Re: [Freecol-developers] Bells and native lands

[Michael P. <mp...@co...>]

On Thu, 27 May 2010 22:42:45 Michael Vehrs wrote:
> This whole business of having to pay for the colony tile itself if it
> belongs to the natives doesn't really fit my recollections of the original
> game, either. Where did information about that feature actually come from?

Pedro has been quiet lately, but hopefully he recalls:

  r6203 | pruano | 2010-01-04 13:25:32 +1030 (Mon, 04 Jan 2010) | 3 lines
  Port of rev.6201 (0.9.x branch)
  Indians require payment for building on their land.

I think the feature is logical, for what that is worth, albeit it would be 
better factored into the difficulty level.  Something like:

VE  Can always found colonies on native land + N-feature
E    Can always found first colony on native land + N-feature
N    Free gift of land on meeting each tribe
H    Free gift of first landing site if meet native
VH  No free land/lunches

Trunk currently implements the `Hard' behaviour.  If one of the options is 
Col1 compliant we have the setting for the classic ruleset.  And BTW, I am 
prepared to do the work:-).

Cheers,
Mike Pope