[Freeciv-Dev] Re: more topology (was: Re: [PATCH] bugfix for wrapping problem)

["Ross W. Wetmore" <rwetmore@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 03:24 PM 01/08/26 -0500, Mike Kaufman wrote:
>On Sat, 25 Aug 2001, Reinier Post wrote:
[...]
>blah, blah, blah, what do other people think about this? I'm not in a
>position to code this right now (only pseudo net access for a month or so
>and class load etc), but if there is a discussion about this, perhaps the
>details and potential project size could be hashed out.
>
>1. Is this worth doing?
>2. Potential pitfalls?
>3. What parts/how much of the code needs to be changed to accomodate
>   this?

I think you hit on a couple of the pitfalls like distance computation
when only local or path-walk (i.e. local*n) distances can be determined.

Discussion might bring out a few of the major hurdles, which if cracked
might see a quickie prototype to experiment with.

>-mike
>
>PS: yes, we could make different sorts of wrapping for this, but right
>now, how about just using the flat,wrapx,wrapy,donut that we have/gonna
>have.

A man after my own heart ... one step at a time, or is it one back two 
forward :-).

Cheers,
RossW