[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#7250) auto-settlers won't build mines over irrigation

["Gregory Berkolaiko" <Gregory.Berkolaiko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7250 >

On Mon, 17 May 2004, Jason Short wrote:

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> <URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7250 >
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> > [jdorje - Fri Jan 16 03:14:18 2004]:
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> > In the auto-settler code there's a check to see if there's already a
> > conflicting improvement.  If so, no new improvement will be built.
> >
> > But this is bad.  Say I transform my irrigated grassland into a hills.
> > I want my settlers to build a mine on it.  The settlers should take into
> > account the overall effect of the mining (-1 to food, +3 to shields) and
> > count that against the cost of building the improvement.  I think this
> > part is already done.
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> And a patch.
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> The current behavior is clearly buggy and should be fixed.

FWIW in one civ game I remember putting settlers on auto and they built
mines all over my beautyfully irrigated growth-inducing grasslands.  It
might be civ3 though.