[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Unique city names

["martin.mcmahon" <martin.mcmahon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello tkurppa 
will run the patch tonight. 

On 03-Jan-02, tkurppa wrote:
> This is (hopefully) the final version of unique city names -patch. 
> It implements server side features, which prevent naming all cities of the
> player with same name. See    
> http://arch.freeciv.org/freeciv-dev-200111/msg00381.html
> http://arch.freeciv.org/freeciv-dev-200111/msg00761.html
> for previous discussion. 
> 
> The code has get some extra bloat compared to initial solution, as
> I implemented different possible naming restrictions that came up during
> discussion. Server variable 'citynames' is used to select one that
> suits to one's taste. There are now 4 different modes:
> 0 - no restrictions (as it is now) 
> 1 - a city name has to be unique to player (default) 
> 2 - a city name has to be globally unique 
> 3 - a city name has to be globally unique, and players can't use names
> that are among other players' default city names. 
> 
> I've tested it quite extensively, manually and with autogames. In my
> tests I've usually used Catalan and Spanish nations, as they have some
> overlap on their city names. So pathological cases of mode 3 should also
> work correctly. 
> 
> Teemu Kurppa  
> 
Regards Martin
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