Re: [Freeciv-Dev] New year calculus

[Nicolas Brunel <brunel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 27 Feb 1999, Trent Piepho wrote:

> On Sat, 27 Feb 1999, Nicolas Brunel wrote:
> >                             some precautions like setting the delta to 1
> >                             should the technology for building spaceships 
> > be around.
> 
> Is there any real reason for doing this?
> 
The time of the journey to alpha centauri is expressed in year.
20 years for example can be very short in it occurs before year 0.
Mac Fred Formula is fairer. It leaves enough time to strike the
ennemy capital or launch our own space ship.
So, it's essentially for the balance of the game.

Regards,