[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Multiple buildings of a certain type per city

[Ben Webb <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Jörg Zuther wrote:

> Oops, a good example how communication can go wrong. I thought the
> "(well, of course showing only the (non)existence)" would be clear
> enough. You can have at most one building of each type per city -
> sometimes even less (wonders, palace).

        Well, when writing the generalised improvements code, I did 
consider putting in support for multiple buildings in a city, but decided 
that it would be too complicated, and would possibly just end up confusing 
the player.

> Again I'm of the opinion that one should think this carefully out:
> Should cities become even more complex structures?

Please no. ;)

> If you can have multiple buildings of one type, then each type should 
> have a maximum number that can be build per city. Or maybe these numbers 
> should be influenced somehow by the growth of the city?

        I think the major problem at present is that some players don't 
build city improvements at all, and so having support for multiple 
buildings wouldn't enhance gameplay much. But I could be wrong.

        Ben
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