[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#12905) RFC: normalizing the effects of happiness buildings

["(Eddie Anderson)" <saywhat@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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"Per I. Mathisen" <per@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>On Tue, 26 Apr 2005, (Eddie Anderson) wrote:
>>   What does everyone think about normalizing the effects of the
>> happiness modifier produced by happiness buildings (Temples,
>> Colosseums, Cathedrals)?
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>I'm for it. Make it all be luxuries. Neat and elegant.

    Glad to hear that I'm not the only one.

> However, this idea
>is not very popular, IIRC.

    That's too bad.

>>   Besides being inconsistent, this difference produces counter-
>> intuitive results that are occasionally reported as bugs. E.g.
>> consider a player with Michelangelo and a temple, unhappysize=4,
>> a size 6 city, and a Democracy gov't.
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>>   He builds one bomber (or cruise missile) or sends one aggressive
>> unit across the border and his city falls into disorder.He wonders
>> why.He's got all kinds of excess happiness modifiers.  He wants to
>> know why those excess modifiers can't quell the unhappiness caused
>> by one military unit.
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>But as far as I can tell, they will...
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>IIRC, and I take this from my spurious memory:
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>unhappysize=4 causes 2 unhappiness (size 6)
>Bomber causes 2 unhappiness (under Democracy)
>Michelangelo quells 2
>Temple quells 2 (with Mysticism)
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>The end result is no unhappiness.

   My recollection is different (but I haven't checked lately).
IIRC, this unhappiness remedy breaks down because Michelangelo is
treated as an ordinary cathedral and applied (uselessly) before the
bomber's unhappiness.

-Eddie