[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#5465) client can see all enemy units in stacks

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On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 11:41:59AM -0700, Christian Knoke wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 11:13:59AM -0700, Jason Short wrote:
> > One suggestion was that transported units should be hidden from the
> > client.  Implementing this properly would be similar to the
> > pcity->client.occupied flag that the client uses (it would probably be a
> > punit->client.transport_used flag, or some such).  However small drawing
> > changes would probably also be desirable: assuming that you want to see
> > that the unit is occupied even if you don't know _what_ is occupying it,
> > the "multiple units on this tile" sprite will have to be drawn in a few
> > more places.
> > 
> > Is this a desirable feature?
> 
> AFAICS, this affects land units on transports and air units on carriers,
> currently. Maybe land units in airplanes in the future?
> 
> There is a problem: There is not always a clear assignment, to which
> transporting unit a transportable unit belongs. E.g. you can move a land
> unit on a stack of two ships. What if the unit is activated, not sentried?
> Still hidden? A carrier can be *above* a carrier or on it (sentried).
> Also, I think, units in cities shouldn't be hidden (applies to allies).

Afaik in freeciv is that clear assignment and when its not there we can
look that there is a clear assignment, when you move the load from one
assigned ship to the next you can remove 1/3 MP.

I think its possible to make rules for your special cases.

Thomas
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