NEWS-3.1.0-RC1

WHAT'S CHANGED SINCE 3.1.0-beta4[]

3.1.0-RC1 is the first Release Candidate of freeciv-3.1. Several bugs have beenfixed since beta4.

Server / General[]

• Moved out from beta stageRM#261

Changes affecting players (supplied rulesets)[]

• civ2civ3
  • Mountain movement penalty not applied on Riversosdn#48713

• sandbox
  • Fixed message about Disrupt Supply Lines actionRM#119

• tutorial
  • Most unit and city references in messages turned to linksosdn#48585
  • Corrected time the final city growth message is shownRM#154

Changes affecting other rulesets / modders[]

• Fixed effective bombard rate always being 1, no matter what ruleset setsRM#93
• Fixed lua method Tile:link_text()RM#155
• Made output effects to respect output_granularityRM#184
• Applied upstream patches for lua-5.4.6 to included copy of lua engine
  • Patch 6RM#85
  • Patch 7RM#240

General[]

• Various internal changes which should only affect developers.RM#80RM#101RM#121RM#142

AI[]

• Tex AI fixes towards consulting its own copy of map where it shouldRM#61RM#71RM#139RM#173RM#181RM#209RM#220RM#227RM#247

Clients[]

• For clauses with requirements for the other party, let the server decide if the requirements are met. Client used to block requesting such clausesRM#123
• Autogenerated help list extras that gets enabled (to be built), by the item for which the help is generatedRM#149
• Autogenerated help list goods that gets enabled (to be traded), by the item for which the help is generatedRM#175

• gtk4
  • Fixed animationsRM#109
  • Made map canvas focusableRM#159
  • Fixed science dialog help checkboxRM#200
  • Fixed assert failure when closing help dialogRM#217

• sdl2
  • Fixed tech info crashosdn#48687

Tools[]

Ruledit[]

• Added building flags editingRM#156
• Added unit hitpoints and firepower editingRM#157

Help / Documentation[]

• Miscellaneous changes to developer/install/ruleset docsRM#64RM#150osdn#46674

Translations[]

• Updated translations:
  • Complete translations: Polish
  • Incomplete translations: Esperanto (31% core, 19% nations, 30% ruledit), Finnish (100% core, 93% nations, 100% ruledit), Russian (99% core, 100% nations, 100% ruledit)

Build/portability[]

• Fixed clang-18 compiler warningsRM#90RM#99RM#118RM#128RM#133RM#140
• Fixed clang case fallthrough warningsosdn#138RM#172RM#171RM#178RM#190RM#192RM#196
• Shell scripts use posix shebang, instead of assuming presence of /bin/bashRM#44
• Fixed some clang analyzer warningsRM#86RM#103osdn#48626RM#245
• Fixed some CodeQL warningsRM#239RM#256
• Refreshed bootstrap files from their upstreamsRM#89RM#185RM#186RM#27RM#187RM#202RM#208RM#248RM#249
• Fixed c23 compiler warningsRM#177RM#197
• Metainfo updates
  • Metainfo includes recommended minimum resolution for each clientRM#180
• Flatpak updates
  • Fixed sdl2-gfx build on aarch64RM#182
• Crosser update to version 2.8RM#233
• Fixed MagickWand detection failures due to compression librariesRM#244

SeeNEWS for older lists of changes.