[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Wrong defense unit choosen in attack (PR#695)

["R. Miller" <richere@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I thought this information might be useful to you
( or it may just cloud the issue even more !!! )

At 11:56 01-02-17 +0100, Christian Knoke wrote:
> "martin.mcmahon" wrote:
> >
> > Hello Christian
> > fortifying in a town should have an effect
> >
> > from civ1
> > "ground armies may fortify themslves,increasing defence by 50%,armies 
> within
> > fortress strength doubled ,armies inside a city containing city walls are
> > tripled in strenght"
> >
> > :)
>
> I'm not sure with your conclusion. IMO it doesn't say
> clear about *fortyfied* _and_ *inside city wall*.
>
> I have here the german translation (which may be inaccurate)
> of Civ 2 MP manual, and it also speaks vaguely of "triple
> defense strength inside city wall", not mentioning forti-
> fication.
>
> Christian
The French language version of the CivNet (i.e. Civ 1) manual (page 80) states:

"Les unités retranchées derrières (sic) des fortifications défensives 
bénéficient essentiellement de
la protection fournie par les Remparts de la ville sans être directement 
stationnées dans la
ville. La force d'une unité stationnée derrière des fortifications est 
multipliée par trois et les
unités empilées sont détruites les unes après les autres. Les unités de 
Colons peuvent
construire des fortifications sur n'importe quel carré de terrain (à 
l'exception d'un carré de
ville)"

In essence, this states that units fortified (retranchées) on a square that 
has a fortification gets the
benefit of City Walls without actually being in the city. The strength of a 
unit within a fortified square
is tripled (not doubled) and units are destroyed one at a time. Finally, 
settlers can fortify any square
EXCEPT a city square.

Robaire