[Freeciv-Dev] (PR#6669) Topology and generators

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=6669 >

> [rwetmore@xxxxxxxxxxxx - Thu Nov 06 17:06:46 2003]:
> 
> 
> Jason Short wrote:
> > [rwetmore@xxxxxxxxxxxx - Fri Oct 31 16:27:06 2003]:
> > 
> >>Separatepoles means there (are/)is a special polar continent(s) not 
> >>joined to any regular one.
> > 
> > Correct.
> > 
> >>If turned off there is no polar option required, 
> > just
> >>regular continent building that can now reach the map edges, and the 
> > special
> > 
> >>rule for Arctic and Tundra at map edges is turned off.
> > 
> > Um, no.  That's not what separatepoles means at all.  It just means 
> > make_passable() is bypassed and there is no need for the poles to be 
> > _separate_.  They still exist.
> 
> No, Jason. Think it through again.
> 
> Your "Poles" is the new aspect, rather than the original compatibility
> behaviour that separatepoles turned on/off.

You're going to have to do better than that, Ross.  I've already asked
you to look at the existing code and/or try it out.  You can't simply
tell me I'm wrong when all evidence shows that I am right.


You're also the only one (AFAIK) opposed to hard-coding the lack of
poles into mapgen.  Please either give a stronger argument (some code
would help) or accept my patch (it need not be a permanent situation;
that's up to the serious mapgen coders).

jason