[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Bug #202 : transporter content shown instead of the transport

[Thue Janus Kristensen <thue.kristensen@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Jeff Mallatt wrote:
> At 2000/03/13 11:43 , Jeff Mallatt wrote:
> >At 2000/03/13 10:15 , Thue Janus Kristensen wrote:
> >>Here is a patch that fixes that. I moved the function
> >player_find_visible_unit
> >>from common/player.c to client/control.c as it has no use on the
> >>server (and I needed access to punit_focus from the client).
> >
> >Thue sent me a small change that I thought was an improvement.  So, here's
> >an updated patch with that change.  Also, I renamed
> >player_find_visible_unit() to find_visible_unit(), because it's no longer a
> >"player" routine.
> 
> Oops.  Just discovered a bug with this.  Units which attack from a
> transporter are not seen by the victim.  E.g., put a Marines on a
> Transport, and attack something along the shore with the Marines directly
> from the Transport.  The victim player doesn't see the Marines -- just the
> Transport.

That would affect ships attacking from a square containing a transport too. :(
I'll have a look.

-Thue