This is a list of main features of current main development version
relative to freeciv-3.3.


Last commit checked:

commit ef0735474cc2cfdebf5573321bfbd791bc1cfc66
Author: Marko Lindqvist <cazfi74@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu Jul 3 01:21:38 2025 +0300


General:
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- Qt5 support dropped completely


Non-ruleset rules:
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Included rulesets:
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Multiplayer
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Sandbox: (CHECK full list)
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civ1:
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civ2:
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alien:
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civ2civ3:
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Custom rulesets:
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- Acccess Area concept
- Tiledefs concept
- Superspecialists concept
- Upkeep_Factor renamed as Upkeep_Pct, and granularity increased 100-fold
- Upkeep_Pct requirement resolution now considers properties
  of the individual unit
- Shield2Gold_Pct requirement resolution now considers properties
  of the individual unit
- homeless_gold_upkeep ruleset setting removed.
  Use HasHomeCity requirements for Upkeep_Factor effects instead
- New value CapitalConnected for CityStatus requirements
- FutureTechs requirement type


Custom scenarios:
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Lua scripting:
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Server operation:
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- Long-deprecated /metamessage command dropped

Settings:
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AI:
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Clients:
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Animations
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gtk:
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qt:
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Tools:
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Ruledit:
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Modpack Installers:
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Documentation:
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- Doxygen documentation now coversa also generated source files

Build & Portability:
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- Support for autotools based Windows builds dropped
- Support for Windows < 10 dropped
- src-check functionality now provided by a separate src-check.sh script
- Minimum Qt6 version is 6.4
- 'meson-winbuild.sh --version' now gives main freeciv version number
- Crosser based builds can and must be run from a separate builddir


Other:
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