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New freeciv main development branch Windows (msys2) build with meson, from sources of 01-Nov-26 (3.3.90.17-dev-261101), commit '6b8a255b74', available at https://files.freeciv.org/packages/windows/testing/cazfi/installer_msys2/snapshots/meson/freeciv-3.4/ Change log since previous snapshot build: gi...

For most part it's quite high level view. The NEWS does not list each individual commit. There has been over 3200 of those to the freeciv-3.3 so far. Detailed ChangeLog and git log, from which ChangeLog is generated, are for looking at the details.

Release ticket for 3.3.0-beta1: https://redmine.freeciv.org/issues/2190
First draft of 3.3 NEWS: https://www.freeciv.org/wiki/NEWS-3.3.0

Tbh the Scout action sounds proper handy, but i cant work out one thing... can a ruleset limit how far away the target tile is, say by unit type, or is it just whatever the usual action range settings allow? Cheers, just trying to get my head round how Recon would work without every fighter seeing ...

Beyond that, I ran into the issue that any of the packages can change at any time, and there's no way to get any but the latest version. And a change can break the build - I set up a shell script to download the packages and build from a freeciv source tarfile, and it worked until one day it didn't...

New freeciv-3.2 Windows (msys2) build with meson, from sources of 23-Oct-26 (3.2.6+-261023), commit '1a16be1897', available at https://files.freeciv.org/packages/windows/testing/cazfi/installer_msys2/snapshots/meson/freeciv-3.2/ Change log since 3.2.6: gitlog-3.2.6..1a16be1897.log Change log since p...

New action type Scout RM #2184

It shows the area around the target tile (which can be some distance away from the actor unit) for a turn.

As an example, granularity ruleset is going to implement "Recon" air unit mission type with this action.

New freeciv-3.3 Windows (msys2) build with meson, from sources of 19-Oct-26 (3.3.0-alpha3+261019), commit '4bf5b8eb63', available at https://files.freeciv.org/packages/windows/testing/cazfi/installer_msys2/snapshots/meson/freeciv-3.3/ Change log since previous snapshot build: gitlog-189339da3f..4bf5...

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