[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Improved Auto-Explore

[Cameron Morland <cjmorlan_freeciv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 03:32:08PM +0200, Juha Litola wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 11:25:51AM +0000, Gregory Berkolaiko wrote:
> > Before I read the patch, I'd like to hear more comments from the gamers.  
> > 1. Do you think this behaviour is good?
> > 2. Should the old one be ditched in favour of it?
> > 3. Or should they both be available through some sort of choice dialog?
> Old version can be ditched if using multiple explorers leads to 2 
> units moving along coast line to different directions and others
> exploring inland. If they all just follow coastline, it isn't good
> enough.

In a bit more detail, the explorer tries to explore tiles which appear to be 
water. If given a choice between exploring land or not uncovering any new 
tiles, it will explore the land. (And boats do the opposite, ie they seek 
land.) So any number of explorers coming from a single point will all take 
different routes.