[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#19463) Barbarians in a no-barbarian game

["Daniel Markstedt" <markstedt@xxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=19463 >

On 8/13/06, Per I. Mathisen <per@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=19463 >
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> On Fri, 11 Aug 2006, superfly wrote:
> > I am running Freeciv 2.1.0-beta1 (GTK+ client), and started a game with
> > barbarians set to 0. First turn, one of my two explorers was killed by
> > barbarians. I saved the game and a record of the commands, then set all
> my
> > units on autoexplore to test, and several other units were also killed
> by
> > barbarians.
>
> Your units can still be "killed by barbarians" when entering a hut, even
> if barbarians are set to 0. This is not a bug.
>
>    - Per


But a lot of people sees it as such because of the use of the word
'barbarian'. The wording in this string should be changed IMO, to avoid
further confusion. Something like "killed by natives"
or "slaugtered by heathens" etc.

--Daniel

On 8/13/06, Per I. Mathisen <per@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=19463 >

On Fri, 11 Aug 2006, superfly wrote:
> I am running Freeciv 2.1.0-beta1 (GTK+ client), and started a game with
> barbarians set to 0. First turn, one of my two explorers was killed by
> barbarians. I saved the game and a record of the commands, then set all my
> units on autoexplore to test, and several other units were also killed by
> barbarians.

Your units can still be "killed by barbarians" when entering a hut, even
if barbarians are set to 0. This is not a bug.

   - Per

But a lot of people sees it as such because of the use of the word 'barbarian'. The wording in this string should be changed IMO, to avoid further confusion. Something like "killed by natives" or "slaugtered by heathens" etc.

--Daniel