[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Suggestions

[Ben Webb <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Pasi Valminen wrote:

> I agree that national borders should be included.

        OK, so get hold of the patch at 
http://freecivac.sourceforge.net/patches/newborders-20020203.patch
and test it. This is the best way to further development...

> You may wish to consider using PNG file format for graphics. This would
> result in better looking tilesets thanks to the alpha filter available
> for PNG.

        I believe it has been considered. The Win32 client uses PNG, IIRC. 
The main advantages of XPM are 1. portability and 2. text format, so it 
works well with patch/diff/CVS.

        Ben
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