[Freeciv-Dev] Re: zoom feature - I would like to help implement it

[Mike Kaufman <kaufman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 07:57:54AM -0700, Sergei Medvedev wrote:
> Hi,
>    I am pretty new to the Freeciv project so this
> functionality might already be in place and I simply
> haven't come across it yet in the game. Can a feature
> be implemented where a user can issue an in-game
> command to switch tilesets? For instance, the user
> could issue "tileset trident-iso-30" to switch to that
> particular tileset. Aside from being a great way to
> test tilesets, it would effectively add an ulimited
> zoom functionality provided a certain tileset exists.
> Thus, a user could switch from a 30x30 tileset to a
> 45x45 tileset to a 90x90 tileset and so forth.
> 
> I have not familiarized myself with the game's code
> yet, but I would imagine most of the code needed to
> implement this is already there. I am a computer
> science major and would love to contribute to the
> project. Is there someone I can get in touch with
> regarding this? Thanks!

Yes, this would be a nice feature to have.

I believe Jason Short <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> once upon a time
sumitted a patch along these lines, but I believe it was rather rough
around the edges.

-mike