Re: Border Terrain (was Re: Compound Terrain Effects)

[Hans Ronne <hronne at comhem dot se>]

>Hello Jim and Bruno,
>
>On Wed, 15 Oct 2003, Jim Kingdon wrote:
>
>> > and since i am at it, are rivers only there to look nice? shouldn't
>> > there be a possiblity for (certain?) water units to take them?

>There is also the possibility of doing a border slide.

Precisely. Though it didn't work last time I tested it (WWII-Europe, Black
Sea fleet trying to get out through the Bosporus).

>> Having units located in a border rather than in a cell is going to be
>> a big hassle (in terms of how movement, combat, and everything else
>> works), so I'd be reluctant to go down that road.
>
>I simply would not go down that road (or is it river? :) at this
>stage.

Actually, we've already been there. This is how the connection code worked,
before I rewrote it this summer (extra space for units inside connections).
There were some good reasons why we removed this possibility, but it has
already been discussed on the list, so I am not going to repeat myself.
It's all in the list archive for those who are interested.

Hans