[Freeciv-Dev] (PR#13427) Border size

["oberon" <oberon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=13427 >

First, I'd like to apologize that this isn't attached to the relevant 
thread. Unfortunately, I lack an RT account and have no idea how to do 
this otherwise.

As to the actual point of the email: poaching Civ4's border-size system 
might not be a bad idea for freeciv. I'm not sure of the specifics, but 
the basic idea is that more happy people = larger borders (justifiable 
because loyalties extend farther when the nearby city is viewed kindly). 
I'd suggest the simplest method is happy citizens (not content) = border 
size. This makes a lot of calculations easier -- if there's a border 
conflict, whichever border is "stronger" (happy citizens at source minus 
distance from source) wins, for example. It also allows the "cultural 
conversion" effect from Civ3 -- a city within another civilization's 
borders for a certain number of turns defects.

I didn't see this suggested before, but if it has been considered and 
rejected, please let me know.

--oberon