[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Autosettler change

[Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > These are, AFAIK, more-or-less unconditionally good.
> > 
> > Except irrigation.
> 
> *blink*
> 
> Did I miss something?  Irrigation gives you +1 food, and no other
> effects? Or does it make it take longer to build forests, and that's
> what you're complaining about?

I never build forests.  My settlers found cities!
City growth implies management costs.  What would you rather have:
one city of size 6, with a temple to keep it happy, or 2 cities of
size 3, at the same cost?

> > How would you like this to work?  A set of 'weights' to attach to the
> > various activities?  BTW, I think 'connect' must be integrated, too,
> > the AI currently doesn't do this at all.
> 
> Autosettlers appear to connect, a bit?  Is this a coincidence?

Well, all they really do is build a pattern of roads to connect trade;
they do not seem to purposely connect cities .  This is obvious when
you watch the AI lay railroads.

> Certainly when I put settlers into auto-mode, the first thing they seem
> to do is connect my cities (maybe that's just because they're close
> together).

Maybe there is some intelligence to connect cities at an early stage
(I haven't checked the code) but it is lacking for railroads.

-- 
Reinier