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Am on Freeciv 2.6.6, Linux Mint 21. In "More Game Options" I can change the "List of players initial units from ccwwx to ccwwxx. But this change has to be made every time a new game starts.
Question: How can I make this change permanent? Looked at rulesets but can not find the settings. Managed it in LM20.3 but forgot how to do it

At the bottom of the more options screen, there should be a save button. Or you could change it in the game.ruleset file.

Elefant wrote: ↑Thu Sep 29, 2022 5:50 pm At the bottom of the more options screen, there should be a save button. Or you could change it in the game.ruleset file.

Just note that saving the settings on client-side has a number of known issues (unfortunately hard-to-fix-properly ones). You may find using .serv file better. (.serv is list of commands for the server to execute, and commands to set options are typical ones). You can create a .serv file from your current settings with "/write myfile.serv", and you can make the server to use it with "/read myfile.serv" or by commandline option "-r myfile.serv". The commandline option works also for the client, which will pass it to the server it spawns.

Thanks. I used the "Save" and the "Apply" buttons on the Options page. This saves the changes for the present games but forgets it afterwards.
Changes to the server-file . I found that the settings name is "startunits". But fiddling with the server-files without detailed instructions is more for the experienced user. I will look at it and try to understand what to do. If successful I will post.
Linux Mint 21 Cinnamon, Freeciv 2.6.6

Maybe easier than thought. Click on the file in /usr/share/applications/freeciv.server opens a terminal with a freeciv promp >
Type command >show lists all the available options and their present settings like this The command >set "ccwwxx" adds an initial explorer. >help startunit lists all the available units