Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Hoover Dam question

[David Pfitzner <dwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

rizos@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> According to the help text, the Hoover Dam acts
> as a Hydro Plant in every city. However, a city
> can have a Hydro Plant only if it is next to (or
> on) a Mountain or a River tile. 
> 
> In the program, the effect of Hoover Dam is applied to
> every city indeed (although it can be built only as the
> rule for Hydro Plant above).

Yes, this is intended.  My interpretation is that Hoover
provides lots of electricity (without pollution) which 
feeds into you national electricity grid and powers all 
of your cities, regardless of whether they are in suitable 
locations to build hydro plants themselves.

(Or all cities on a continent in Civ1/variant, presumably
corresponding to difficulties of connecting electricity 
grids between continents.)

> If this is the intended behaviour (ie, effect applied
> to _every_city_ as it is the case now), shouldn't the help 
> text emphasize this point?

Could do.

-- David