Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Nation Grouping (was: Re: [patch #1698] Dahomey nation)

2010-08-16 Thread Jos M. Maalderink
I think the main issue is that the 'Modern' group doesn't mean 'nations that existed in the modern era (1500-present)' but 'nations that exist right now'. The Medieval group ends in 1500 so that means there is no grouping for nations that existed between 1500 and 2010. The simplest and least

Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Nation Grouping (was: Re: [patch #1698] Dahomey nation)

2010-08-15 Thread David Lowe
On 14 Aug, 2010, at 10:24 AM, Daniel Markstedt wrote: snip Yes, the code will pick AI opponent nations based on the 'match' value for your nation's groups. See nations.ruleset, e.g.: [ngroup_ancient] name=_(?nationgroup:Ancient) match=2 ... [ngroup_american] name=_(?nationgroup:Asian)

Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Nation Grouping (was: Re: [patch #1698] Dahomey nation)

2010-08-15 Thread Ann Barcomb
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010, Daniel Markstedt wrote: One idea that I've had for some time is to redesign the UI so that you can filter nations based on several criteria at once, with a simple example being African AND Modern. Perhaps by making each group a checkbox rather than a tab. I think this

Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Nation Grouping (was: Re: [patch #1698] Dahomey nation)

2010-08-15 Thread Ann Barcomb
On Sun, 15 Aug 2010, David Lowe wrote: So this currently exists in 2.1+ ? Although it doesn't seem to help the case of a player looking for a specific nation if they don't remember the name... I think that situation is most likely to occur when the player is looking for the nation

[Freeciv-Dev] Nation Grouping (was: Re: [patch #1698] Dahomey nation)

2010-08-14 Thread David Lowe
On 13 Aug, 2010, at 12:30 AM, Ann wrote: Follow-up Comment #9, patch #1698 (project freeciv): The term early modern does have a definition, in the sense that it is used to refer to the years named in European history. So in that sense it is not open to interpretation: it begins with a

Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Nation Grouping (was: Re: [patch #1698] Dahomey nation)

2010-08-14 Thread Ann Barcomb
Could we maybe start a patch, or discussion board discussion of this? That would allow others who haven't previously expressed an interest to join in. Ann David On the other hand, more divisions are needed, as the number of nations grows. ?!? It is not obvious to me more of one

Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Nation Grouping (was: Re: [patch #1698] Dahomey nation)

2010-08-14 Thread Daniel Markstedt
On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Ann Barcomb a...@domaintje.com wrote: Could we maybe start a patch, or discussion board discussion of this? That would allow others who haven't previously expressed an interest to join in. Ann David On the other hand, more divisions are needed, as the