[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Railroads and AI

[Jeff Mallatt <jjm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2000/06/16 08:15 , Robert Rendell wrote:
>Asher Densmore-Lynn wrote:
>} 
>} You know, that sort of makes me wonder -- are railroads in the best
interest
>} of the defender? *I* would mine the suckers and blow them to kingdom
come if
>} there were rails in a section of country I was losing...
>
>One mechanism I'd quite like would be if railroads inside a city radius
>didn't work for invaders - there are still roads they can travel on, but it
>doesn't seem right that trains are sent out to help hostile troops tromp
>across your land (and probably right up to your city).

Well, I frequently build my own railroad up to an enemy town, in order to
make it easier to attack it.  I seems right that I can send trains out on
my own rail.

jjm