[Freeciv] Re: Unit within the radius of their home city don't

[saywhat@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Eddie Anderson)]

Jason Dorje Short <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Christian Knoke wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 12:27:24PM +0000, Per Inge Mathisen wrote:
>> 
>>>On Wed, 1 Jul 2004, Eddie Anderson wrote:
>>>
>>>>  In the file "news.txt" (which is in every FreeCiv distribution
>>>>that I've looked in) there is the following text:
>>>>
>>>> - Units within the radius of the city to which they belong no longer
>>>> cause unhappiness.  This will allow much more realistic defense
>>>> scenarios.
>>>>
>>>
>>>I do not think this "feature" exists any longer, and was probably removed
>>>a long time ago. I've never seen this before.
>> 
>> But the idea is not too bad ...
>
>Seems like it should be based on the nation's borders.

    Yes!  That would be even better.  Although that could get
complicated when a border runs through part of a city.

    E.g. consider two overlapping cities (i.e. their centers are 4
squares apart or less).  If those two cities belong to different
Civs, then the border between the Civs must pass through part of at
least one of those two cities.

    In that case a unit could be standing on a square that is within
the radius of its home city yet still be outside the border of its
Civ.  Maybe the Civ border should take precedence over the city
radius in such a case?

    Nevertheless, IMO almost anything that frees units from being
stuck in the city centers would improve Freeciv.

Eddie