[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#14969) Ressource specials are no longer modified when a terrain is transformed

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=14969 >

Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa wrote:

>>transformation list.  The end result would be identical behavior to what
>>we have now, but much more complicated in code and ruleset.
> 
> I am not seeing what is the problem of just assigning a random special
> which is valid in that terrain. i.e. whales would be valid in ocean tiles, 
> wheat
> in plains, etc.

I'm just saying it has to be deterministic; otherwise autosettlers, the 
orders menu, and players understanding of what will happen when they 
change terrain will all break.

-jason