[Freeciv-Dev] [bug #25355] Spies cannot steal techs

[mir3x]

URL:
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Summary: Spies cannot steal techs
Project: Freeciv
Submitted by: mir3x
Submitted on: Fri 02 Dec 2016 03:51:17 PM CET
Category: client
Severity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - Normal
Status: None
Assigned to: None
Originator Email:
Open/Closed: Open
Release: 2.6, 3.0
Discussion Lock: Any
Operating System: None
Planned Release:
Contains string changes: No

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Details:

There is no action steal technology in any client.
I coudl steal by setting default unit action in qt menu.

In atttached save - pick up spy and try stealing from swedes.



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Date: Fri 02 Dec 2016 03:51:17 PM CET Name: no-steal.sav.bz2 Size: 394kB
By: mir3x

<http://gna.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=29541>

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[Jacob Nevins]

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #25355 (project freeciv):

It looks like it's deliberately set up to suppress the STEAL_TECH action
("Steal Technology") in the top-level menu if TARGETED_STEAL_TECH ("Industrial
Espionage") is possible; you choose "Industrial Espionage" then "At Spy's
Discretion" to steal a random tech. (Works in Gtk3 and Qt at least.)

(The handwritten unit help could do with rewriting to refer to the action UI
names, and to acknowledge this UI behaviour if we keep it.)

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[mir3x]

Update of bug #25355 (project freeciv):

Status: None => Invalid
Open/Closed: Open => Closed

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Follow-up Comment #2:

Hmm, right.
Industrial espionage is a bit misleading.

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[Sveinung Kvilhaugsvik]

Post by Jacob Nevins
if we keep it

A late note: The motivation for the suppression was to keep the pre split UI
of tech theft and building sabotage. Having a separate button for the
untargeted actions (and removing the "At Spy's Discretion" option from the
target selection dialog) would result in simpler code. If it is a better UI
design too (something the confusion in this ticket may indicate) I have no
objection to changing it.

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