[Freeciv-Dev] A Ruleset for Disasters?

["Mike Jing" <miky40@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK, so I don't know how to implement the senate, but a Disasters ruleset 
seems to be rather straightforward to do.  The attached ruleset file would 
give you an idea of how it might look like.  (I believe these are the 
disasters in Civ1.  Anyone have a list for Civ2?)  Of course, I still have 
to code in the handling routines, but I think I now understand it well 
enough to be able to do it.  :-)  Anyway, it will have to wait for the next 
development cycle.
Talking about rulesets, I have been wondering just how general and flexible 
the system can be.  Obviously it's very powerful, and a large number of 
customizations can already be made without touching the source code.  And I 
assume it will be further generalized (e.g. the upcoming "improvements 
generalization" patch).  But in order to allow mod packs with sufficiently 
different modes of play (e.g. the Master of Magic patch by Dennis Payne), 
more features have to be added in the code.  Our goal would be to make the 
rulesets as general and flexible as possible, so that mod packs can be made 
with minimum amount of fuss.
With this in mind, maybe we should think about what else should and can be 
put into rulesets.  we already know that improvement/wonder effects will be 
handled this way in an upcoming patch, and I hope terrain requirements for 
improvements/wonders are treated the same way as well.  I haven't really 
thought it through--just throwing the idea around.  Maybe someone already 
have a plan in mind?
I guess I should do some coding now.  ;-)

Mike

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