[Freeciv-Dev] Re: SMAC-style borders (was: Re: Re: Plans for 1.12)

[Tony Stuckey <stuckey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jun 20, 2000 at 05:54:36PM +0200, Falk Hueffner wrote:
> Robert Rendell <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > - SMAC-style borders around nations
> 
> Could somebody who has played SMAC perhaps elaborate on this? What's
> the effect of the borders? How are they set?

        When you create a city, the (radius 7?) squares surrounding it are
marked with a colored fog to demonstrate ownership.
        When another city is created with an overlapping border area, the
"stronger" influence dominates the appropriate squares.  Thus 2 cities 8
tiles apart will each dominate 4 tiles directly between them.
        Units sent into dominated territory can be ordered to be withdrawn,
and creating a city in dominated territory can be an act of war.
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Anthony J. Stuckey                              stuckey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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