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

[Marco Colombo <marco@xxxxxx>]

On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Tony Stuckey wrote:

> 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.

Ah, now I see.  But probably a bomber can't be a 'defender' (it makes
little sense). Considering gameplay, I think that only fighters should be
able to act as defenders. Otherwise I could use my bombers to both bomb
a city and protect ground units next to it with a single move.

> -- 
> Anthony J. Stuckey                              stuckey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> "And they said work hard, and die suddenly, because it's fun."
>       -Robyn Hitchcock.
> 

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