[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Antartica - thanks to FreeCiv and Open Source!

[Jamie Kawabata <kawabata@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

i played freeciv for the first time about three years ago and i've been playing 
intermittently ever since.  occasionally i have felt like making an 
improvement.  a few times i have brosed the code, and i end up getting 
frustrated because the structure of the game is not laid out at all like i 
would like, and i feel like starting from scratch.  (if anyone wants, i could 
provide a list of things i don't like about freeciv).  after a short period of 
inspiration, i give up and that's the end of my idea.

please be aware that rewriting another civ project is a lot of work, and you're 
going to have to find a brand new user base to find all your bugs for you.

anyway, now i'm working on an idea that might actually work.  basically it's a 
new client.  it will work on X-windows, Win32, and Macintosh.  and i'm thinking 
it will be much easier to add features, without having to program X11 widgets 
(yuck).  maybe even a client-side AI (i know, i can hear you guys say it, "it 
will never happen").

i guess what i wanted to say was that this isn't the first time i've seen 
someone want to re-write freeciv (i've even wanted to do it myself).  be aware 
that it isn't easy.  maybe your efforts would be more effective if you joined 
one of the existing projects, e.g. http://sourceforge.net/projects/ObjectCiv/.

if you do get it working, let me know.  i want my client to work for your game 
too.
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8:
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