[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Idea/Suggestion

[Tony Stuckey <stuckey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Oct 21, 1999 at 06:53:33PM +0300, Satu Niemi wrote:
> Idea/Suggestion:
> Customising automatic city improvement suggestions

        Yes, it really has to happen.

> Description:
> Current next-to-build suggestions are not good, actually
> one feature especially pisses me off, when Capitalisation is
> invented, it looks to suggest it always thereafter - which makes
> the consept of automatic improvement building totally useless.

        Right.  Capitalization is overvalued.  So are SAM sites and a few
other things.

> I don't need army-related stuff to get build to "safe" cities, or
> knowledge stuff to border (or even front) cities.

        You want knowledge stuff in all cities.  But it does take a back
seat to Veteran/healing buildings like Barracks.

> How about 4 lists of suggestions:
> None
> Science
> Military
> General

        Or a better understanding of what to suggest.  Try to come up with
reasons/evaluations of why you want what where.  I'm willing to try and
code it.

> Those 3 lower are just customised lists what suggest to be build.
> 
> That's "ideal" way of doing it, but just one suggestion list
> goes also. I don't really like default build order it now (v1.8.1) suggests.

        It's generally pretty reasonable.
-- 
Anthony J. Stuckey                              stuckey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"And they said work hard, and die suddenly, because it's fun."
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