[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Question on savegame data

[Peter Schaefer <peter.schaefer@xxxxxxxxx>]

It could also be useful in telling the AI where to scout again.

On 8/23/05, Christian Knoke <chrisk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Trying to read some source, the tile->updated 16 bit variable in the player
> maps is used for the server to keep track on when a player has seen a tile
> for the last time. This is to prevent the server from sending unnecessary
> tile info to the client.
> 
> What use does it make to save this information in the map_u[abcd] lines of
> the savegame?
> 
> This is one third of the uncompressed file size, for a big savegame.
> 
> Probably I miss something, but I'm very curious what it is.
> 
> Christian
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