[Freeciv-Dev] Re: some bugs someone kindly reported

[David Pfitzner <dwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greg Wooledge wrote:
> Lalo Martins (lalo@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> 
> > Subject: Bug#48014: freeciv-gtk: units onboard seen after reloading game
> 
> > I can see an aneny trireme or caravel. Then I quit the game, restart,=20
> > reconnect and now I can see a sentried catapult or a settler, wchich is
> > onboard of that ship, until it moves again.
> 
> This is a long-standing Freeciv bug.  The server sends all unit info to
> the client, instead of just sending the ship-unit info.  It might be
> non-trivial to fix this.  (See my earlier note about "fog of war", a few
> months ago.)

Well, a client-side fix should be fairly easy.  That wouldn't be
ideal, but would be (unfortunately) consistent with how similar
things are currently handled (eg, submarines).  Properly telling
clients only what they need to know would be better, but as you
say, non-trivial.

-- David