[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Civ 2 style luxury cap (PR#1437)

["Per I. Mathisen" <Per.Inge.Mathisen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 6 May 2002, Reinier Post wrote:
> > The totality of my argument is that Civ 2 did it this way.

I'm all for 100% civ2 compatibility, for the civ2 ruleset, but only as
long the freeciv default rules don't get screwed by it. This is in the
"getting screwed" category.

> The usual way in Freeciv is to introduce a server/ruleset
> variable "luxurycap".  (Even if Civ II behaviour was actually desirable,
> it's a good idea to make arbitrary cutoff points configurable.)

This is a possibility. I don't like the continuing inflation of the number
of options nobody will be ever bothered to use, though.

> There"s another ugly hack in the code called the "civstyle" variable.
> If doing a whole new variable just for this change seems overkill to you
> you can use this one.

This is not an option, since both civ2 and freeciv default rules use
civstyle 2.

Yours,
Per

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