :-)

        I'm not sure what you're saying.
        In both Civ1 and Civ2, the "choose new research technology" dialog
box does not give you all of your available choices for advances.  I think
they specifically planned this.

>   In the year 1AD, I noticed no change in the cost of techs
>   ( but it was a bit difficult to notice, maybe.)
>   I tested on Kings level, which made tech advance by 11 additional 
>   cost; It seemed to me like advancing technology was becoming more
>   difficult like in: delta= 11+(epoch of the technology=0,1,2)+(date>0)
>   but that is a guess.

        Yeah, we need a lot more information on this as a whole.

>  Another thing: the first citizen seemed to be content always 
>  regardless of unhappysize and cityfactor(which was about 16, I think).
>  I guess this is made up for by the doubly unhappy drugies(!?).

        It would be impossible to play if the first citizen in a city was
unhappy.
-- 
Anthony J. Stuckey                              stuckey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"When I was young, the sky was filled with stars.
 I watched them burn out one by one."  -Warren Zevon