[Freeciv] Re: Freeciv

[Philippe Fremy <fremy@xxxxxxxxx>]

>  o To start the game, you type "freeciv" (or whatever).
> 
>  o A "game manager" pops up a window.  The window has radio buttons for 
> options such
> as "play a solo game", "join a remote game", "serve a remote game", "serve a 
> game and
> join in", "run the map editor", etc.
> 
>  o After you pick your option and click the start button, the "game manager" 
> launches
> one or more processes, depending on what you checked.  For "join a remote 
> game" it
> just launches the client.  For "serve a remote game", it just launches the 
> server.
> The interesting one for this discussion is "play a solo game".  This option 
> launches
> the server with a --solo switch, lets you set the desired server settings 
> with a GUI,
> and then when you tell it to start, it starts the server process *and* 
> launches a

Freeciv really needs something like this!
More and more poeple use it, and they are less and less experienced users

        PHilippe