From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15205 invoked by alias); 11 Nov 2003 20:20:43 -0000 Mailing-List: contact xconq7-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: xconq7-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 15197 invoked from network); 11 Nov 2003 20:20:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO garm.central.cmich.local) (141.209.15.48) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 11 Nov 2003 20:20:42 -0000 Received: from leon.phy.cmich.edu ([141.209.165.20]) by egate1.central.cmich.local with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Tue, 11 Nov 2003 15:20:38 -0500 Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by leon.phy.cmich.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CDF570038; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 15:20:34 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 20:59:00 -0000 From: Eric McDonald To: Andreas Bringedal Cc: xconq7@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: your CVS and testing culture? In-Reply-To: <005c01c3a88c$7ac5d860$15f74382@andreas> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Nov 2003 20:20:38.0216 (UTC) FILETIME=[4541A480:01C3A891] X-SW-Source: 2003/txt/msg00639.txt.bz2 Andreas, On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Andreas Bringedal wrote: > didn't play it more than a few times. Serious rewamping of the game > interface are needed as are some standard game parameters(way to many cities > which creates monster games with too many units that has to be moved to the > front). Personally, I have many hopes for the new SDL interface, which I hope to contribute to once the 7.6 release cycle is underway. Some other things can be done to the Tcl/Tk interface, such a unit creation dialog window, and an occupant display window, as you suggest below. > screen with focus on getting a better overview and easier control over one's > position it would be a far far better game. >From what I've seen and heard, the Mac interface is superior in this regard. > cities. Units produced should only be placed inside the city but there > should also be an option to set a gather point for the units a city > produce(ie for instance near the front or another city). This feature already exists. > There should also be a warning if you attempt to fly beyond your fuel range > that you could turn on or off in preferences. Ie a "Do you want to > continue?" warning when flying beyond fuel range. In the Tcl/Tk interface, the SupplyLow indicator gets set, and automatic movement is interrupted when it reaches this point. > There were a lot of other > things I though about that would imo make the game better but the developers > seemed very busy so I didn't say anything before now. Please do not hesitate to give _constructive_ feedback. We may not be able to address everything at once, but we are certainly willing to discuss ideas. You may find that we share many of those same ideas, but just have not had time to work on them yet. ;-) > However I found the Morghulsoft breath comment quite amusing as you do have > a rare and underappreciated combination of being obnoxious and condecending > ;-) "Underappreciated"? Surely you meant "unappreciated". > Now I remembered my most important improvement idea. Cities should be able > to transfer their production points to other cities. This would simulate > naval construction yards, factory areas or soldier training schools/camps. This can be simulated in a game module. I considered this approach in Bellum Aeternum, and briefly tried that when I was developing it. I may yet go back to that, but not before the 7.5 release. > which makes it extremely much leaner. I think the easiest would be to have > a central pool of all production points and then allow the player to choose > a city and decide how much resources it want to extract from the pool per > turn(either in percentage or plain numeric values). As many cities as you Again, this is largely possible with Xconq. One would need to make use of side treasuries (global supply pools). > lot of tedious management chores that you didn't like. National standard > build profile would be fun! Let's get this for Xconq! Your feature request has been filed for future reference. Thanks for the ideas, Eric