[Freeciv-Dev] I just want to generate hexmaps...

[Mark Metson <markm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, I am looking to use the FreeCiv map-generator to generate non-iso 
hexmaps.
I tried to just rip out the generator sub-directory from the server 
directory then add in whatever header files it wanted to compile but it 
looks like that would be a lot more work than would using the actual 
server itself via external commands.
So, I tried to find out what commands to give the server to get it to 
generate and save a map.
Simply setting the size and topology and issuing a save command did not 
work - the resulting save file did not contain a map.
Basically I just want it to generate the map and save it. But I am not 
sure how to tell the server to go ahead and start a game without any 
players (is that what autogame does or does even autogame require a 
client?)
I also looked at the README for the map editor tool but it looks like that 
does not generate maps it just edits them?
Once I have the savegame I will end up reading it into some other format, 
basically I am looking to use FreeCiv's map-generator because it is the 
nicest one I have found and it seemed likely to be easier to use an 
existing one than to start a whole map-generating project from scratch.
-MarkM- http://www.knotwork.com/~markm/