Wishlist • Big and small rivers

Currently, there is only one type of river in freeciv. I think two sizes makes for more interesting terrains:

Small river (same as the current river)

• Useful for irrigation
• Only small boats, like triremes
• Bridge building tech needed to build a road across the river tile
• All land units cross the tile easily

Big river

• Also useful for irrigation, of course
• All surface ships can go up a big river.
• Building a bridge should cost more, like a road across a mountain tile
• Small land units may cross a big river without a bridge, but uses up all move points entering or leaving such a tile.
• Big land units cannot enter the tile without a bridge. They must wait for bridge building, wait for a ship, or go all the way around.
• A big river tile might provide more trade. But with the river taking up much space, perhaps less food?

Terrain generators should make a few big rivers, and more small ones. A big river might be fed by several small rivers.

Statistics: Posted by Hafting — Fri Apr 11, 2025 10:37 am — Replies 0 — Views 18

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