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Mark von Wagner
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Albert in a Can
May 1999
time: 00:14
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Freeciv consists of two programs: the server, which coordinates everything between players and handles the AI, and the client, which human players use to direct the civilization they are playing. To start a single-player Freeciv game under Windows:
1) Start the civserver program -- there should be a start menu entry for this.
2) Select the game options you want in the server.
The next step depends on which version of Freeciv for Windows you are using.
If you are using the Windows-native version:
3) Start the civclient program.
If you are using the X-win version (most people are, since it is better supported):
3) Start your X server (XWin32 is a good X server for Windows), and then start civclient.
4) In the dialog box that comes up for connecting to a server, make sure that the "Host" box contains "localhost". Press the "Connect" button.
5) In the civserver, type the word "start". This will start the game.
To start a multiplayer game (the easy way):
1) Connect to the Internet.
2) Start your X server (if you are using one) and civclient.
3) In the dialog box that comes up, click on the "Metaserver" tab and click the "update" button.
4) To start a new game, select one of the servers that does not have any players on it.
5) Click the "Connect" button.
6) Wait until enough other players have joined the game, then type "/start" in the chat text box to start the game.
To join a game someone else is running, do steps 1-3 above.
4) Select a game from the list that has the status "pregame".
5) Click the "Connect" button.
6) Chat with the other players until the game starts.
Mark
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KhanMan
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Jan 1970
time: 05:14
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Mark-A Thousand thanks! I'm off to the freeciv site to download the native version, and play loads of freecivin'!
Thanks!
"Damn the phalanxs, full speed ahead!"
-KhanMan the paranoid expansionist
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What the hell is freeciv. Is it Civ I? I already have that.
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Olof Palme
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Brain badly battered
Mar 2000
time: 05:14
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I have a problem with it, Mark, i betcha you could answer it.
I use GNOME, and I can't save any of my games. A simple "couldn't save bla bla" message comes up in the server shell. Any tips?
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my ass suffers from...amnesia
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WhiteKnight
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of something...
Feb 2000
time: 05:14
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I took a look at it on my Linux machine once, but didn't play around with it too much. Guess I am just too used to the other interface.
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Thue
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Copenhagen, Denmark
Jan 1970
time: 06:14
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quote:
Originally posted by catullus on 03-20-2000 03:48 AM
I play it occasionally, have one game running on my Linux box right now. It's pretty good, and continues to improve for each version. My main problem: I've grown used to CivII deity play (and OCC). That strategy won't work on FreeCiv. Expansion is way more important, while riot control is easier (I spend too many shields on warriors and temples early on).
AI is good, but doesn't handle diplomacy (yet). While it's designed for MP (last CVS version allows up to 126 players, IIRC), I think it still lacks the macro-management and UI to allow fast game play.
I would recommend setting up a Linux box (or an Amiga) for playing FreeCiv. All development is done on Unix, and I haven't heard much good about the Windows versions. A java version is in the works, that might be more promising than a native windows compile.
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Actually the patch to allow up to 126 players never got into CVS, because it didn't work properly I think 
But just 2 days ago I checked in the patch to raise the number from 14 to 30. (that number is limited by the lenght of a player bitvector, ie 32. The last 2 players are reserved for barbarians)
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Thue
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Copenhagen, Denmark
Jan 1970
time: 06:14
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He aint cheap, I tell you!
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Thue
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Copenhagen, Denmark
Jan 1970
time: 06:14
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Why would we need an extra metaserver? The one at www.freeciv.org works ok, and having only one means that all the players are together at one place.
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I've played a few games of FreeCiv.
Ive seen both Mandrake and Suse install and both of their install's are very easy (assuming you have supported hardware). Personally I recommend Mandrake, as it gave me more options than Suse, on install, plus it can dynamically resize your windos partition. (not sure if Suse can do this)
Oh and Mandrake's Mailing lists are extremely helpful to newbies.
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catullus
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Norway
Jan 1970
time: 06:14
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Let's not start a distro war already, eh? I'm using Mandrake now, but have used Debian before. An extremely well-driven and friendly community, the best installer (first dselect, then apt even better), and better for customizing for low-grade boxes. A developer release of Freeciv broke the installation, though...
Most people use RedHat, on which Mandrake is based. The next distro I will try is Corel, that one got a lot of nice reviews.
Stability:
Linux Mandrake release 6.1 (Helios)
Kernel 2.2.13-7mdk on an i586
login: stig
Password:
Last login: Thu May 4 12:21:44 on tty2
You have mail.
[stig@mandrake stig]$ uptime
9:07am up 100 days, 17:55, 4 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
Looks good, right? 100 days since a power black-out booted the box last time. Not too high load on it, though...
C.
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rp
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Eindhoven
May 2000
time: 06:14
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Stop this silly distribution war already, Freeciv doesn't need Linux. In fact, it's easier to install on FreeBSD, and I've also seen it on Solaris, IRIX, HP/UX, Amiga, OS/2, and other platforms. Main development happens on Unix variants, mainly on Linux,
so you Windows users sometimes lag behind a little.
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ok i followed the instruction up above from mark , but stil lno go.. I activated the Freecivserver but it just pops up a DOS window that doeasnt do much except run through a little batch file then stop. No where for me t oenter anything as you sqay , so i cant get past step one....
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Kumiorava
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Are you sure you have the right version of Freeciv. If you're using XWin32, make sure you have the X-win release of Freeciv, not the native Windows one. If you have trouble configuring XWin32, just do a search for some documentation for it. It shouldn't be too hard to find some online.
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Well I jsut downlaoded the Windows edition of Freeciv today and that one works well, but i still cant get the Xwin to work... Too complicasted for us game players come non programeers, thats why Billy invented Windows, for us computer illiterates...
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Thue
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Copenhagen, Denmark
Jan 1970
time: 06:14
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Nono -
MAC is for the computer illiterate
Linux is for the computer literate
windows is for the ... ?
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