[Freeciv-Dev] Re: the things i dislike about freeciv

[Raimar Falke <hawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 10:00:48AM -0400, Jamie Kawabata wrote:
> 1.c. i think internationalization should be pure client side.  the
> protocol between client and server ought to be language-independent.  no
> messages, except perhaps "willkommen," from the server make it to the
> client (e.g. help text).  this is true for the most part.  it is not the
> server's responsibility to have to speak every language simultaneously. 
> it's an interface thing.  if a unit is to be called a "Cannon" then
> perhaps it should be #defined UNIT_CANNON in the client and server, and
> only the client knows about the string "Kanonenbein".  as for help text,
> well, i believe it doesn't have any place in the server at all.

Ack.

> 1.d. i feel that worklists should be purely client side.  they are a
> user-interface convenience, and ought to be fairly easy to implement
> client-side only, as long as there's no penalty for switching production
> the turn after something has completed building.

This implies IMHO an additional save game at the client side. I see
synchronization problems.

> 4.a. the way the terrain is set up, with extra fields for specials, it
> seems like it could be better handled by having an entirely new terrain
> type for forest_with_game, hills_with_coal, ocean_with_fish, etc.  have a
> field for river.  this would keep the data structures and handling
> routines simpler.  i have a funny suspicion that the reason it's set up
> this way is to make rendering on the client side easier, though i doubt it
> makes it any easier.  sure, maybe if there were ever whales on plains.

The data has to be available separated and mixing them together makes it
IMHO worst.

        Raimar

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