[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Glaciars

[Anecdoter@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 1/4/00 5:40:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, idjason@xxxxxxxx 
writes:

> Anecdoter@xxxxxxx wrote:
>  > 
>  > In a message dated 1/4/00 1:37:59 AM !!!First Boot!!!, idjason@xxxxxxxx
>  > writes:
>  > 
>  > > If your going to implement disasters, why not have this one, a glaciar.
>  > >  It would be a wall of ice that would slowly turn every tile in its 
path
>  > >  into ice. What do you think?
>  > >
>  > 
>  >     A very good idea, however, there would need to be certain conditions
>  > imposed on this disaster.   First it could not happen in areas that have
>  > jungle, desert or swamp - one for realism, to to make sure there is at 
> least
>  > some portions of the planet still habitable.   Second the glacier would 
> need
>  > to move slowly enough to give players time to resettle.  Also, the 
glacier
>  > would have to receed after a number of turns - preferably between fifty 
> and
>  > one hundred.   Finally, this would have to be an option or only 
available 
> at
>  > the hardest settings - one coan imagine the anguish a player would feel 
at
>  > having his/her entire civ destryoed by a glacier.
>  > Steve
>  
>  Those sound pretty good. Also a glaciar should start at the top or
>  bottom of the map and it should be impossible for it to happen before X#
>  of turns have elapsed. That way people would have time to get away by
>  way of ocean if nessacary.
>  
I agree wholeheartedly.   I think the glaciers would need to have a rather 
low probability of occurence - having to rebuild empires due to ice ages 
every game would turn quite a few people off.  Also, if the glaciers stopped 
when encountering warmer climates, there would still be land for players to 
maintain their kingdoms.

Steve