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

[Ben Webb <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 01:12:16PM +0100, Niels Weber wrote:
> Am Don, 2002-11-14 um 06.58 schrieb 蔡恆華 =?BIG5?B??=:
> > the current implmentations. I was in the line of thinking range
> > Island and above should only be allowed for wonders. Is there any
> > non-wonder having these ranges in civ like games?
> There is in Alpha Centauri. There are orbital improvements that affect
> all your cities, so effect would be "player".

True, although such improvements have their own little quirks too - once
built, they are not 'owned' by the city any more, but are launched into
space, and so effectively enter a player-owned pool of improvements.
This is not supported by current Freeciv or FreecivAC code,
unfortunately - but it will be...

        Ben
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