Euclidean citymindist

What would you like to see in Freeciv? Do you have a good idea what should be improved or how?
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yojimpo
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Euclidean citymindist

Post by yojimpo »

I'd like to see an option to calculate citymindist using Euclidean distance instead of Chebyshev distance. This would allow for better optimized diagonal city placement. For example with citymindist = 4, you'd get 3 spaces straight, 2 spaces diagonally between cities.
nef
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Re: Euclidean citymindist

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Any chance you have been playing ci2civ3? With citymindist = 3 it is possible to have 'holes' of up to 4 tiles where you can not build a city but are also inaccessible to all nearby cities. Most distances in fc are expressed as *_sq which works quite well although there does appear to be some anomalies for larger distances. See http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/Radius. Not keen on having it as an option. The unsquared citymindist is past its best-by-date and should be replaced by citymindist_sq.
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