[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#7282) connect as orders

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7282 >

Gregory Berkolaiko wrote:

> Another solution is to add a large number to each move cost which will 
> force the rest to act as a tie-breaker.  This might not be a bad idea.  
> The only worry is how large this number can be not to cause an overflow in
> total_CC = PF_TURN_FACTOR * total_MC + move_rate * total_EC
> where PF_TURN_FACTOR is 65536

Impossible.  We only have 16 bits to work with and we need (I figure) at 
least 21.  We need 8 bits for the number of steps since this value may 
be as high as 200.

jason