[Freeciv-Dev] Re: suggestion/idea - the world is round

["Wong TM (Huang Deming)" <lookmeow@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was wondering what kind of algorithms should I use to divide a sphere into 
equal area and what kind of coordinate system to map the sphere (including the 
warp at the end of world). 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Martin Christensen
> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 5:32 PM
> 
> five dimensions? Anyway, the geometry of a spherical world projected
> on a two-dimensional map where all tiles are of an equal size is just
> a pain, and while it may be more realistic it doesn't make the
> gameplay any better.

But if somehow Freeciv manage to use openGL and represent the civ-world 
texture-map onto a sphere, it will be quite a eye-candy. And smallkids will say 
Freeciv is cool ;-).
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