[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#3386) suggestion: prebuilt cities, w/ patch

["Reinier Post via RT" <rt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 08:43:19AM -0800, andrearo@xxxxxxxxxxxx via RT wrote:

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> Set the serveroption; freecities 1 (for one square between each hut) or 
> freecities 2 (for two squares).
> This serveroption is disabled by default.

I think this is a very good idea.  It will do a lot to resolve the
problem of having to play solitaire for 1 or 2 hours before a
stronger opponent finds and butchers you.

> I've playtested it several times, and I've found that generator 2 gives 
> approx. the same populations
> for each player. This option overrides the regular huts option. Any 
> feedback/ideas about this modification?

On gen 2 or 3 it doesn't really matter that the cities are in huts:
I like to have some exploring to do anyway.
On gen 1 or 5 it can lead to interesting gameplay.
 
Logically you are doing two things:

  - changing the density of the huts
  - changing the contents of the huts to all cities

I prefer (and civserver's tradition also prefers) that these would
be separated and the existing interface would simply be extended.
E.g. you can have a 'hutcitychance' variable and a 'hutdensity'
or 'hutdistance' variable.

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Reinier