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

[Davide Pagnin <nightmare@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 01:07, Alan Schmitt wrote:
> * Mike Kaufman (kaufman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> > if you found two cities as so and create a trade route between them, you
> > will get the benefit of a trade route between separate continents, even if
> > you're reasonably sure that the two cities are sitting on the same
> > continent.
> 
> Well, I don't think it's too bad ... If the land from one city to
> another has not been discover, it means the trade route must go by sea,
> and I don't see why it shouldn't be less profitable. (I'm taking a
> "realistic" point of vue, I guess).

The problem is that the player is exploiting the facts that he 'knows'
that the two cities are on the same island but he 'don't knows' that
from the client geography point of view.

From a realistic point of view I don't know.
It's hard to find in history, such 'example'.

I can just say that, if no 'land' route is viable to join the two
cities, then the trade route should be more profitable.
But realistically, all 'possible' route are tried before saying that no
other can be used.
Thus It can be true the contrary, I mean, when you make the traderoute
between the 2 cities, a 'land' path is uncovered from the two cities.
And this should apply only if that path isn't inside enemy or neutral
territory.

> 
> Alan Schmitt
> 
> 
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> 

        Ciao, Davide