Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Suggestion for diagonal rail connection...

[Tony & <stuckey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jan 20, 1999 at 07:05:32PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 21, 1999 at 11:49:56AM +1100, David Pfitzner wrote:
> > > > I thought that they just gave a lot of movement, not infinite movement. 
> > > >  Am
> > > > I mistaken?

        In Civ1, it was 1/9 cost.  Roads were 1/3.  So no, you're not
mistaken.

> > > The movement cost for rail is 0, so you can travel forever.
> > 
> > One way it may _seem_ to be not quite zero is if you use goto,
> > which won't always take the best railroad path if that path
> > involves steps heading away from the destination.
> 
> Ah ha!  Because I *know* I've had units run out of movement on rails. 
> Admittedly, this would maybe have been back in the 1.5.4 or even 1.0j days,
> so maybe it changed since then.

        Freeciv sets all movement based on road speed.  Thus there is no
easy way whatsoever to make railroad movement cost.  "3" is hardcoded many,
many places.  And it's not even something nice like "#define BASE_MOVE_COST".
-- 
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