[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Diplomatic states

[Ross Wetmore <rwetmore@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

CeaseFire is a state of inactive WAR.

Units can freely ignore ZOC and other actions that would trigger an
automatic hostile response or declaration of (open) WAR. They cannot
open fire without triggering full WAR but can be otehrwise really
obnoxious.

This is significantly different from Neutral to be worth retaining.

Cheers,
RossW
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Gregory Berkolaiko wrote:
> On Thu, 8 May 2003, Christian Knoke wrote:
>
>
> > Now AI diplomacy is coming and diplomatic states get more important.
> >
> > First state ever is "never met"
> > After contact, you have war (this is going to change).
> > Cheapest treaty you can make is cease fire.
> > If you cancel cease fire treaty, you are neutral
> > if you cancel "neutral" treaty, you get war.
> >
> > You can never get neutral, except you cancel a treaty.
> >
> > If you cancel peace, you get "neutral" (not cease fire, ok this has some
> > logic in it).
> >
> > Looks not very consistent. Is this intended?
>
> I suggest: 
> (1) we retire ceasefire.  I think it has no meaning on its own.
> (2) once we have AI diplomacy, we make NEUTRAL the first default state 
>
> G.