[Freeciv-Dev] (PR#7310) create_start_positions isn't fair
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[Freeciv-Dev] (PR#7310) create_start_positions isn't fair |
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"Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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Sat, 24 Jan 2004 18:16:14 -0800 |
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<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7310 >
> [jdorje - Sun Jan 25 00:57:29 2004]:
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> The create_start_positions function isn't fair. Players with lower ids
> are more liely to be spaced farther apart. As the loop continues, if
> the players can't be put at a sufficient distance from each other the
> distance is decreased. However, this is not done retroactively.
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> Although this probably has no effect in almost all cases, it is very bad.
OK, I'm wrong. Of course the start positions are shuffled before being
used, so there's no bias toward any particular players.
jason
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