[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#3594) Data: viking.ruleset

["Christian Knoke" <chrisk@xxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=3594 >

On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 08:12:27AM -0700, Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Aug 2005, Christian Knoke wrote:
> > True; what we can do is, put flags that are hard to distinct, into small
> > groups, and let players choose only one nation of that group per game.
> 
> The solution is not to add more complexity on top of the existing enormous
> complexity. Unless you add proper GUI support to show how this works, it
> will generate tons of bug reports when players cannot chose their
> favourite nation and do not understand why.
> 
> The only solution I see without removing some nations is to stop using
> flags for units and cities, and instead just use distinct colours, as we
> do for borders.

What's wrong with Game --> Local Options --> Solid unit background color &
Solid unit icon background color in city dialog?

Christian

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