<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=40309 >
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:14:57 +0900, Per I. Mathisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=40272 > > > On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 12:14 PM, Daniel Markstedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> IMHO another must-fix for 2.2 first beta is some kind of update to the >> default tilesets. William's new terrain rules have outdated all 2.1 >> tilesets. "Wooded hills" provide different resources from "verdant >> hills", >> for example, but use the same sprite and often exist in the same general >> area. If we release a beta without doing anything about this, I can >> promise it'll generate alot of negative buzz among veteran users. >> >> For starters, I will make ugly-but-usable tweaks to the current default >> tilesets, while trying to recruit the services of our artist community. > > I would rather suggest these terrain code changes are reverted. I see > no good reason for them other than the inane "we have to do it like > game XYZ". Even with new graphics they will be quite confusing. > > - Per > > How about this solution: Keep the code but edit the rulesets to restore 2.1-equivalent gameplay. For example, 'desert plain' and 'desert hills' have the same values and look the same for now, while we leave the window open for ruleset creators to add complexity and artists to add visual variety. I just recalled another 'bug' that the new terrain code has introduced: less accuracy of civ1 and civ2 rulesets. Both share the same terrainset as default, which is needless to say far from the original rules for those games. I remember trying to create a 'classical' terrainset late last year but ran into various issues; the current terrain code is not flexible enough to reimplement a simpler terrainset. ~Daniel -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ _______________________________________________ Freeciv-dev mailing list Freeciv-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/freeciv-dev
