While I had the keybord out I changed the goto to "preview" a path by displaying a line on the map following the cursor, line SMAC and civ:ctp.
I also added shared vision, ie if player1 gives you shared vision you will see evrything he sees. Does SMAC or civ:ctp have this feature? Anyway, it is cool

Oh, and dwp is adding support for observers watching a game and for multiple people controling one player simultaneously.

And with the latest adde nation we are reaching the limit of 63(!), and some coding must be done to raise that

But of course freeciv was already cooler than civ 2 before those improvements!

setup hint for Ming: FreeCiv consists of two programs: a client and a server. You'll have to start the server up first before you can start up the client (a lot of people seem to forget this). You can tweak a LOT on the server, try to experiment with the settings for awhile...

quote: Originally posted by Ming on 08-24-2000 10:07 AM I had serious problems... never got it to work... Maybe CapTVK's advice will help...

Ming,

I see you have some trouble running FreeCiv so here's a small list of
instructions which might help. I already emailed this but I'm posting it here for the benefit of other readers interested in testing out FreeCiv.

Here I have some quick instructions for installing FreeCiv on Windows:

At the moment there are 2 version for windows: One that doesn't need
X-windows and one that does. I recommend the one that needs X-windows
because it's the most recent, plus it's also smaller.

1) Go to www.starnet.com and download the demonstration version of X-Win32.
Install it.
Note: X-win32 is a X-windows program that allows you to run programs from
one computer and seeing the output on another computer, this can also be the
same computer.
E.a I could run FreeCiv (the server part)on a pc down the hall and could
play Freeciv on the computer in my room (civclient).
Don't fret about X-win32 messing anything up during install, it's a high
quality program that should work on any version of windows (I use NT btw).

2) Download the most recent Windows+X version of FreeCiv from http://www.freeciv.org/windows.html

3) Start X-Win32

4) Start "Freeciv Server (do not announce game on metaserver)" from the
start menu.
Type "set aifill 5" (or however many total players (human and computer) you
want you can do 30 if you want!). Hit "enter".

5) Start the FreeCiv client from the start menu. (or just click on the
program from a directory)

6) From the "Freeciv Server Selection" tab of the dialog box that comes up,
enter the name you want to use in the "Name" field (Ming in this case).
Click the "Connect" button.

7) Switch back to the Civserver. Type "start" and press "enter". This
starts the game.

8) X-Win32 will give you a message every half-hour or so that you will only
be able to use it for a limited time. When it gives you a warning that it
will quit in 15 minutes, select "Quit" from the FreeCiv "Game" menu. Click
on the X-Win32 button on the taskbar and select "close". Repeat steps 4, 5,
and 6. This will reconnect you to your game.

9) Remember, the AI isn't very knowlegable about diplomacy. But then again,
in single player we want to rule the world anyway.

Hope this helps,

Cheers

Is there a function which allows 'grouping' of cities so the player only needs to give orders once for a group (including incremental buying)?

Similarly, is there a function that allows units to be 'grouped' so that the player only needs to move one unit then he can order the rest of the group to move the same way (the manually moved unit must be of the lowest moving allowance to ensure other units can go as far)?

Are civ2 scenarios (e.g., Red Front 1.4) playable in freeciv?

Suggestions? I have successfully started civserver.

BTW, the graphics in *.PNGs appear to be on the ugly side.

1. Make a shortcut to MS-DOS prompt with 50 lines. It's far from enough, but it has to do.
2. Switch to the correct directory and type in civserver -p 5556.
3. SET a couple of options (the most important ones are scrolled past in SHOW - on my Linux box they are xsize, ysize, maxplayers, and aifill).
4. Start another MS-DOS prompt and run CivClient (connect to port 5556).
6. Type in START in the civserver window.

Thue, would the graphics engine be faster in Windows if I used the xserver version instead of the native one?