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


Last commit checked:

commit c114b8fd61ec09a10cf4dbc601268566a17d1594
Author: Christian Mauderer <oss@c-mauderer.de>
Date:   Sat Jan 3 11:50:57 2026 +0100


General:
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- Qt5 support dropped completely


Non-ruleset rules:
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- Foodbox is not reset when city grows for reasons other than full foodbox


Included rulesets:
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- Dropped webperimental ruleset

Multiplayer
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Sandbox: (CHECK full list)
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- Bridge tile within city area grants second trade route slot

civ1:
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civ2:
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alien:
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civ2civ3:
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granularity:
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- Max 4 units on tile (in the beginning of the game)


Custom rulesets:
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- Acccess Area concept
- Tiledefs concept
- Superspecialists concept
- Added support for Government user flags
- 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_Pct effects instead
- New value CapitalConnected for CityStatus requirements
- New requirement types
  - FutureTechs
  - MaxTopUnitsOnTile
  - Government flag
  - Tiledef
- Internal city action types
  - Finish Unit
  - Finish Building


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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- Added city name embellishments

Animations
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gtk:
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- Experimental gtk4x-client
  (supported on meson builds only, at the moment)

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
- Meson based build has a new 'aimodules' configure option


Other:
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