Re: does the tutorial lie?

[Stan Shebs <shebs@apple.com>]

Tom Schaub wrote:

> Here is a quote from the tutorial:
>
>> The default is to only allow one unit in a cell, but this can be 
>> changed:
>>
>> (table unit-size-in-terrain (rubble-pile t* 0))
>>
> [snip]
>
>>  If you try this out, you'll find that the monster can now cross over 
>> rubble piles, but still has to bash buildings in order to get them 
>> out of the way.
>
>
> I did try this out, and it does _not_ work. No joy. Godzilla just 
> won't walk over rubble piles. Rubble piles also block monster units in 
> the Monster game and the Tokyo 1962 scenario.
>
> I using the most recent Xconq-MacOSX-040501 version.
>
> What gives? Would I have to make the rubble-pile units capturable to 
> let the monsters walk over them?

Hmmm, this used to work. My guess would be that rubble piles are
exerting ZOC by default and they need to be turned off; ZOCs were
added after the tutorial was written.

Stan