On 18.08.2012 13:02, Michael T. Pope wrote: > On Sat, 18 Aug 2012 10:23:59 AM Michael Vehrs wrote: > >> I have just submitted some preliminary code for implementing the >> mercenary force requested in PF#1994897. For the moment, the mercenary >> force has the same (arbitrary) size in all difficulty levels, since I >> don't know how the original game handled these mercenaries. I also don't >> know how to handle the men of war. If they were part of the mercenary >> force, there would be no problem. But if they are not, then we need to >> instantiate a foreign force, force that force to dump its land units >> near some colony and change the owner of the units on delivery. >> Thereafter, the naval units would have to sail away somehow. Any >> suggestions? >> > The PF report does not give us a lot of clues. It would seem logical that the > whole force start as a different nation, perhaps as the REF of a European > nation that has withdrawn from the New World, although if Col1 used Denmark > perhaps we should just pick some other non-standard entity (Scotland?, > Hanseatic League?, Holy Roman Empire?). I suspect we are going to need > another AI Mission to handle this (I am just revising IndianBringGiftMission > and IndianDemandMission which have some similarities). > > Cheers, > Mike Pope >
I see the similarities. We will also need to create a random new player for the purpose of owning the mercenaries until they are delivered. And what about foreign relations with that player? Can another player declare war on it and send your precious mercenaries to the bottom of the ocean? Regards Michael ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Freecol-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freecol-developers
