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To: kota@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: freeciv@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Freeciv] Re: RTS version of Freeciv; need to change my email address
From: "C Ratchet" <zratchet@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 20:38:42 +0000

We'll see how it goes.

Thanks
Ratchet


>From: Andrey Kotrekhov <kota@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: C Ratchet <zratchet@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>CC: freeciv@xxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [Freeciv] Re: RTS version of Freeciv; need to change my email 
>address
>Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 10:42:33 +0300
>
>C Ratchet wrote:
>:)
>IMHO fine idea is  to use CLI server interface and if you want to use the 
>GUI frontend to civ server
>
>
>
>>Yes CLI will be an option - perhaps like aofserver --cli or -c
>>
>>Ratchet
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: Andrew John Hughes <hughes2002@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Reply-To: hughes2002@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>To: freeciv@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Subject: [Freeciv] Re: RTS version of Freeciv; need to change my email 
>>>address
>>>Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 22:43:52 +0100
>>>
>>>
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>>>A GUI on a server should be optional.  When a server is truly being a 
>>>server
>>>to something like the Net, it should not really have a graphical 
>>>environment
>>>for a GUI as it just opens another can of security problems.  Fine if you
>>>want a GUI to simplify the server for smaller situations, but you should 
>>>al=
>>>so
>>>have a standard CLI interface for those who want it, and when a GUI isn't
>>>appropriate.
>>>Other than that, I think the project sounds good, although XML is only 
>>>going
>>>to be better than just plain text without markup, if you're going to make 
>>>u=
>>>se
>>>of the tree-structure parsing it produces.
>>>
>>>=2D --
>>>Andrew :-)
>>>
>>>On Tuesday 09 July 2002 10:03 pm, you wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Yes I know it requires a lot of time that is why I have the Age of
>>>>
>>>Freedom
>>>
>>>
>>>>project. GUI on the server, in my opinion, is nice for people that
>>>>
>>>aren't
>>>
>>>
>>>>techies (though I am one, I like GUI's more than CLI interfaces) The XML
>>>>advantage I think is that it can be both edited in an editor and through
>>>>code, and it is pretty easy to read, and also good for maps (I have
>>>>
>>>other
>>>
>>>
>>>>projects that are developing maps in XML) Thrown objects are those such
>>>>
>>>as
>>>
>>>
>>>>catapaulted rocks, lightning bolts, etc.
>>>>
>>>>Ratchet
>>>>
>>>>From: Raimar Falke <rf13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>To: C Ratchet <zratchet@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>CC: jocuri@xxxxxxxxxxxx, freeciv@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>Subject: [Freeciv] Re: RTS version of Freeciv; need to change my email
>>>>>address
>>>>>Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 20:48:51 +0200
>>>>>
>>>>>On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 06:05:37PM +0000, C Ratchet wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>My idea is pretty much completely rewriting freeciv, by making the
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>server be
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>GUI-based and still have all options set through it, and having Turn
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>Based,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>RTS and Strategic RPG options. The client would be completely
>>>>>>
>>>rewritt=
>>>en
>>>
>>>
>>>>>to
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>use 3D graphics and XML-based data for maps, terrains, units,
>>>>>>
>>>special=
>>>s,
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>resources, animals, thrown objects, etc. Also will add some new
>>>>>>
>>>ideas
>>>
>>>
>>>>>like
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Morale and Pollution.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>You know that this requires a lot of time? Also adding GUI to the
>>>>>server is the wrong decision IMHO. What are the advantages of XML?
>>>>>What are thrown objects?
>>>>>
>>>>>   Raimar
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>email: rf13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>"- Amiga Y2K fixes (a bit late, wouldn't you say?)"
>>>>>    -- Linus Torvalds about linux 2.4.0 at 4 Jan 2001
>>>>>
>>>>>
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