From aa34ef2b7b4932eb3802a422427a7be58e127d9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Markus Armbruster <armbru@pond.sub.org>
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 09:01:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] (game_reset_tick): New. (prod_nat): Use it.

---
 include/game.h        |  1 +
 src/lib/common/game.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 src/lib/update/nat.c  |  4 ++--
 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/game.h b/include/game.h
index 877230d0..1a5f1f36 100644
--- a/include/game.h
+++ b/include/game.h
@@ -56,5 +56,6 @@ extern void game_record_update(time_t);
 extern struct gamestr *game_tick_tick(void);
 extern int game_tick_to_now(short *);
 extern int game_step_a_tick(struct gamestr *, short *);
+extern int game_reset_tick(short *);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/lib/common/game.c b/src/lib/common/game.c
index 74318773..25dcea03 100644
--- a/src/lib/common/game.c
+++ b/src/lib/common/game.c
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@
 /*
  * On Empire Time:
  *
- * A turn is terminated by an update and consists of etu_per_update
- * ETUs.  The Empire clock counts turns and ETUs.  When updates move
- * around in real time (schedule change, downtime, etc.), the Empire
- * clock automatically adapts the length of an ETU in seconds
+ * An Empire turn is terminated by an update.  The Empire clock counts
+ * turns and ETUs, i.e. it ticks etu_per_update times per turn.  When
+ * updates move around in real time (schedule change, downtime, etc.),
+ * the Empire clock automatically adapts the duration of an ETU
  * accordingly.
  */
 
@@ -127,11 +127,27 @@ game_tick_to_now(short *tick)
 int
 game_step_a_tick(struct gamestr *game, short *tick)
 {
-    int d;
+    int etu;
 
-    d = game->game_tick - *tick;
-    if (CANT_HAPPEN(d < 0))
-	d = 0;
+    etu = game->game_tick - *tick;
+    if (CANT_HAPPEN(etu < 0))
+	etu = 0;
     *tick = game->game_tick;
-    return d;
+    return etu;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Reset ETU timestamp *TICK to zero.
+ * Return how many ETUs it had left until etu_per_update.
+ */
+int
+game_reset_tick(short *tick)
+{
+    int etu;
+
+    etu = etu_per_update - *tick;
+    if (CANT_HAPPEN(etu < 0))
+	etu = 0;
+    *tick = 0;
+    return etu;
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/update/nat.c b/src/lib/update/nat.c
index 22a3cf19..8f8dc3d0 100644
--- a/src/lib/update/nat.c
+++ b/src/lib/update/nat.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
 #include <math.h>
 #include "budg.h"
+#include "game.h"
 #include "item.h"
 #include "update.h"
 
@@ -133,8 +134,7 @@ prod_nat(int etu)
     struct natstr *cnp;
 
     for (n = 0; NULL != (np = getnatp(n)); n++) {
-	grant_btus(np, etu_per_update - np->nat_access);
-	np->nat_access = 0;
+	grant_btus(np, game_reset_tick(&np->nat_access));
 	if (np->nat_stat < STAT_ACTIVE)
 	    continue;
 	/*