FREECIV(6) Games Manual FREECIV(6)

freeciv-mp-gtk4, freeciv-mp-gtk3, freeciv-mp-qt, freeciv-mp-cli - Custom content installers for the Freeciv game

freeciv-mp-XXX [ -d|--debug level ] [ -h|--help ] [ -i|--install URL ] [ -L|--List URL ] [ -p|--prefix directory ] [ -v|--version ]

Freeciv is a free turn-based multiplayer strategy game, in which each player becomes the leader of a civilization, fighting to obtain the ultimate goal: To become the greatest civilization.

Players of Civilization II® by Microprose® should feel at home, since one aim of Freeciv is to have compatible rules.

Freeciv is maintained by an international team of coders and enthusiasts, and is easily one of the most fun and addictive network games out there!

This is the custom content installer program - see also freeciv-server(6) freeciv-client(6) .

This program allows users to select and download add-on content ("modpacks") for Freeciv from the Internet, either from a list maintained by the Freeciv team, or by using a URL obtained by other means. It takes care of installing the files in the correct place under the user's home directory for this version of Freeciv; it does not install anything for system-wide use.

freeciv-mp-cli is a version of the modpack installer usable from command line. By default it lists modpacks from the default list or from list specified with --List. One can then run it again by giving appropriate URL from the list for --install parameter.

This manual page only lists the command line arguments. For details regarding the operation of freeciv-mp-XXX see README.modpack_installer in the Freeciv distribution, and the documentation at the Freeciv website

All options have a short form (single hyphen and single letter) and a long form (double hyphen and a complete word); their effects are identical.

Sets the amount of debugging information to be logged. Acceptable values for the level are:

fatal for fatal messages only.

error for fatal and error messages.

warning for fatal, error and warning messages

normal for fatal, error, warning and normal messages (default).

verbose for fatal, error, warning, normal, and verbose messages.

Prints a short summary of the command line options.
Automatically install modpack from a given URL.
Gets modpack list from given URL, rather than the standard location on the Freeciv team's servers.
Installs modpacks under given directory hierarchy.
Prints the version number and exits.

freeciv modpack installer installs files to the following subdirectories of the user's home directory (or another directory specified with --prefix), as appropriate:

• .freeciv/scenarios/

• .freeciv/3.1/

The modpack installer maintains a record of installed modpack names and versions in these files:

• .freeciv/scenarios/.control/mp.db

• .freeciv/3.1/.control/mp.db

This information is used for display, and for deciding whether any new modpacks' dependencies are already satisfied. It is not used by the other Freeciv programs, and can fairly safely be removed if it gets out of sync with the actual state of installed modpacks. These are sqlite files whose format is subject to change.

freeciv modpack installer accepts these environment variables:

Specifies the user's home directory.
Set this variable accordingly when using a proxy.
Sets the language and locale on some platforms.
Similar to LANG (see documentation for your system).
Specifies the username of the current user.

Please report bugs to the Freeciv bug tracker .

See the Freeciv homepage .

Updates and new info is first posted there.

The Freeciv Team <freeciv-dev AT freelists.org>.

freeciv-server(6) freeciv-client(6)

May 13th 2021