[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#9706) Wishlist: Remove the idea of homecity

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On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 09:50:26AM -0800, Per I. Mathisen wrote:
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> <URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=9706 >
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> On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa wrote:
> > games take too long. It should be possible to pool resources from several
> > cities into building a wonder
> 
> Just an idea: If a second, third etc city starts building a wonder, it
> contributes shields directly to the city that started building the wonder?
> Then you can dedicate the entire resource output of your civ to building a
> single wonder. This is probably more in line with what it would take to
> build a real wonder of the world - no more cottages building wonders. Also
> you do not need to put a wonder in your most productive city.
> 
> However, this makes smallpox much better again.

Think now we are on the right way.

Homecity is needed for:
caravans (start of the traderoute)
settlers (foodupkeep, not really when we have another restriction)
military unit (unhappiness in demo - republic)
production upkeep

With pooling of production we have to think about all that points 

- caravans: do we need to change this now?
  - yes: it's 2.0, next chance 3.0
         reduces micromanagement
         only used for wonders in online games
  
  -  no:  compatibility with past, 

- settlers:
  - yes:


  -  no: 
...
(to long for me now ... perhaps later)

Solutions:
  - remove caravans (and trade routes)
  - global unhappyness factor dependend from units outside territory
    from allies 
  - possibilitiy to give all production (brutto(after boni)) to other city 
      (perhaps reduced by a distance factor)
  - remove food upkeep from settlers, let them get food from a near own
    tile (for example) 
  - global production pool for upkeep of military units, can be filled with gold
    (4 for 1)
  - remove "the idea of home city" 
      -> units can't lose homecity as sideby effect  
     (good idea, because i don't know why a battleship in front of an
      enemy transport should think when the home city is captured)

Thomas
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