[Freeciv-Dev] Re: TODO

[Erik Sigra <freeciv@xxxxxxx>]

Erik Sigra wrote:
> 
> Thue wrote:
> > > Non-x-wrapping maps would require that the first and last columns are
> > > never explored and forbidden to enter, and only exist to allow the
> > > client to render the terrain correctly. (Like the T_UNKNOWN thing.)
> > >
> > > And there should be a client option to play on a map just like the one
> > > used now but with the poles on the sides and the wrap top-bottom. That
> > > view is just as valid as the current one. And compatible.
> >
> > When that TODO item is implemented it will be trivial to make a 
> > non-x-wrapping
> > gameplay option. You could just as easy make a map that wrapped top-button, 
> > or
> > wrapped both ways.
> > The work that is required is excactly that TODO item.
> 
> I'm not sure we were talking about the same thing. Of course, that TODO
> item would allow non-x-wrapping and top-bottom wrapping. But the last
> thing I meant was that if 1 player wants to play x-only-wrapping and
> another player wants to play y-only wrapping, one of the clients could
> swap the coordinates or something. Then both get what they want.

Forgot to clarify: In the SAME Game