[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Possible slight CivII incompatibility in spy handling

[Stephen Hodge <stephenh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Daniel Burrows wrote:
> 
>   When a spy escapes after completing a mission in FreeCiv, she is returned
> to her home city.  I'm not sure, but I think that CivII may have just returned
> her to the nearest friendly city (which would be more logical in the case 
> that,
> eg, the spy is halfway across the map from her home city)  Of course, this 
> would
> also make spy-swarms even *more* powerful, so it might not be such a great
> idea..

You're right - spies do return to the nearest city in CivII (even in
silly cases like the nearest city being on a different island).

Regards,
Steve Hodge