[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#2748) 3 mapgen patches now through rt (sorry about that) --- 1 of 3

[Alan Schmitt <alan.schmitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

* Greg Wooledge (greg@xxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> Gregory Berkolaiko (Gregory.Berkolaiko@xxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> 
> > I seem to remember river flowing through a forest, at least in civ2.
> > Davide, where art thou?
> 
> Civ1 rivers are a separate terrain type.  Civ2 rivers are a modifier
> to other terrain types (such as grassland, forest, etc.) -- or maybe
> they flow *between* the tiles instead of through the centers of them.
> I can't recall precisely, since it's been a few years since I played
> Civ2.

Civ2 rivers flow through the center of the tiles, and give movement
bonus (small movement cost). Civ3 rivers are between tiles, and give
commerce bonus, but movement malus when crossing them (even with road,
until the discovery of "engineering", I think, but I am not sure about
this).

Alan



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