You don't even need to change souce code in Freeciv to do mods. All the rulesets are in plain text.
Although, it would be great to get in there and change the source as well, I would like to see support for different topologies and seperate tech trees. But then I am just selfish and want to get my Middle Earth Modpack done.
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Actually, Freeciv has been around for almost 10 years.
1995 11/14 - Freeciv started.
I'd point you to the specific page, but the host is slashdotted. Poor dual PII 333...
Oh, dang, didn't notice you had a disclaimer, now I can't sue you for a "legally binding" post to slashdot...
But wait! I didn't sign anything, I didn't even click through!
Whats with the disclaimer?
1. One of the big complaints against freeciv is the graphics, all the window shopping people want isometric graphics.
2. I think its pretty resonable to assume that most people (other than the developers) don't know how to change to a different tileset.
3. This is left as an exercise for the reader.
A 4500 workstation?!
Dang, I want your job.
This wasn't the main thrust of the article. Perhaps you should read it again.
It actually has some very interesting points about his view of the future of Microsoft and where they are headed...
Its a shame the submitter had to focus on this minor point in the article.
You don't even need to change souce code in Freeciv to do mods. All the rulesets are in plain text.
Although, it would be great to get in there and change the source as well, I would like to see support for different topologies and seperate tech trees. But then I am just selfish and want to get my Middle Earth Modpack done.
Does anyone have the URL for this story about the fences in South America?