[Freeciv-Dev] Re: [Patch] Introduction of turns

[Raimar Falke <hawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 04:12:24PM -0700, Trent Piepho wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Reinier Post wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 12:26:35PM +0200, Raimar Falke wrote:
> > > 
> > > For client side ai and maybe also for other things the definition of
> > > the current turn is needed.
> > 
> > I don't understand - send_year_to_clients() already happens.
> 
> I'm confused too.  I thought the client already knew about the start of the
> next turn.  That's when it re-activates the turn done button.  The client also
> gets told the start and end of the end of turn data update, so that it can
> temporarily delay GUI refreshes, which results in a massive performance
> increase.

It is about an absolute turn counter. Apply the patch and watch the
turn counter in the gtk client.

        Raimar

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