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/**************************************************************************
232  calculate how expensive it is to bribe the unit
233  depends on distance to the capital, and government form
234  settlers are half price
235 
236  Plus, the damage to the unit reduces the price.
237 
238 **************************************************************************/
239 int unit_bribe_cost(struct unit *punit)240 {  
241   struct government *g = get_gov_iplayer(punit->owner);242   int cost;
243   struct city *capital;244   int dist;
245   int default_hp = get_unit_type(punit->type)->hp;246 
247   cost = (&game.players[punit->owner])->economic.gold+750;
248   capital=find_palace(&game.players[punit->owner]);249   if (capital) {
250     int tmp = map_distance(capital->x, capital->y, punit->x, punit->y);
251     dist=MIN(32, tmp);252   }253   else254     dist=32;
255   if (g->fixed_corruption_distance)
256     dist = MIN(g->fixed_corruption_distance, dist);
257   cost=(cost/(dist+2))*(get_unit_type(punit->type)->build_cost/10);
258   /* FIXME: This is a weird one - should be replaced */
259   if (unit_flag(punit->type, F_CITIES)) 260     cost/=2;261 
262   /* Cost now contains the basic bribe cost.  We now reduce it by:263 
264      cost = basecost/2 + basecost/2 * damage/hp265      266    */267   
268   cost = (int)((float)cost/(float)2 + ((float)punit->hp/(float)default_hp) * ((float)cost/(float)2));
269
270   return cost;
271 }
272 

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Anyway, about the settlers bit. Yes, I could probably edit this part myself and figure out how to compile it for Windows or Linux the hard way. But that's not the point, the point is that I'm browsing through the source to see what similarities there are between Civ1/2 and FreeCiv.
If I find something strange/different/interesting I'll post comment or question about it, settlers going at a 50% discount is one of them. I just want to know what the reason for this discount, gamebalance? personal taste of the programmer? et...

quote: Originally posted by taw on 05-21-2000 03:59 AM Reason why settlers has discount is that bribing settlers shouldn't be much more expensive than bribing small city

So it's a quick hack to fix a problem.