[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#12657) RFE: Ferry Routes

["Benoit Hudson" <bh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=12657 >

On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 01:08:47PM -0800, Kevin Benton wrote:
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> <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=12657 >
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> Transport units should be able to develop ferry routes so that units
> desiring to go from point A to point B beyond their ability to get to
> without the ferry (across water or air distances too far to go) can get
> there.  Ferry routes would be set on a per-transport basis like a patrol
> route.

I keep wondering how to design ferries, because I agree it's a major
pain to deal with them.  How about the following: Port Facility, much
like the Airport, allows moving units to other cities with a Port
Facility.  Unlike the Airport, there is no limit on the number of units
that you can move.  If this is too powerful, we can add in a distance
limit (namely, the range of your best transport): further than that you
either have to daisy-chain or build an actual Transport unit and
micro-manage like currently.

The main thing I don't like about this idea is that it only comes in
late in the game, but historically the sea was the main method of
transport in ancient times.  So maybe we should use the Harbour instead.


> Airports should be able to transport aircraft anywhere in the
> world like land units with a new development Air Transport (would
> require Advanced Flight & Miniturization to develop).  

I vote for letting air units get an airlift just like ground units
currently can; no need for a new tech.

> This would also develop a new transport aircraft that could take
> infantry to other locations (range similar to Bomber) but the a/c has
> no attack capability and a defensive capability of 1.

This is approximated by the paratroop unit, but I gather some thought
has been put into this concept (and also into the concept of trucks).

        -- Benoît