Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Plans for the future

[Mitch Davis <mjd@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Massimo Campostrini wrote:
> 
> > New tilesets, either from Daniel Bennet, or from Ralf Engels.
> 
> Please give an option to retain the old tileset; I've played freeciv
> too much, and I'm too accustomed to current tiles. ;-)

There was a tileset which looked very similar to the existing
one, but had been considerably smoothed.  You'd feel at home.
I'll dig it up soon.

In any case, if we do make a major switch of icons, you'll still
be able to download the originals from the website.

(The original Danish authors of Freeciv never intended the current
tileset to be permanent.  Last time I heard, Peter Unold was
surprised that the existing tiles had lasted so long)

> Neglecting code complexity issues, I would think the best middle
> ground would be to have Freeciv behave like Civ II by default, and
> have a number of new goodies, and even complete new rulesets,
> activated by server options:
> 
> set civstyle cweber

Yes, the patch would add this server option.

Regards,

Mitch.
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