[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Where can I get that Great Tileset?

[Thue <thue@xxxxxxx>]

> Note that my number mapping have a disadvantage compared to the civ 2 one:
you
> need both the x and the y coordinate to determine if a tile is valid. This
is
> not very serious; we already have a function normalize_map_pos() that does
that.
> But map_adjust_*() would have to be abandoned. But the map_adjust_*()
functions
> would have to be abandoned anyway to implemented a flat map, ie one that
doesn't
> wrap in the x direction, so this is not really an issue.


Umm, sorry, I was a bit too fast there. You do not need both coordinates to
evaluate a position on a flat map. So that part really is a (non-fatal) 
weakness in
my number scheme.

-Thue