Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[sc0ttman]

FreeCiv 2.3.1

This is a really great game! One of my all-time favourites..
Homepage: http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page



FreeCiv is a civilization clone, and a great turn based strategy game.
Compiled on Akita, should work on most recent pups.

Downloads:

freeciv-2.3.1-i486.pet (8.7mb)
freeciv_DEV-2.3.1-i486.pet (4.5mb)
freeciv_NLS-2.3.1-i486.pet (5.3mb)

This one even includes an addon downloader...
Find all needed menu entries in the 'Fun' category
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If you have problems:

You must run this as 'spot', which this pkg will do for you.
In your Puppy, 'spot' may not have access to audio.

If spot is OK, but sound is not enabled, try installing SDL_mixer.

This package requires SDL, SDL_image, iconv

Ideally, get those SDL packages from you Puppys repo.
But if you have problems, please use the libs above.

If you still have problems, particularly with the game crashing at the end of your turn,
then check you have the following files and folders:

[Markiee]

Thank you so much! I love this game!

[paulski]

@ Sc0ttman

You've presented some fine updates on Freeciv.
Thanks

I'm trying to compile one for Fatdog 64.

You've obviously had success with Akita.

Any tips on getting it to compile properly?

I get the feeling Freeciv needs a little more development libraries than its install notes indicate (they mostly assume its is getting built on a heavier system like Ubuntu and not a lightweight like Puppy and its derivatives).

[Karl Godt]