[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#3550) Partial buy production

["Alan Horkan" <horkana@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Rafa³ Bursig wrote:

> Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 08:10:15 -0800


> > On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Rafa? Bursig wrote:
> > >  Buy Production Dlg. should have 2 additonnal option ( 4 total
> > > options )
> > > 1) "Yes - High" buy all "shields" ( finish next turn )
> > > 2) "Yes - Low" buy all needed "shields". ( finish next turn )
> > > This option will save your money :)
> > > exp. unit cost 50, you have been build 25 , city production is 5 per
> > > turn
> > > This option will buy 20 "shields" : 25(already build) + 20(buy) +
> > > 5(city prod) = 50
> > > 3) "Buy what you can" - you decide how many "shields" buy.
> > > exp. you dont have enouch money but you want pay something to hurry
> > > production.
> > > 4) "No, thanks" - exit dlg.
> > >
> > > Why 1) and 2) simply : when 2 players want build Wonder and first
> > buy
> > > with 1) and Secound with 2) then Wonder will be build by First
> > Player
> > > who pay more :)
> >
> > Why? You can just save the gold until the number of shields remaining
> > is less than what you can pay.
> I think you speak about 3).
>
> But 2) is only extension of 3) , simply this calculation is make
> automaticaly.
> And...
> If you know how many turn/shields need other player to build wonder and
> you cant build all Wonder Production at once but you can buy so many
> production that can build this wonder 1 turn earlyer.

In the original Civ1 you could in effect get partial production by buying
cheaper units that you could actually afford and then switching production
back to what you actually want.
If you were not in any hurry you could start by buying the cheapest unit
and gradually buy increasingly more expensive units and it works out
cheaper than just buying the unit in one go.

Even if this worked in freeciv (i am not sure it does) the penalty for
switching production prevents this trickery from being worthwhile.  I
would suspect the penalty for switching production was designed to
prevent this kind of behaviour and keep things that bit more
difficult for everyone.

Sincerely

Alan Horkan
http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/