Re: [Freeciv-Dev] capital cities in intelligence report

[Tony Stuckey <stuckey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 05:41:22PM +0100, Reinier Post wrote:
> > This patch adds the name of the capital city to the intelligence 
> > report (that is, for players who you have an embassy with).  
> > This is particularly useful now for civil wars and spaceraces.
> 
> I'm not sure I agree.  Diplomacy becomes even less attractive.
> 
> There is no advantage in sharing the knowledge of your capital's location.
> 
> It's bad enough that the techs, maps, and knowledge you've shared with
> Mr. or Mrs. Friendly will soon be shared by most everyone else,
> without you even knowing.

        Well. besides being useful it is a compatibility point.
        Civ1 and Civ2 both display the capital name whether you've ever
discovered it's location or not.

        Also, the Civ1 and Civ2 AIs will never ever share map knowledge.
At least I've never seen it.
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Anthony J. Stuckey                              stuckey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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