[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Glaciars: what happens after they leave

[Dan Sugalski <dan@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 05:57 PM 1/5/00 +0000, Jason Todd wrote:
>  I was thinking about what happens to squares after a glaciar
> leaves. So here it is... A square can't possibly be unchaged
> after a glaciar. A forest can't remain a forest, etc. So
> mountains should become hills, forests and grasslands should
> become plains, plains should stay the same, but as a bonus
> deserts should become plains too due to the increase in
> good stuff in the soil left by the glaciar. As for huts, they
> should stay. Now for specials and rivers; rivers, IMHO should
> stay the way they were, but specials should be randomly created
> at the same level as the server is set.
Glaciers should leave behind more lakes and river squares. When they 
advance over an existing lake square there ought to be some percentage 
chance that the water gets extended in the direction of the glacier's 
advance (well, pushed up a river/plain/grassland/forest square, at least).

                                        Dan

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