[Freeciv-Dev] (PR#1885) Civil War doesn't always happen

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

[ChrisK@xxxxxxxx - Tue Aug  6 11:01:28 2002]:

> CVS 06 AUG 2002 w/ var patches
> 
> Playing against hard AI, republic, more than 30 cities,
> civilwarsize=10
> 
> Conquering the capital does *not* split its empire.
> 
> When replaying the same scene, it splits ...
> 
> Strange.
> 
> Suggestions?

The chance of civil war is random.  In the case of the Zulus in your
savegame, the base probability is 40% because they're a republic.  This
is increased by 5% for each unhappy city: they have 2.  So there's a 50%
probability for civil war.

See civil_war_triggered() in server/plrhand.c.

jason