[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#6183) barbarians on the poles

["Per I. Mathisen" <per@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 20 Sep 2003, John Wheeler wrote:
> (Which reminds me, can barbarians be created within one's border? I
> would prefer that they not be.)

Barbarians are generally created from the ocean. Land barbarians do not
seem to work very well. Could someone have a look at this, and make land
barbarians start uprisings from outside borders (only)?

> Of course, finding an advanced tribe in the middle of a glacier can be
> annoying (or anywhere you can't access a square with at least 2
> food). IIRC, what Civ2 did was that advanced tribes could only be found
> on squares that will produce at least 2 food as a city, otherwise
> settlers were found.

Freeciv also does this. You find a settler ("nomad") when there is either
not enough space or too bad tile to build a city.

  - Per