Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Idea for 2.0

[Greg Wooledge <wooledge@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Artur Biesiadowski (abies@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:

> Greg Wooledge wrote:
> 
> > But how would the client know that the Musketeer it sees now is the same
> > one that it saw 20 turns ago and 15 squares away?
> 
> Every unit in game has unique id. I suppose that it is valid even after
> upgrade.

Yes, but that unique ID number is a secret that should be known only to
the server.  The client should not know it.

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