[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Ruleset Development - improvements

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From: Ben Webb <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [Freeciv-Dev] Re: Ruleset 
Development - improvements
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On Tue, 4 Dec 2001 vze2zq63@xxxxxxxxxxx 
wrote:

> Ben Webb wrote:
> >     An additional problem/feature is that 
you (the client) may think 
> > that you control two islands, but 
(because of unexplored land connecting 
> > the two land areas) they are actually 
just one island. The server knows 
> > this, of course, and thus the effect of a 
continent-specific improvement 
> > will be different for the server and 
client.
> 
> When you think about this logically, it's 
pretty rediculous.  Consider 
> that you have hoover dam built, which 
provides hydro power to every city 
> on the continent.  If you haven't even 
explored enough to know that two 
> cities are on the same continent at all, 
how is this supposed to happen?

        Agreed. I suspect this is why the default 
Freeciv ruleset doesn't 
have this kind of effect for the Hoover Dam 
any more (it affects _all_ of 
your cities instead).

> Anyway, although this could provide the 
"correct" solution I don't think 
> it's worth it.  I think, rather, the better 
solution is that the server 
> provide the client with a list of 
additional effects on each city 
> (which, I believe, is whar Raimar said was 
needed for CMA's as well).

Again, I agree. For the time being I'm 
overlooking the situation, however.

        Ben
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