[Freeciv-Dev] Re: [Patch] CMA 2.2

[Christian Knoke <ChrisK@xxxxxxxx>]

Am Dienstag,  9. Oktober 2001 14:15 schrieb Raimar Falke:
> On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 01:26:28PM +0200, Christian Knoke wrote:
> > Am Montag,  8. Oktober 2001 23:49 schrieb Raimar Falke:
> > > On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 10:35:00PM +0100, Gregory Berkolaiko wrote:
> > > >  --- Jason Dorje Short <vze2zq63@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Sounds to me like this is more of an interface issue.  IMO it
> > > > > should be possible for YOU to steal other city's tiles
> > > > > (possibly with a confirmation of some sort) without having to
> > > > > skip over to that city. Alternately, it should be possible to
> > > > > quickly skip to a city that is taking tiles from they city
> > > > > you are viewing.
> > > >
> > > > that's a good idea.
> > > > I imagine it would be annoying if you free a tile to rearrange
> > > > and then the agent in the neighbour city steals the tile. 
> > > > Ouch! But if human could take the tile back from the agent --
> > > > that's ok.
> > > >
> > > > BTW, it's is hard to come across, but you are running a risk of
> > > > infinite loop with this agent-reacts-on-tile-being-freed stuff.
> > > > Well, probably not, but still it's worth thinking about.
> >
> > Now that you are talking about this, a related user problem comes
> > to mind. On net games, it is very difficult to adjust the city
> > workers in a reasonable way, because of the lack of time. Each
> > click needs to be confirmed over the net. If you would change this,
> > i.e. that the changes in used tiles are sent/updated only when the
> > window is closed, both, this and the above, problems are solved. Is
> > this possible?
>
> No. Because you can't be sure that the tile is really claimed if you
> close the window. Another city/user may allocated the tile
> already. What should happen in such a case?

I know. But: 

 - It will not happen too often.
 - There is a solution already implemented. When an enemy unit moves
   on a worked tile, it is rearranged, I don't know how.
 - If the window is closed, and the info is rejected by the server,
   some slight corrections could happen and a message printed out.
 - You have a similar situation e.g. in case of pollution. The city
   may get a negative food surplus, but now, you even get no explicit
   warning.

Christian

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