[Freeciv-Dev] Re: RFC: new implementation of island numbering

[Raimar Falke <rf13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 05:47:27PM -0600, Mike Kaufman wrote:
> > > Interesting: should mere knowledge of geography or lack thereof be a
> > > deciding factor in whether an effect works?
> > 
> > Geography as a tech?
> 
> no, no. Say I have an island-wide effect which destroys all units (neutron
> bomb) Not realizing that two separate continents are in fact one continent
> should not deter the effect from destroying all the units on the "second"
> continent should it? Granted, this is not a problem with the current set of
> effects...

So one solution is to let bad effects effect the "real" continent and
let a "good" effect only effect the parts which the client knows are
one continent.

        Raimar

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