Freeciv Portable 2.2.4 has been released. Freeciv is an empire-building strategy game inspired by the history of human civilization. The game commences in prehistory and your mission is to lead your tribe from the stone age to the space age. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. And it's open source and completely free.
PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Beta 5 users who already have this app installed, simply click 'Check for Updates' in your PA.c Menu to update to the new version.
Features
Freeciv is a free turn-based multiplayer strategy game, in which each player becomes the leader of a civilization, fighting to obtain the ultimate goal: To become the greatest civilization. Players of the Civilization® series by Microprose® should feel at home, since one aim of Freeciv is to have optional modes (called rulesets) with compatible rules.
PortableApps.com Installer / PortableApps.com Format
Freeciv Portable is packaged in a PortableApps.com Installer so it will automatically detect an existing PortableApps.com installation when your drive is plugged in. It supports upgrades by installing right over an existing copy, preserving all settings. And it's in PortableApps.com Format, so it automatically works with the PortableApps.com Suite including the Menu and Backup Utility.
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Freeciv Portable is available for immediate download from the Freeciv Portable homepage. Get it today!
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Sorry, one last thing I've
Sorry, one last thing I've noticed.
Isn't it Freeciv, not FreeCiv?
Indeed
I've fixed it in all the text (a few internal paths are still FreeCiv, John will need to fix them).
Front page still needs
Front page still needs changing, and I noticed (for next release) that FreeCivPortable.exe also needs changed (everything else in the package seems correct).
EDIT: Also, Andy hasn't been given a dev badge.
Woot!
I'm a dev now!
Congrats Dagardner
Thank you for your work on Freeciv Portable and congratulations on having it released
Any chance of getting it listed on the Freeciv Download page?
A note on their RSS Feed would be good on for FreeCiv Portable as well.
Thanks
Thanks to who ever put together the update for 2.2.4. I saw the installer post last week but have been too build to update the installer.
Thanks!
Welcome and Thanks
Sure thing, Andy. And thanks for putting the app together for everybody to enjoy. Welcome to the team!
Anything I should know about?
What, if anything, did you do, aside from updating to the latest version, before releasing?
Thanks!
Just That
Just that, added the official splash and added a 128px appicon. Also removed the additional formats from appicon.ico.
Doesn't work?
I went into Campaign/whatever, and none would load. I started with Tutorial, and tried a bunch of others. The "OK" button does nothing. Am I doing something wrong?
I know nothing about Freeciv or the original Civilization, they're not even my type of games, so the fault could well be with me... I just wanted to give it a spin. Not many games work on this computer...
Firewall?
I had my windows firewall thing pop up and say it blocked some features of the server
Can't save my game
I just downloaded Freeciv 2.2.4 and think it is a great game so far. I run it from a portable hard drive, and noticed that I can't save my game.
Is there a fix for this?
Thanks
Marc
Not sure
I'll look into this.
Thank you
I look forward to your response.
Marc
Can't Save
I too look forward to your response. I also am unable to save.
Unfortunately, unless you've got 8+ straight hours to play, the lack of save make this unusable.
I do greatly appreciate the effort though.
Very strange
I'm not sure what is going on.
Save is grayed out in the portable version, but when I install the standard version, it works. I'll need to contact the developers to see what logic they use to enable/disable save.
Oops
It would appear that this problem has existed since 2.2.2, but was missed. I'll let you know when I have a fix.
I was having the same problem
I was having the same problem but found a temporary work around. If you run the '\App\Freeciv\freeciv-gtk2.exe' you will find you can save games and even load up all the autosaved games.
Looks like the game autosaves after each turn you make.
Not Really
That most likely breaks portability completely, just so you know. If you move to a different computer your saved games probably won't be there.
Fixed, I think
I started a new thread in Beta Testing for the new launcher.
https://portableapps.com/node/26152
It appears that they are no longer using the HOME environment variable to determine where the save files should go. I've done a quick and dirty copy of the directory until I can figure out whether or not I can redirect that location.
Works Now
As mentioned in the thread you pointed to removing the stray " mark at the end of the HOME line in the FreecivPortable\App\AppInfo\LauncherFreecivPortable.ini file allows save/load functionality to work in the original 2.2.4 release.
Thanks again.