Re: Countries

["Erik Jessen" <ejessen at adelphia dot net>]

Hans,
Thanks for the info; I'll add it to my 'designer's notes'.

It would seem that the easiest way to add provinces, is to simply treat them
as 'sides' that are allied to one or the other main side.  then, one simply
allows an infinite # of sides (v. hardcoded limit). But, I don't know all
the ins & outs of this.  Would that work?

Erik

What would you define as
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hans Ronne" <hronne@telia.com>
To: <xconq7@sources.redhat.com>
Cc: <shebs@apple.com>; <ejessen@adelphia.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 2:21 AM
Subject: Re: Countries


> >Erik Jessen wrote:
> >
> >>1) I see the 'country-color' statement, and it's possible to list colors
> >>that go with it,
> >>but I can't find any documentation that says where these colors actually
> >>show up.
> >>
> >The color can be used to colorize b/w unit images, and as a subst for
> >emblems if none are defined, or if an interface needs to draw a unit
> >as a tiny spot (such as on the world map).  Not every interface uses
> >side colors in the same way.
>
> The world map now uses a standardized set of colors (blue, red etc) that
> overrides the side colors in both the tcltk and macppc interface. The
> latter were just too difficult to tell apart at low magnification in most
> games where they were defined (cf. blue/gray vs. gray in the american
civil
> war). These standardized colors are hardcoded into side.c. The game
> specific side colors are still used to colorize b/w images in the macppc
> interface, but in the tcltk interface they currently have no function.
>
> >>3) I would like to have regions within each country.  I'm trying the
ACW, so
> >>I'd
> >>    like to have the following sides: Federal, Rebel, Tennessee (started
> >>neutral),
> >>    Missouri (started neutral), and Europeans (started & stayed
neutral).
> >>I'd
> >>    then like to have each state marked off, so that one gets a state to
> >>join
> >>    your side (or go neutral, if it was hostile), once you've conquered
all
> >>the cities in it.
> >>
> >No way to do that with the current code.  I've played around with
> >ACW strategy designs, and that was one of the limitations that kept
> >me from putting together a module.  You could try modeling *each*
> >state as a separate side, at least for the South, and start them out
> >allied and  under control by a Rebel side that has few or no units
> >of its own.  (This will probably expose bugs in the side control
> >code, it's not exercised that much.)  Then all your units have lots
> >of state identity, which is good for feel.
>
> The best way to implement regions or provinces right now is to define each
> one as a separate "feature". See the roman civil war for an example. This
> is just eye candy, however. Real support for regions/provinces in the
> kernel is something that I have contemplated many times. It would make it
> possible to write games like Risk or Medieval Empires, which would be fun.
>
> Hans
>
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