[Freeciv-Dev] Re: More on (un)happiness

["Mike Jing" <miky40@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

It turns out the minimum distance between cities can already be adjusted in 
game.ruleset.  I tried a value of 4 (the current default is 2, meaning 1 
tile between cities) together with the "maximun unhappiness" settings 
(unhappysize=1, cityfactor=10, empire_size_inc=1), and some of the AI's 
actually built some big cities -- up to size 20.  I don't know how often 
this happens under normal settings, but I suspect it will be rare because 
the AI tends to build cities a bit closer.  So this could still be a quick 
and easy way to cure smallpox.
I have been reading the Apolyton Civ2 Forums all afternoon and found a 
wealth of information in their new "Great Library" section.  It turns out 
the "smallpox syndrome" is a well-known strategy in Civ2, known as ICS, or 
Infinite City Sleaze.  It is very effective even on the Deity level, due to 
the reason we have discussed earlier.  It just goes to show how little I 
know about the game.
Mike

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