Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Civil war patch and ruleset.

[David Pfitzner <dwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kris Bubendorfer wrote:

> Has anyone actually tried the civil war patch?

Sorry, I've put it off till after 1.7.2

> > > On Thu, Nov 12, 1998 at 09:39:26PM +0100, Nicolas BRUNEL wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I'd prefer that units in a stack either slay each other or
> > > > move randomly one adjacent and ennemy free square.
> > 
> > I prefer this (well, the second one) too.  And to overcome the problem 
> > of when such a square is not available, teleport just a _short_ way 
> > to the nearest such square.  This could even work regarding boats: 
> > units on the opposite side to the boat can get moved to a nearby
> > friendly boat, or be "dropped off" at the nearest shore.
> 
> As pointed out by someone (can't remember who - sorry)  Civ and Civ2 do it 
> by teleporting 

Bleh.  I think this is a rare enough event that we need not be
too constrained by that.

> Remember, we only teleport those who are most distant from home, and only 
> then 
> if they they are in a stack.  

Why not teleport the ones _closest_ to home?  Or, better yet, teleport
units to nearby non-ememy squares (as above)?  Its the long range 
teleports which make me uncomfortable.  (And yes, I'm also uncomfortable 
with teleporting Spies, but I don't see how to get around that! :-)

> > I agree, don't adjust science/research at all seems best.
> 
> Nobody loses anything, except the current research points, all advances 
> remain 
> the same - that seems reasonable as the empires scientific community is 
> suddenly split in two.

You could argue current research either way: that everyone has access 
to the current research up to the split, or that the current research 
is distributed around the empire.  I don't really mind.

-- David