[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#8998) Small map meets large screen, they have problems together.

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

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=8998 >

> Solution 1.  Disable the copy-on-scroll cached drawing mechanism when
> the mapview gets too large.  This can either be done automatically or as
> a client option.  Advantage: easy and sure.  Disadvantages: very slow -
> this is a particular problem since the mapview is guaranteed to be large
> with this happens.
>
> Solution 2.  Draw all tiles on the mapview, including duplicated tiles.
>  This means the cached system will continue to work.  Advantages:
> retains speed, and allows duplicated tiles.  Disadvantages: harder to
> implement, bug-prone, allows duplicated tiles.
>
> Solution 3.  Restrict the maximum size of the mapview in mapview_common.
>  If the mapview gets too big some parts of it just aren't shown.
> Advantages: retains speed, easy to implement.  Disadvantages: the whole
> mapview can never be shown.

I would go for (3), the lazy option