[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#14269) Better Control of World Size

["Peter Schaefer" <peter.schaefer@xxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=14269 >

The map generators also suffer strains if the xsize is much larger
than the ysize, but I suppose that is no more a problem with just one
size parameter

On 10/11/05, Jason Short <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=14269 >
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> Benedict Adamson wrote:
> > <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=14269 >
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> > At present the resolution for control of the world size is 1000 tiles.
> > This is rather coarse for smaller maps. Some mopacks might work better
> > on smaller maps; some people want to play quicker games.
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> > I've noticed that adjusting the world size to compensate for arrival and
> > departure of players in the pre-game phase is tricky for on-line games.
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> > I suggest we deal with both of these problems by changing the size
> > parameter to be tiles per nation, rather than thousands of tiles.
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> > Thoughts?
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> Personally, I'd like to be able to set specific really small tile sizes
> for testing.  200-tile worlds, for instance.
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> There is an absolute minimum and an absolute maximum for the map size.
> The minimum is uncertain but certainly at least 5x5.  The maximum is
> limited by variable sizes: the size (in tiles) may not exceed 2 bytes
> and each individual dimension may not exceed one byte.
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> Now, I'm not sure how this works with a general user interface
> (obviously if I was certain I would have written it already).  Some issues:
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> - Reducing the minimum and increasing the maximum would be nice.  There
> are some storage-size issues but not really anthing to worry about.
> - If the interface lets the player specify size per nation, then we have
> to worry more about the minimum and maximum constraints.  We'd end up
> having to clip the final size after doing the calculation.
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> -jason
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