Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Miscellaneous comments (or the night of the small patches)

[Tony Stuckey <stuckey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 06:49:27PM +0300, Juho Snellman wrote:
> Changing the longer option names is very tiresome (researchspeed...
> urgh). I think that a
> feature allowing use of abbreviated names would make experimenting
> with the options much more pleasant. Luckily, adding that capability
> is trivial, thence one of the included patches :-)

        I really think the best way to do this is to add game levels that
set many options simultaneously.  The original
Chieftain/Warlord/Prince/King/Emperor was a good design choice by
Microprose.
        Freeciv's defaults are just odd.  Most of them approximate Prince
level, but some of them are just bizarre.  (railtrade, anyone?)
-- 
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