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To: Daniel Sjolie <deepone@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: freeciv-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Small patch :o)
From: Martin Willemoes Hansen <mwh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 22:01:36 +0000

> [IMO we should have gotten rid of libxpm long ago. The graphics should
> be drawn in 24bit, and then quantized runtime, if the client is
> displayed
> on a pseudocolor display.
> The current tile system should be converted to something like civ2's.
> They get away with drawing way less tiles, and it looks better. -PU]
> 
> I agree 110% with that...
> Maybe it will look a tiny bit worse on a display with few colors but if
> You want it to look good You shouldn't run it on such a display...
> That's a price that can and should be paid...

A new graphics format would be in order too, like png or something. But
it will only happen if somebody codes it.

Best regards

Martin Willemoes Hansen

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