[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Civ3 extensions to FreeCiv

[Andrew John Hughes <hughes2002@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Wednesday 10 July 2002 12:17 pm, Ben Webb wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 11:09:40PM +0100, Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> > There has been some recent discussion on the freeciv@xxxxxxxxxxx mailing
> > list on extending FreeCiv with some of the features of the new Civ3.  I
> > was wondering what the thoughts of the current developers were on doing
> > this and if it could be achieved.
> > For myself, I would like to get involved on developing FreeCiv, having
> > enjoying playing FreeCiv and Civ I, II, and III, and this is a particular
> > area I would be interested in working on.  I think it would be best
> > achieved by adding the features as options to freeciv in the form of
> > rules and server options, as it doesn't really warrant complete
> > seperation from the Civ I and II compatability currently in FreeCiv.
>
>       At least some of the features necessary for Civ3 support
> are/will be provided by the FreecivAC patches (http://freecivac.sf.net/).
> The aim has always been to add the extra functionality needed for SMAC
> compatibility by extending the rulesets. I personally am currently
> working on extending impr-gen effects to government and nation types, so
> what you and Raimar mention about "special skills" for nations should be
> easily configurable within the rulesets Real Soon Now.
Yeh, a lot of what Civ3 added was actually in SMAC - the seperation of workers 
and setters (or Colony Pods and Formers in SMAC) comes to mind.  The main 
things I can think of that are Civ3 only are culture and resources as you 
mention, and any other stuff that is tied to history rather than science 
fiction.
>
>       I don't have a copy of Civ3, so don't know its rules all that
> well, but extra features that are similar to those added in SMAC should
> be relatively easy to add support for. I personally am not working on
> more Civ3-specific stuff such as culture and resources, although other
> developers may be looking at that.
I'd be interested in looking at culture and resources if no-one else is.  As 
to SMAC, aren't drone riots the same as rebellions in Civ (although you can't 
nerve-staple in Civ - more's the pity).  I think they are just direct swaps 
for CIV population to SMAC population - unhappy citizens=drones, 
doctors=entertainers(elvises), librarians=scientists.  You probably already 
aware of this, but the drone riot thing on your site confused me.
>
>       Ben

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Andrew :-)
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