[Freeciv] Re: Game option "give city"

[Paul Zastoupil <paulz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 04:55:58PM +0200, Reinier Post wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 11:43:30AM +0200, Thomas Strub wrote:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > i think there should be a game option, where you can decide whether its
> > possible for the players to give cities for free to other players or
> > not.
> 
> Good idea.
> 
> > In my opinion its lame to win (or loose) a game only because all other
> > (weaker) player gave their cities to one good player who alone wasn't
> > strong enough to win.
> 
> I agree.
>  
> > Thought something like that:
> > 
> > Option: givecity  -  Whether its possible to get cities from treaty:
> > Description:
> >   If this option is 1, players can give Cities to other players in a
> > treaty.
> > Status: chnageable
> > Value: 1, Minimum: 0, Default:1, Maximum: 1 
> 
> But what to do on a public server?  Make it cmdlevel hack so
> nobody can change it?

I don't think it should be boolean.  This would require more code (and I
don't think anyone has committed to coding any of this).  A third option
should make it possible to trade cities, as long as the ratio is 1:1,
trading cities can make a lot of sense and not unbalance the game the way
wholesale delivery of an empire does.

-- 
Paul Zastoupil