[Freeciv-Dev] Re: [FreeCiv-Cvs] per: Adding generalised calendar. Calendars can now ... (PR#1964)

[Ben Webb <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 08:59:29PM +0200, Christian Knoke wrote:
> It looks silly for me. What about the following calendar instead
> (not tested):
> 
> [calendar_ancient_age]
> name                   = _("Ancient Age")
> first_year             = -1000
> turn_years             = 25
> req_tech               = "None"
> early_tech             = "None"
> ; 1000BC - 1AD = 40 turns, 100 cumulative
> 
> [calendar_new_era]
> name                   = _("Turn of the Era")
> first_year             = 1
> turn_years             = 19
> req_tech               = "None"
> early_tech             = "None"
> ; 1AD - 20AD = 1 turn, 101 cumulative

        Yeah, that should work. You may be able to guess that I was one
of those people that spent all of the year 2000 yelling at people that
it wasn't the new millennium yet. ;)

> > > When I continue an old game, it shows rubbish.
> > What kind of rubbish?
> (0 yr/turn)

        Well, that's a bug, in that case. If you can provide a savegame,
I'll take a look at it.

> Also, maybe you can use plural i18n to allow proper localization?

        That shouldn't be too tricky to do (it'd be a waste of time if
it's not displayed anywhere, though!)

        Ben
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