[Freeciv] Freeciv 1.7.2 released!
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Dear Freeciv world,
I've released Freeciv 1.7.2 at long last!
http://www.freeciv.org
It's basically a bug-fix release for 1.7.1, but it has a number of
enhancements. Here's what's changed:
- Improvements to the configure script, so it should
now work properly on all systems, especially Solaris.
- Ability to configure to use Xaw3d instead of the normal Xaw.
- New "easy" AI mode, which is now the default.
- Improved "City Report" dialog, with configurable columns.
- Improved "Message Options" dialog, with customizable filtering
and selection for the different message types.
- Improved "Messages" dialog, with a scrollbar, and a "Popup City"
button.
- Improved multi-column "Unit Select" dialog when there are
lots of units.
- In city dialog, middle-click unit icons to "activate and close".
- New client command "t" to show tiles used by city under mouse.
- New metaserver dialog to make connecting to metaserver games
easier.
- Ability to save and re-load client settings.
- Clearer Yes/No toggle buttons in various places in the client.
- Reduced color usage (but looks almost identical), so the client
should now work fine on systems with 8 bit color displays.
- Ability to use "scenarios", that is, pre-designed maps.
Scenarios for Earth and Europe games are included in the data
directory. (Use them with the <tt>-f</tt> server command-line
option, like savegames.)
- More city names, so you're less likely to see "City 41" etc.
- Saving large games is now much faster, and the savefile is
smaller.
- Improvements to the documentation and online help system,
including a new help section on the "Zones of Control" game
concept.
- Detect repeated log messages and print repeat counts.
- New server options randseed and aqueductloss.
- Many other enhancements and bug fixes.
A big thankyou to all the people who tested and contributed to
Freeciv for this release, especially David Pfitzner.
As usual, please report problems to the freeciv-dev mailing list.
Instructions are available on the Freeciv web site.
Enjoy!!
Mitch.
- [Freeciv] Freeciv 1.7.2 released!,
Mitch Davis <=
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