[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#7363) 1x1 isles.

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<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7363 >

One should probably think "tiny continent" rather than "tiny island" and
not get foolishly hung up on word definitions. The underlying problem was
the inability to attack a single isolated land tile in a sea, which is not
a problem with the current evolution of the code. look back at some of the
earliest versions of code (2-3 years back) to understand how poorly 
understood "simplifications" have introduced the buggy limitations and
lost original context.

Cheers,
RossW
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Jason Short wrote:

> <URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7363 >
>>[tarje - Sun Feb 01 15:57:45 2004]:
>>Attached is a patch that always makes 1x1 isles appear on the final map, 
>>if they are adjacent to land in NORTH-EAST, SOUTH-EAST, SOUTH-WEST, 
>>NORTH-WEST direction. The current code actually regards these as 1x1 
>>islands, even though they are accesible from a continent.
> 
> The current behavior does seem kindof buggy.  This patch is basically
> the same as the one submitted.
> 
> 1x1 islands currently are those with no *cardinally* adjacent land
> tiles.  These are generally disallowed.  This means land that connects
> only diagonally to other land will be turned into ocean.  But under the
> patch any land that connects to other land isn't considered a "tiny" island.
> 
> I'm still not sure if this is an improvement.
> 
> jason