[Freeciv-Dev] ferryboats (was: Railroads and AI)

[Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

About ferryboats:

Thue already has a ferryboat patch.  It adds a F command that can be
issued on vessels to make them available for goto use. as Tobias
suggested.  It is operational, but buggy; apply

  http://hjem.get2net.dk/thue_janus_kristensen/pq.diff
  http://hjem.get2net.dk/thue_janus_kristensen/ferryboat2.diff

in order to try it out (it will probably work against 1.11.0).

Thue has added a 'manager' object to coordinate the use of the vessel
within the goto.  This is very useful for it could be applied wider.

> A new terrain improvement is introduced, similar to an airport:
> a ferryboat port. This could only be built on the coast. 
> A new command 'ferry' would then be similar to an airlift,
> which makes a unit transferred from one port to another.

Instantly?  That would be too much like airports, wouldn't it?
An alternative is to have a command that assigns boats to specific
ferry lines, so they would automatically move in between the two
ports, taking all sentried units across.

-- 
Reinier