[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Bombers dying (PR#1532)

[Gregory Berkolaiko <Gregory.Berkolaiko@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 3 Jun 2002 rms@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Often I tell a bomber to Go To a city in a region where fighting is
> going on.  It typically takes several turns to reach there.  There are
> typically a number of bombers in that region.  I am giving orders to
> several bombers there each term.
> 
> When a bomber appears there as the focus unit, and I see it is
> undamaged, I tend to move it straightaway to the attack.  Occasionally
> it turns out to be a bomber that had on a Go To to that city, and has
> just a few movement points left.  I notice that fact when the bomber
> refuses to move any further after just a few squares.  Then I have
> wasted a turn in using that bomber for an attack.
> 
> Occasionally the bomber had travelled more than 8 squares to reach
> that city, and it runs out of fuel and dies.
> 
> Of course, I keep reminding myself to check the available movement of
> a bomber before moving it.  But this is not natural to do.  In effect,
> the current interface is error-prone.
> 
> How about asking for confirmation before moving a bomber out of a city
> when it has less than its full supply of movement points?

I think asking for a confirmation each time you leave a city is very bad,
I'd be annoyed.  However, a GoTo command which doesn't go when you're
going to run out of points half way, or even run out of fuel, is a good
solution IMO.  Right now GoTo command does something along these lines: if
you have insufficient moves to reach the destination, your bomber will
wait in the city for the turn.  But if you do have enough points to reach
it but not enough fuel to come back, it's gonna go for it, which I think
should change.

I will try to supply a patch to do it with the rest of the air-goto 
changes, apres-release.

G.