[Freeciv] Re: what are min/maxplayers good for? (was: i may be having a problem)

[Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 10:55:57AM +0200, Christian Knoke wrote:
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> On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 09:28:48AM +0200, Reinier Post wrote:
> > 
> > On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 10:46:32PM -0400, sande376@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > 
> > > i have played with some of the civserver and civclient screens that pop 
> > > up.  
> > > occasionally, when typing start, it will seem to accept the command, but 
> > > i 
> > > get no further response.  othertimes i get a response like, not enough 
> > > players, will not start.  i have been through most of the help options 
> > > provided by your web site, and it has helped me thus far.  however, im at 
> > > a 
> > > stand still.  so if you have any suggestions it would be most appreciated.
> > 
> > This reminds me: can we remove the maxplayers and minplayers
> > variables?  I don't see the point in having them.
> 
> In some cases it is still useful, if you want to play with a limited
> number of players on a small map e.g. Does it hurt?

Yes.  Last time I tried to reload a saved game for examination, I couldn't
start it.  minplayers was set to 13 and I didn't feel like connecting with
13 clients just to examine the game.  I can manually edit the savefile
and edit minplayers, but why is it present in the savefile at all?

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Reinier