[Freeciv-Dev] colour selection for nations (was: About the iranian flag)

[Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 02:04:48PM +0200, Keyvan Monchi wrote:
> Hi Per,
> 
> Ok, thanks for your answer! That's a good idea to take colours, waiting 
> this,
> regards,
> Keyvan.

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> Per I. Mathisen wrote:

> >Actually I think we should move away from using flags and instead use
> >coloured rings at the bottom of the unit tile. I've seen other projects
> >use that (forget which at the moment) and it looked better than flags
> >(less obtrusive). It also makes things simpler for us (no more political
> >flag issues, no problem with inventing flags for non-real modpack nations,
> >no hassle updating the flags xpms/pngs, no more similar-looking flags,...)

Note that you can already play with solid colours in the client.
But the colour selection algorithm can't handle the amount of
nations we have now.  I think the only solution is to tie the colours
to player numbers rather than nations.

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Reinier