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Jason McCullough posted 02-07-99 06:10 PM ET

When terraformers are set to Autoimprove Base, they don't improve the polar squares inside a cities radius. It's a pain to manually do. ;0
Brian Reynolds FIRAXIS posted 02-08-99 12:24 PM ET
Yes, the "polar squares" have always been an interesting technical dilemma for me, when they attach to non-polar continents.
If I treat them as "part of the continent", then the AI will constantly be trying to drive units across the polar squares to get to other attached continents. Or, if I treat them as essentially separate continents (since the overland movement distance essentially equates with this), then you'll get a couple funny results like this where guys ignore squares which are attached to their continents.
In the end, I decided this treatment was best of two choices.
Brian Reynolds
Alpha Centauri Designer
FIRAXIS Games
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Author	Topic: Terraformer blip
Jason McCullough	posted 02-07-99 06:10 PM ET When terraformers are set to Autoimprove Base, they don't improve the polar squares inside a cities radius. It's a pain to manually do. ;0
Brian Reynolds FIRAXIS	posted 02-08-99 12:24 PM ET Yes, the "polar squares" have always been an interesting technical dilemma for me, when they attach to non-polar continents. If I treat them as "part of the continent", then the AI will constantly be trying to drive units across the polar squares to get to other attached continents. Or, if I treat them as essentially separate continents (since the overland movement distance essentially equates with this), then you'll get a couple funny results like this where guys ignore squares which are attached to their continents. In the end, I decided this treatment was best of two choices. Brian Reynolds Alpha Centauri Designer FIRAXIS Games