[Freeciv-Dev] (PR#13298) change tech when goal is changed

["Thomas Müller" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=13298 >

Currently, when you have Tech NONE and select a goal, at the end of the turn, 
server will choose a random tech for you, and you research something, you 
probably dont need.

I think, if there is no tech selected at the moment, and you select a goal, 
you want to reach that goal now, and the server should select a tech for you, 
that leads to your goal.

This way you see, what you're researching, and you prevent useless research. 
If you select a goal, you often dont even know, what you have to research 
first to get to that goal.

Of course, if there is already a tech selected, and you select a goal, the 
current tech should be researched to its end, the change only applies, when 
current tech is NONE.

I wrote a patch for cvs that does that...

--- orig.plrhand.c      2005-05-30 22:03:41.000000000 +0200
+++ plrhand.c   2005-05-30 22:06:26.000000000 +0200
@@ -641,6 +641,9 @@
   notify_player(plr, _("Technology goal is %s."),
                get_tech_name(plr, tech));
   plr->research->tech_goal = tech;
+  if (plr->research->researching == A_UNSET) {
+       choose_goal_tech(plr);
+  }
 }
 
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