[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#3735) Zulu (Shaka) gets a free capital when Catalan (Jefe) conquers its capital

["ChrisK@xxxxxxxx" <ChrisK@xxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 07:32:45AM -0800, Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, Raimar Falke wrote:
> > > Anyway, I think the savepalace option is more confusing than helpful. How
> > > about just setting the tech requirement of Palace to"None" so that you
> > > can build it without Masonry?
> >
> > And this is the fix for what problem?
> 
> It fixes the original problem (if you lose Palace before Masonry you're
> totally screwed since you can no longer research anything) without using a
> bandaid kludge like the savepalace server option that conjures up a new
> palace by random. It also fixes the problem Chris mentions, that if you
> lose all your cities but not all your original units and manage to found a
> new city but do not have Masonry, you're also totally screwed.
> 
> Chris, Thomas, others... what do you think?

I think, loosing the palace is bad, esp. for beginners, esp. in the
beginning of the game. So I think savepalace is a good thing.

Masonry as a requirement is an other thing. Clearly it is not necessary for
the savepalace option to work. With savepalace=0 I have no opinion.

And if somebody found the time, you can give the player a palace in the
special case mentioned above.

But first posting was about that there is (nearly) no problem.

Christian

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