dftec-es / civ2civ3_earth

Ruleset for freeciv game, fork of civ2civ3, aimed to be played on earth maps

Civ2Civ3 Earth (Modpack for Freeciv)

"civ2civ3_earth" is a fork of the ruleset civ2civ3 (shipped with freeciv since v2.5), from the same author. It includes new features, tries to improve balance, and is more suitable for playing on Earth maps, or similar scenarios. It includes its own tileset ("amplio_earth" or "ampliohex_earth"), and a world map scenario, adapted to be played with these rules.

See the file NEWS.ruleset_civ2civ3_earth for the latest changes compared to default civ2civ3 rules.

See the file README.ruleset_civ2civ3_earth for a full list of changes compared to civ2 rules.

Tagged versions have been tested and are ready to be played. The latest one uses to be available to install with the "modpack installer" tool shipped with freeciv.

How to use freeciv modpack installer to install it from github:

• Depending which freeciv client you installed, you will probably have one modpack installer tool called something like "freeciv-mp-gtk3". Launch it.
• Where it says "Modpack URL", paste the following link (the one that matches your freeciv version):
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dftec-es/civ2civ3_earth/release/2.6/civ2civ3_earth-2.6.modpack
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dftec-es/civ2civ3_earth/release/3.0/civ2civ3_earth-3.0.mpdl
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dftec-es/civ2civ3_earth/release/3.1/civ2civ3_earth-3.1.mpdl
• Press install modpack.

How to install it manually from github:

• Download the latest pack from the "tags" section.
• Extract to the same folder where "saves" folder is located (where savegames are stored).
  In linux it uses to be: /home/username/.freeciv/
• Launch freeciv, start a new game, select the ruleset civ2civ3_earth, and load the tileset amplio_earth when asked.
  If the tileset is not loaded, try to open freeciv Client settings → Local options → Graphics tab → Tileset (Square), and select "amplio_earth", or Tileset (Iso-Hex) and select "ampliohex_earth".

The installed files and folders should look like this:

/.freeciv/3.1/amplio_earth/
/.freeciv/3.1/ampliohex_earth/
/.freeciv/3.1/civ2civ3_earth/
/.freeciv/3.1/scenarios/
/.freeciv/3.1/amplio_earth.tilespec
/.freeciv/3.1/civ2civ3_earth.serv

where /3.1/ should match the freeciv version that you had installed.

Earth map 124x68 Rhye enlarged

The world map scenario (seen in the screenshot) was designed for this ruleset, but it cannot have an open license (map made by Rhye for civ4). It is available to download here (it includes one version for civ2civ3_earth and one for default civ2civ3).

civ2civ3_earth's Issues

Feedback welcome

I see people is downloading this modpack, but I'm not sure if someone is actually playing it.

The latest release for 3.1 is supposed to be the final version of this modpack, but I still plan to make a release for 3.2 to fix possible bugs.

If you find any bug playing 3.1, or some balance issue, please let me know here.

Animal Kingdom not listed in "embedded_nations"

Near the top of nations.ruleset:

---

; List of nations to embed to main nations.ruleset despite separate nationlist
; being used for other nations.
embedded_nations = "barbarian", "pirate"

---

... and the bottom ...

---

; Please keep [ruledit] section in sync with these includes
*include "default/nationlist.ruleset"
; This ruleset uses model of 3 separate barbarian nations
*include "nation/barbarian.ruleset"
*include "nation/pirate.ruleset"
*include "nation/animals.ruleset"

---

This causes ruleup (and presumably also ruledit even within the same freeciv version) to save nations.ruleset without Animal Kingdom in it, resulting in ruleset load failure:

1: Invalid requirement Nation | Player | | | Animal Kingdom: bad type or name
1: "/work/freeciv/rulesets/3rd/S3_1/data/civ2civ3_earth/game.ruleset" [actionenabler_45] has invalid or unknown req: "Nation" "Animal Kingdom".