[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Freeciv as a planetary component in a RPG

[Mark Metson <markm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 21 Dec 2003, Brandon J. Van Every wrote:

> In other words, it takes forever to play.  It's not basically playable
> as a 4X TBS.  It might be useful as a RPG assistant, but it wasn't
> written to be one, so you'd really have to use your imagination.  I
> think you should play EOFS to see how you can fail at the "Freeciv as a
> planetary component" idea.

I dont have a browser running right now so haven't folowed the link, but 
if EOFS was commercial I am guessing its not highly likely I can run it? 
Chances are good its for Windows or DOS ?

> > A long way off yet
> 
> It's not "a long way off yet."  It's something the Freeciv developers
> will never do, because it's not their priority.  It's up to you, myself,
> and likeminded people to do such things.  That's the true nature of open
> source.  You can't make people do things, and you're a fool to wait for
> others to do things that they don't want to do.

It is a long way off yet, because I am not about to jump in and start 
coding while we still do not have the general purpose buildings stuff and 
while the AI is stll reported to be a PITA. But I still hope that one day 
conditions will seem roght for me to jump in and start coding.

-MarkM-

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