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

["Mike Jing" <miky40@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well, the problem is the micromanagement involved.  Some automation would 
> really help here.  (If nobody is going to do scripting any time
> soon, I'd love to see an auto-elvis feature.)
I don't think it would require more micromanagement than usual once you have 
learned how to play at a higher unhappiness level  You have to build 
military units and temples early on.  Later you have to build marketplaces 
and trade routes, etc. and then raise luxury rate above zero (now that's a 
concept) to keep people happy.  It also helps to raise more money so that 
you can buy needed buildings whenever necessary.  If done right, you rarely 
need any elvis.  And with fewer cities, micromanagement is not that bad at 
all.
Of course, automation is always helpful.  one of the worst micromanagement 
problem I have now is when I try to grow my cities by celebrating.  After 
each turn, I have to make sure the workers are distributed so that the 
cities 1) keep on celebrating, 2) have a food surplus.  With a lot of cities 
this becomes very tedious.  I always have to ask for more time when this 
happens.
In the other extreme, ICS itself is micromanagement hell, especially with 
the large number of cities involved.  You have to give credit to those who 
can use it well.  I am just not up to the task.
At the root though, micromanagement is unavoidable in the game.  So I think 
this is another good topic for discussion: how best to reduce 
micromanagement?  Ultimately, scripting would be ideal.  Meanwhile, other 
things could be further improved, e.g. worker placement (including 
auto-elvis maybe?), autosettler, worklists, etc.  Hmmm...  Maybe it's time 
to look more at the code.
Mike

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