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by Sanguivorant
Sat Mar 28, 2026 4:12 pm
Forum: Rulesets and modpacks
Topic: Is it possible to make a civ 4 ruleset?
Replies: 0
Views: 8703

Is it possible to make a civ 4 ruleset?

I love civ 4 but hate the graphics; I much prefer 2d sprites. Are these following things possible to implement in freeciv? Cottages Improvements that make commerce and increase their commerce rate over time as they are being worked. Even if you don't have to work them necessarily to develop them. I ...
by Sanguivorant
Tue Mar 24, 2026 2:08 am
Forum: Gameplay
Topic: How does land barbarians work?
Replies: 2
Views: 12928

How does land barbarians work?

In my games sometimes they show up but very rarely. Even with hordes, they show up once, and then get wiped out eventually. Most barbarians come from the sea.

Which code is responsible for deciding where they spawn?
by Sanguivorant
Mon Jan 05, 2026 11:00 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: New Player Curious About Early Expansion Strategies – Tips?
Replies: 3
Views: 100462

Re: New Player Curious About Early Expansion Strategies – Tips?

I’m pretty new to Freeciv and loving the depth so far. I’ve been experimenting with different nations and map types, but one thing I’m struggling to figure out is the best early-game expansion strategy. Should I prioritize building settlers as quickly as possible, or focus more on infrastructure an...
by Sanguivorant
Sun Jan 04, 2026 3:44 pm
Forum: Help wanted
Topic: What is TexAI? How do I play with it?
Replies: 12
Views: 287811

Re: What is TexAI? How do I play with it?

I've never run an autogame - how do you do that? Or is there anything on the wiki that explains it? This functionality would be quite useful if I ever get up the nerve to try and improve the ai code. Pretty easy. I start up any game then type these commands: /observe /set minplayers 0 /set timeout ...
by Sanguivorant
Thu Jan 01, 2026 11:50 pm
Forum: Multiplayer / Online gaming
Topic: Guide to setting up PBEM game
Replies: 0
Views: 90013

Guide to setting up PBEM game

It's quite easy to do I've found from playing around. Here's a guide to do it on Linux. 1. Open your terminal and type *freeciv-server*: 1 opening freeciv server.jpg You will get a server made with settings placed. Here you may set your settings, or you can get the GUI on the next steps. 2. Open up ...
by Sanguivorant
Thu Jan 01, 2026 4:18 pm
Forum: Contribution
Topic: Resources for developing the AI.
Replies: 2
Views: 114780

Re: Resources for developing the AI.

Would a deep learning algorithm work for improving this AI? We would just need to give the AI the base mechanics of the game, then either reward it based on certain game events (more production output, unit killed, city captured, tech earned), or punish for bad events, log the action taken that resu...
by Sanguivorant
Wed Dec 31, 2025 3:13 pm
Forum: Help wanted
Topic: What is TexAI? How do I play with it?
Replies: 12
Views: 287811

Re: What is TexAI? How do I play with it?

Now I'd like to see 2 aitypes compete to see which is better. Is it possible to set up a game similar to my example server script, with no human player and run it and see the end game screen? If you look at the code itself, texAI pretty much uses classicAI scripts for deciding what to build, how to...
by Sanguivorant
Sun Dec 28, 2025 7:47 pm
Forum: Help wanted
Topic: What is TexAI? How do I play with it?
Replies: 12
Views: 287811

Re: What is TexAI? How do I play with it?

I have tried to use the command /create "AI" "tex", but it tells me that there is no AI type of that name. Sounds like your freeciv has not been built with tex enabled. It should be enabled by default, though. At least in recent freeciv versions. What is your freeciv version? Th...
by Sanguivorant
Sun Dec 28, 2025 4:23 pm
Forum: Help wanted
Topic: What is TexAI? How do I play with it?
Replies: 12
Views: 287811

What is TexAI? How do I play with it?

I have been reading the AI documentation and I'm wondering if this is a separate AI that you can play with versus "classic" AI. If so, how can I play against it? I have tried to use the command /create "AI" "tex", but it tells me that there is no AI type of that name. T...
by Sanguivorant
Fri Aug 15, 2025 1:46 pm
Forum: Contribution
Topic: Resources for developing the AI.
Replies: 2
Views: 114780

Resources for developing the AI.

Hello, So I spend a lot of time with this game simulating the AI fighting against each other, and I've noticed a lot of AI behaviour that I want to try fixing. Only issue is that I have absolutely no idea where to start. there seems to be a bunch of different files in the source code pertaining to t...