Release FreeCiv 2.3.1 SDL Version


p3fr

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Hi folks,


after searching for Freeciv, if found nothing but these Versions with an gtk2-client.


So i decided to give the SDL-Client a chance.


For now the PND can be found HERE.(sha1sum)


(Soon i will upload this to repo.openpandora.org)


Further informations:


- Version: 2.3.1


- Language: English (Can be changed live maybe - not tried jet)


- includes:


- SDL - client


- standalone (console) server


- modpack downloader / setup (Freesounds are already installed)


- Manual (lacks some quality. Uses freeciv-manual - progam to create manual-html pages from the ruleset. I've written a script wich crawls for all rulesets an build an manual for each. They are shown with links - thats quite ugly. I would appreciate some tips and maybe an actual tutorial /users guide for freeciv (html ?))


- Porting Problems:


Something wasn't (better isn't) ok with the Characterconversion UTF8 <-> Unicode in the context of SDL.


For me (what i tested) i can exclude direct problems in SDL_ttf, freetype and iconv().


There must be a bug somewhere else in the deepest abyss of SDL/system.


I did not solve the problem. I just did some workaround jobs, to be concrete i just avoided to encode/decode anything to/from Unicode,


so there may be still some string/character artifacts.


In advance: thank you for testing this port of FreeCiv.


[update 2]:


- bug fixed:


- in some windows new lines were not printed - fixed


-> german version of this topic


-fepf-
 
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I tried it briefly. I'm not very familiar with the SDL client, but I couldn't see how to change the number of (AI) players or game settings. Also, the nation picker dialog seems glitchy; choosing Assyrian crashes the game, and choosing ones towards the bottom selects ones at the top.
 
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