Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Borders

[Jules Bean <jmlb2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mika Korhonen wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Martin Willemoes Hansen wrote:
> 
> >>         I'm not sure what stronger concept of borders makes sense.  If
> >> you're not using the land, why do you care if they build there?  If you do
> >> care, then go kill their settlers.  Demilitarized zones, leapfrog
> >> development with defensive units involved, and puffed-chest diplomatic
> >> posturing are what the game's all about.  What real benefit do borders
> >> give?
> >
> >If you wan't to build on the land or just wan't to have it so the other
> >player can't build on it :) .. Of course if he want's the land he can
> >declare war on you or make a deal. And visual borders would make it very
> >obvious to know which lands are yours which aren't and which are no-mans
> >land.
> 
> And in any case that could be made a server option :) What about cases
> where a player does not know about the existence of a nation? Should the
> borders be seen in that case? I.e. are the borders supposed to be physical
> (DO NOT ENTER THE BORDER ZONE) or logical (you just have to know) that are
> only seen on the screen but not in real world if you get me.

Physical, I suspect.

As in, a few border guards and road signs there.  So there can be no
doubt when you've crossed one.

So you would see them, even if you couldn't see the cities involved.

Personally I think they'd add a real dimension to the game - you could
even trade land with diplomacy..

Jules

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