Short:    Amiga Version 1.4 => Freeciv 1.9.0
Author:   sebauer@t-online.de (Sebastian Bauer), Freeciv Development Team
Uploader: sebauer@t-online.de (Sebastian Bauer)
Version:  1.4
Type:     game/2play
Requires: OS 3.0, guigfx.library, MUI 3.8, NList, TCP/IP Stack
Kurz:     Amiga Version 1.4 => Freeciv 1.9.0

Introduction
~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is a native compile of Freeciv. It also has an own client which is
using MUI. That means you don't need to have ixemul.library or a XServer.
Actually the client is not completly ready yet, but most things should
work.

Requirements
~~~~~~~~~~~~
 - 68020 processor
 - OS 3.0
 - MUI 3.8
 - NList 0.89
 - TCP/IP Stack
 - guigfx.library (needs render.library version 30 itself)

Note, some that some combinations of the picture.datatype and ilbm.datatype
doesn't work correctly.
Following combinations seems to work:
  picture.datatype 43.764 (CGFX) and ilbm.datatype 44.19 (by Stephan Rupprecht)
  picture.datatype 43.33 (P96; also works on AGA) and ilbm.datatype 44.19
  picture.datatype 44.19 and ilbm.datatype 44.8 (both are in OS3.5)
Please contact me if you use other datatypes and Freeciv works correctly
with them.

Also always use the latest guigfx.library. The current version is 16.2
and this can be found at:
 http://209.201.55.167/binarydistillery/guigfx/guigfxlib.lha.
or Aminet

Please also let Freeciv open on a big enough screen. A screen with the
size of 640x256 is not enough (at least at the moment)

Usage
~~~~~
Freeciv is a multiplayer game and divided into sever and client. But
of course it's also possible to play freeciv on a single machine.

The first step is to start your TCP/IP stack (e.g. Miami). You don't
need to go online if you only want to play Freeciv on a single machine.
The next step is starting the server and then the client. You can do
this eighter with help of the Workbench or from the Shell (Freeciv
allocates hopefully enough stack itself so you needn't set a high
stack value). After the client has been loaded you can connect to the
server.
Alternativly you can start the server and the client with the provided
Freeciv.start shell scripts. Before it loads the server and client it
opens a filerequester where you can choose whether to load an old game
or start a new game.

For more details on usage view the README.org and HOWTOPLAY files, which are
also included in this package.

Authors
~~~~~~~
The authors who are participated in the Freeciv project are listed in the
AUTHORS and PEOPLE files.

The Amiga Version of the client was created, as well as the server was
compiled, by Sebastian Bauer. If you have question or problems with this
version, feel free to ask me.

Future
~~~~~~
 - still some few things which are missing

Notes
~~~~~
This version is incompatible with the previous version 1.3. That means
with the included client you cannot connect to a old server. Also old
clients cannot connect to the included server.

History
~~~~~~~
Version 1.4 (20.10.99)
 - corresponds to Freeciv 1.9.0
 - workaround for the unit blink problem
 - some other smaller bug fixes
 - compiled for 68020 processor (since guigfx.library requires 68020 anywhy)
 - first Aminet Release

Version 1.3 (17.10.99)
 - corresponds to latest Freeciv 1.8.4 (devel)
 - "Unit List" and "Activate Units" buttons in the City Dialog work now
 - better refreshing in some areas
 - unavailabe map tiles in the City Map are surrounded by a red rectangle
 - changed layout of the City Dialog a little bit
 - on 2:1 screens overview pixels are now only one pixels height
 - again bug fixes (especially now should work properly on AGA machines)

Version 1.2 (10.10.99)
 - corresponds to latest Freeciv 1.8.4 (devel)
 - now every tile is reachable with the horizontal scroller
 - now only uses clipping for the city names, this improves performance
   when a window is in front of the windows (map and city)
 - implemented space ship support
 - included some icon arts by Fabio "Fabius" Sanna and Jürgen Urbanek
 - some bug fixes and smaller improvments

Version 1.1 (03.10.99)
 - corresponds to Freeciv 1.8.4 (devel)
 - supports the new city styles
 - added tilepopwindow (Shift + Mouseclick on a map tile)
 - overviewmap now works also on AGA machines
 - graphics is freed in the MUIM_Cleanup method now

Version 1.0 (27.09.99)
 - corresponds to Freeciv 1.8.3 (beta)
 - first public release on my homepage


How can you reach me?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
My e-mail address is:
  sebauer@t-online.de

Address:
  Sebastian Bauer
  Neustädter Str. 50
  07768 Kahla

Visit my homepage at
  http://home.t-online.de/home/sebauer/
  (german version)

  http://home.t-online.de/home/sebauer/english.html
  (english version)

Here you can find the latest version of Freeciv for Amiga but also
other things for Amiga, for example SimpleFind, SimpleHTML and
SimplePac.

Also look at the offical Freeciv homepage at http://www.freeciv.org.
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