[Freeciv-Dev] (PR#4800) Wishlist: Know technology on contact

["John Wheeler" <jdwheeler42@xxxxxxxxx>]

[chrisk@xxxxxxxxx - Sat Aug  9 21:51:42 2003]:

> On Sat, Aug 09, 2003 at 12:05:51PM -0700, Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> > 
> > Please advise.
> 
> When in contact with another player, it should be possible to grant
> the other player an embassy, and vice versa.
> 
> This seems the fairest, clearest, and most easy solution to me. This
> has been discussed before.

While this is a decent solution, it's a bit too permanent for my tastes.
   I generally fall behind in tech between Electricity and Automobile,
so that's generally when I make an alliance or two.  However, there are
situations where others not knowing what techs I have is an advantage:
for example, as long as no one else has Space Flight, I like to hold off
on building the Apollo Program until I have my manufacturing plants up
to full speed and 12 freight ready to build the Wonder in a single turn,
so I maximize the surprise.

I think a better solution would be to make knowledge of techs part of
shared vision -- we already have a mechanism in place for giving and
taking, and for myself I can't think any situations where I would only
want to share maps or tech but not both.

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++JohnWheeler