[Freeciv] Re: RFE: terrain improvement: canal

[Nevin Hotson <nevin.hotson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fishpark wrote
>>>Now if freeciv maps always had a height map, this
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>>would be
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>>>interesting, but this way it will just end up with
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>>complete continents
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>>>being converted to rivers, which begs the question
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>>"Where does all the
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>>>water come from"?
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>>you can end up with all mountains converted to
>>plains too -
>>so where does all the ground go?
>>canal digging should not be too cheap - it should be
>>more expensive than
>>mining but cheaper than terraforming.
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>Perhaps only the extending of rivers should be
>allowed? This would not really be a 'canal' feature,
>though.
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>I still think you should be able to dig a river
>anywhere, and the operation would have to be
>sufficiently expensive not to disrupt gameplay and to
>give the iplayer the mpression of immense technical
>difficulties being solved by the Engineers.
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>I suppose that Worker units have limited power when it
>comes to digging rivers? Perhaps they should be only
>be allowed to dig rivers on plains, or to extend
>rivers?
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>The 'where does the water come from' question is
>indeed as irrelevant as the before-mentioned 'where do
>mountains go after being levelled?' or 'why can a
>stealth bomber stay in the air for 10 years and yet
>not fly from England to Denmark in that time?' :-)
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Given that in the early game, irrigating one tile takes 50+ years, then 
10 turns (10+ years) should be more than enough for a large group of 
engineers to drill a hole in a mountain.

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