[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#16788) Re: Re: GGZ support

["Jason Dorje Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=16788 >

Christian Knoke wrote:
> <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=16788 >
> 
> Jason Dorje Short wrote on May 01, 10:02 (-0400):
>> Christian Knoke wrote:
>>> what is the state of GGZ support in 2.1 BETA?
> 
>> You will need to install libggz, ggz-client-libs, and ggz-gtk-client.
> 
> I installed libggz-0.0.13, ggz-client-libs-0.0.13, and
> ggz-gtk-client-0.0.13. They compiled fine. Platform is Debian Sarge.
> 
> I then ./configure --with-ggz-client. civclient --help now shows the -z
> option.
> 
> ~$ civclient -z
> 
> gives me this warning:
> 
> (process:14726): GLib-WARNING **: giounix.c:400Error while getting flags for
> FD: Ungültiger Dateideskriptor (9)

Don't ever run freeciv with the -z option.  Just run it normally and 
connect to a GGZ server.

> The GGZ dialog appears in English, not translated. According to
> http://dev.ggzgamingzone.org/i18n/ the german translation is complete.

Translation is an issue here because it has to look things up in a 
separate catalog (the ggz-gtk-client catalog) but there is not code for 
this and I don't really know how to do it.  I'll try to fix this.

> I didn't manage to compile Freeciv with ggz server support. It seems to
> require ggz-server-0.0.13 (for the ggzdmod module), but the compilation of
> the library fails:

Yes, it requires the ggz server libraries.  However you don't need GGZ 
server support unless you want to run your own GGZ server (roughly the 
equivalent of pubserver).

> ggzdb_db4.c: In function ggzdb_init_player':
> ggzdb_db4.c:120: error: incompatible type for argument 4 of indirect
> function call
> ggzdb_db4.c:120: error: too many arguments to function
> ggzdb_db4.c: In function ggzdb_init_stats':
> ggzdb_db4.c:338: error: incompatible type for argument 4 of indirect
> function call
> ggzdb_db4.c:338: error: too many arguments to function
> make[4]: *** [ggzdb_db4.o] Error 1

DB4 is obnoxious because there are several different versions that are 
not actually compatible.  Try using the db3, pgsql, or mysql databases.

> ADDENDUM:
> 
> civclient without -z option starts OK. The dialog is still in English.
> Didn't test the function any further, guess the firewall is in the way.

If you configure --with-ggz-client then you should be able to connect to 
pubggz via the "connect to gaming zone" button on the first dialog.

You can also just run "ggz-gtk" on the command line and connect via that 
(to pubserver.freeciv.org port 5688); then it will launch freeciv 
separately when you go to play a game.

-jason