Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Sound support

[David Pfitzner <dwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alex Zepeda wrote:

> On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, David Pfitzner wrote:
> 
> > Um, I'm a bit concerned about this... I think it's correct that
> > the client _not_ load ruleset files, because eg the server could 
> > be using some third-party modpack the client doesn't know about, 
> > maybe containing completely different units.  Instead the server 
> > should load the sounds data and send this information to clients.
> 
> I really hope that sound won't be implemented this way.

> Sure, I'd love sound support, but
> requiring the server to send the sounds to the client would waste massive
> amounts of bandwidth as well as put a lot of strain on us mere mortals
> with modems.

D'oh, I expressed myself very poorly.  Rest assured I am as 
bitterly against sending the actual sound data over the wire
as the next person :-)  

I meant the server should load and send the sound filenames/tokens.

[Snipped out of order:]

>  If the client
> doesn't already know about a specific unit, what good would a sound for an
> unknown unit do?  

To a large extent currently, and more-so in the near-future, the 
_only_ things the client knows about a unit type is what the server 
tells it.  (Where that the server tells it includes specifications
about what graphics to use etc.)

> Well there's always something similar to what's been done with the tiles,
> so that the names of the files stay consistant, but their contents can be
> changed.

In my upcoming tilespec changes, even the graphics filenames 
and internal contents/layout are flexible :-)

Regards,
-- David