| Readme: | Short: Freeciv - Civ-like turn-based strategy
Author: BeWorld
Type: game/strat
Version: 3.2.7
Architecture: ppc-morphos
Requires: morphos 3.21, sdl3.library 3.4, sdl3_image.library 3.4, sdl3_ttf.library 3.3, sdl3_mixer.library 3.3, TinyGL
Freeciv for MorphOS 3.2.7
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Freeciv (https://www.freeciv.org) ported to MorphOS: the turn-based strategy
game of empire building, from the stone age to the space age, against the
computer or other players over the network.
freeciv the game (SDL3 client)
freeciv-server the server, started by the game for a local game, or on
its own for a network game
freeciv-mp the modpack installer: more rulesets, tilesets,
soundsets and scenarios from the Internet (MUI)
REQUIREMENTS
- MorphOS 3.21
- sdl3.library 3.4, sdl3_image.library 3.4, sdl3_ttf.library 3.3 and
sdl3_mixer.library 3.3 in LIBS:
- TinyGL
- A running TCP/IP stack, even for a game alone: the game talks to its
server through it.
- openssl4.library, only for the list of Internet servers and the
modpack installer (MorphOS 3.21 has it).
- sqlite.library, only for the modpack installer.
INSTALLATION
1. Copy the Freeciv drawer where you like.
2. Start freeciv.
Everything the game writes goes to the drawer user/, made at the first
start:
user/freeciv-client-rc-3.2 the settings
user/saves/ the saved games
user/scenarios/ your own scenarios
user/3.2/ the modpacks installed
user/freeciv.log the game's messages, emptied at each start
user/freeciv-server.log the messages of the local server
user/freeciv-mp.log the modpack installer's messages
PLAYING
- Start New Game: the game starts freeciv-server in the background and
connects to it. The server quits by itself when you leave the game.
- Load Game: the same, from a saved game of user/saves/.
- Join Game: a server you name. Join LAN Server: the servers of your
network. Join Pubserver: the servers on the Internet (needs
openssl4.library).
Rulesets: classic, civ2civ3, civ1, civ2, multiplayer, sandbox, alien.
Tilesets: amplio2, hexemplio, cimpletoon, trident, isotrident, hex2t,
isophex, alio, toonhex.
The language is the first one of these that is set: the variable
LANGUAGE, the variable LANG, the first preferred language of the Locale
preferences. English and French are included.
MODPACKS
freeciv-mp fetches the list of modpacks of www.freeciv.org and installs
the one chosen, with the modpacks it needs, in user/3.2/ (user/scenarios/
for the scenarios), where the game finds them. Choose one in the list, or
give the address of its .mpdl file, then Install modpack. The Installed
column shows the version you have.
Quitting during an installation asks first, and stops it: the modpack is
then not counted as installed.
From a Shell: freeciv-mp --help lists its options, and
freeciv-mp --install <address of the .mpdl file>
installs that modpack as soon as the window opens.
SERVER ALONE
For a network game, start freeciv-server from a Shell or from Ambient. It
waits for the players on port 5556, and its window takes its commands:
help, start, save, quit... Started from Ambient, its window closes at
quit, and stays open if the server stops on an error, so the message can
be read.
freeciv-server --help lists its options. For example, a scenario:
freeciv-server -f PROGDIR:data/scenarios/europe.sav.gz
SCREEN AND SPEED
- Options, Interface: Screen resolution and Fullscreen are applied at
once, without restarting. Full screen uses the screen mode closest to
the chosen resolution.
- The map is drawn by the processor and shown with TinyGL: a smaller
resolution is faster.
- SetEnv FREECIV_FPS 1 before starting the game shows the frames per
second and the time to show one, at the top of the screen.
NOT INCLUDED
- The server's user database.
- The ruleset editor and the other clients (GTK, Qt).
- The flags are the PNG ones: the SVG flags are not used.
- Chinese, Japanese and Korean fonts.
CHANGES
3.2.7 (8.11.2026)
First release: the game (SDL3 client), the server and the modpack
installer with a MUI window.
SUPPORT
Do you like this port? https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BeWorldMOS
LICENSE
Freeciv by the Freeciv team (www.freeciv.org); MorphOS port by BeWorld.
GPL v2: COPYING in the drawer.
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Freeciv_3.2.7.lha
