[Freeciv-Dev] Re: patch: Add Paratroopers

[sebauer@xxxxxxxxxxx (Sebastian Bauer)]

Hello Greg

>> It is possible that it differs a little bit from the
>> paratroopers of civilisation 2 (e.g. max range), because
>> I played civ 2 a long time ago. Maybe someone can check this
>> out?
> +            if(real_map_distance(punit->x, punit->y, x, y) <= 10) {
> I think 10 is the correct radius.  But you shouldn't hard-code the
> number "10" in the source code like that -- it should be a constant
> defined in a header file.

The best would be of course if this value is changable in a ruleset.
But actually I've no idea how to do this so I think the 10
is enough at the moment.

Another question:
Why are the elephants and crusaders not supproted. As far as I can see
they only need some changes in the ruleset?

bye,
Sebastian Bauer