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Subject: [Freeciv-Dev] Re: images implementation (was: Minor adjustment of Norwegian flags and shield....)
From: Robert Brady <robert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 16:58:19 +0100 (BST)

On 7 Aug 2000, Gaute (B) Strokkenes wrote:

> > Also, I'm not sure that putting images in rulesets is a good idea.  The way
> > things work now, that would imply that we transmit the images from the
> > server to the client across the (potentially slow) wire.
> 
> Ouch.  I agree.

It might be good to just send _descriptions_ of the flags over the
wire. You could say "tricolor(red,yellow,blue)" and the client
would make a romanian, sized appropriately. Obviously this will only
work well for simple flags.

-- 
Robert




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