[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#1870) FreecivAC: borders patch

["Ben Webb" <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 07:01:55AM -0700, Jason Short wrote:
> --On Tuesday, June 24, 2003 11:54:03 -0700 Ben Webb <ben@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 08:05:44PM -0700, Jason Short wrote:
> >> I think an omniscient POV would be better.
> > The previous patch did this. The difference between the two is only 10
> > lines of code or so
> 
> But...which "previous patch" did omniscient POV?  Your previous patch 
> showed  border changes only in tiles that are known and seen.  My 
> suggestion for "omniscient" POV shows changes in all known tiles (even 
> fogged ones).

http://freecivac.sourceforge.net/oldpatches/newborders-20030613.patch
shows border changes in tiles that are known, even if they are not seen.

> The iso-view drawing code is not common yet because the methods used by the 
> clients for drawing are too different.  There is a patch available that 
> unifies it but it does not work well for the SDL client (which implements 
> fog very differently).

OK. In that case, I'll move the call into the GUI mapview code for the
GTK+, GTK2 and Xaw clients, and take a look at implementing at least
partial support for the SDL client.

        Ben
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