[Freeciv-Dev] Re: No info on government type (PR#1687)

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

On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, Christian Knoke wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 10:31:33AM -0700, Per I Mathisen wrote:
> > I would like to move the choice of govt from the govt change dialog and
> > into the revolution dialog. That way you can immediately see what govt you
> > have and what govts you can change to. Also we can put some info summaries
> > of what the various govts do there.
> >
> > Removes one annoying popup from the game, too. I hate those popups that
> > fly in my face on turn start.
>
> Two problems: In the time between revolution and choice for new
> government, the user may change his mind and want another gov type.

I don't see this as a big problem. When you decide to throw your nation
into anarchy, you should have a pretty clear idea on what you are doing.

Actually, being presented with the possible options _before_ you enter
anarchy helps a lot with giving players an idea of what they are doing.
Helpful for newbies.

> He might discover/gain the tech for a new government type.

He should not be able to discover a new govt type, since anarchy should
not give any science bulbs. Entering anarchy then chancing that you will
be able to steal the requried techs sounds a bit risky, and entering
anarchy because you will diplomacy your way to this tech some turns later
sounds a bit odd. So no, I don't see that as a problem, either.

(Also, moving govt choice to revolution dialog makes it easier to make
rulesets without anarchy, like FreecivAC requires, for one. Each
government could have eg a field indicating the length of anarchy to reach
that government type, which could be set to zero.)

Yours
Per