[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#6134) Telling bomber to fly home (Shift-G) cores.

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On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 06:42:48AM -0700, Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, Gregory Berkolaiko wrote:
> > On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, Jason Short wrote:
> > > > There is (Shift G), but it cores in current cvs...
> > >
> > > Patch attached.
> >
> > We can commit it, I guess, or write a (server-side) function specially for
> > planes.
> 
> The server already sends any wayward planes back home on end turn. We
> could just add a server request to accelerate this ability.

Bringing back planes is implemented somewhere, so no need to do it a
second time.

Shift G should work for all units.

> On the other hand, somewhat off topic, I'd much rather like planes to
> always come safely home when they are done flying, and instead reduce
> their movement a bit. This reduces the tedious micromanagement of keeping
> track of how many movement points it has left at any time and flying it
> safely into a city if we can't go back home.

I like how it works now. You can decide between getting your plane back
and getting a little bit more movement.

Perhaps blocking in the GUI could be nice to not lose to many units
accidently.

Thomas
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