[Freeciv-Dev] Re: worker unit

[Andreas Røsdal <andrearo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Per I. Mathisen wrote:

> I've been looking for a graphics for a worker unit for some time, and
> finally, now I have two.
>
> The first is one I managed to draw myself:
> http://www.leftist.net/perrin/units.png
>
> The other was drawn by 'mur' in #freeciv:
> http://www.leftist.net/perrin/units_mod.png
>
> Will either of those two do? If so, I have a patch to add a worker unit to
> the default ruleset, inspired by Civ 3. It makes the Settlers unit the
> only one that can found cities, removes its possibility of upgrade and
> adds a Workers unit that can be upgraded into an Engineer.
>
> The patch is attached. The AI already knows when to build Workers and
> when to build Settlers.
>
>  - Per
>  
Workers are cheaper to build than settlers in Civ3, they cost only 10.
Why not make it similar in freeciv?

Andreas Røsdal