DESIGN:Separate riot/revolt from just happiness

[Mihai]

In real history ancient empires had little control over the distant regions and those empires who growed beyond their control/communication capabilities had perish or just split.
Personally I don't the idea of conquering (and keeping) the whole world in the ancient/medival age.
Unrest and happiness could be 2 separate formula, even interconected.

[SMIFFGIG]

foreign activity and world wide affairs should also have an affliction towards riots and revolts e.g. if your neighboring neutral/enemy civ, is building up a large armed force or Nuclear force. Your citizens become ambiguous of your rule and worried.

Culture should also have a large effect (when we get there though)

[Mihai]

When motherland is under attack people accept large mobilization and casualities.
I don't know if this can be made - unrest/unhappiness regarding units away and war depending on who started the war and if you rejected or not peace offers.

[Solver]

That part is handled pretty well in Civ 3. People are more likely to accept mobilization if the enemy has declared war and is seriously pressing on you. However, if you declare war, the campaign is outside your territory, but there are casualties, then war weariness becomes very intense. That's a pretty good and realistic model.

[SMIFFGIG]

decided to make new thread as it was too OT

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=117854