[Freeciv-Dev] Re: comments on ics solutions

["Mike Jing" <miky40@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Martin Olveyra <molv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> actually, each 2 points of trade surplus gives 1 science (sorry, the choice 
> of the term "unit" was a bad idea, I was refering to "unit" as a "unit of 
> measure")
You do realize this depends on the science rate.  I am not sure how you 
suggest to change that.  Lower the max science rate?
[snip]
> In this model, the flux depends on the relative size between cities and its 
> travel distance. Even you can define regions (group of cities) that 
> determines a closed system in this aspect, for example, simply by enclosing 
> a group of tiles by a goto like poliline in the map. If the cities of a 
> region are all the same size, there won't be flux between them. But always 
> in a moment a city begins to grow faster than others...and here we obtain 
> the assimetry. If you need, for same reason, that a city develop without 
> the interference of a big near city, simply define a closed region, so to 
> assign to the former a group of small cities.
I don't know.  It all seems getting more complicated than it should be.  So 
the player has to decide what constitutes a "region".  Wouldn't this require 
more micromanagement?  Is it really worth the effort?
[snip]
> mmm...very simply (sorry of my arrogance ;-) ). I have this point 65% 
> completed. Theese have been productive holidays...hehe.
Well, I guess I just have to see the code then.

> What its the KISS principle??
"Keep It Simple, Stupid."  (No offense intended.)

> Well, perhaps this is the key point: all social and economical models are 
> questionable. If not, one of the major problems of Humanity had been solved 
> a lot of time ago... May be we (all who are discussing the ics) never will 
> agree in all the points. Perhaps, the solution is to implement a system in 
> which each
> player could choice between models as he does with type of government... 
> So, if one player wants to use the actual model, he apply it, and his 
> cities will work in a different way as the cities of another player, which 
> use the mike jing's model, or the jussi asp one, or the Kiermaier one, or 
> even my model, if someone likes it.  Just a thought...
That sounds great.  I am just afraid that introducing more complexities into 
the game won't necessarily make it any better.  In fact, it usually does the 
exact opposite.
Mike


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