[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Do planes belong to unit stacks?

[Tony Stuckey <stuckey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 02:11:34PM +0200, Marco Colombo wrote:
> I've found what is probably a small bug. Bombers belong to the unit
> stack which is under them. That is, when a ground unit which is in the
> same tile is killed, the bomber is killed, too.  I don't know if this
> behaviour is intended or not, but anyway it is quite unrealistic, I think.

        In PayCiv, air units do belong to the unit stacks, and are the
"preferred" defenders.  Any unit which cannot attack an air unit cannot
attack the stack.

        The behavior you describe is a compatibility bug, because the
ground unit should not be chosen as the defender.
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Anthony J. Stuckey                              stuckey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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