[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Can't disable Fog of War (PR#1702)

[Andreas Kemnade <akemnade@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gianmario.Scotti@xxxxxxxxx writes:
 > So, we are not talking about the same thing. I am specifically testing the 
 > Win32 binary that I mentioned.
 > 
 > I wouldn't know how to reproduce this bug with civserver.freeciv.org. Our 
 > firewall doesn't allow me to connect to other ports than http and ftp. (I 
 > also don't know how I could change the server settings on any of your 
 > servers. Or do you have fogofwar set to 0 by default?)
 > 
 > But, in the end, this is not even necessary: all you have to do is unpack 
 > freeciv-1.12.6-win32.zip on a win32 computer, run the server and the client. 
 > Then set fogofwar=0 on the server, start a new game and see that fogofwar is 
 > still active on the client.
 > 
 > If I'm still not making myself clear just let me know. I'll try to be more 
 > detailed, but I believe this should suffice.
 > 
Have you done the following?
1.start civserver.exe
2.start civclient.exe
3.select "New Game"
4.click ok in the following dialog
5.switch to the civserver dos box
6.enter set fogofwar=0 there

In that case you'll end up with two servers (one with fogofwar and one
without). The client will be connected to the one with fogofwar.

The correct thing to do is:
Either
1.start civclient.exe
2.select "New Game"
3.deselect "Start game automatically" in the following dialog
4.click ok there 
5.enter the following in the chatline of the client:
/set fogofwar=0
/start

or

1.start civserver.exe
2.enter there:
set fogofwar=0
(and your other settings)
3.start civclient.exe
4.select "Join Game"
5.click on "Connect"
6.switch back to the civserver window
7.enter there:
start

Greetings
Andreas Kemnade