Hi,
I just started playing Freeciv and noticed that units in a stack can all be killed by one attacker outside of a city. While I'm aware that this was the case in Civ 2, I always thought it was a strange rule (and so did the developers judging by the change in later verions). I noticed some information regarding 'killstack' in Freeciv, however I don't follow how exactly to go about changing it. Is it possible to change it once a game as began?
Thanks
Unfortunately, you have to create a mod for that at this point. To create a mod, do this:
- Locate your freeciv data directory. (Search for the file "default.serv")
- Make a copy each of default.serv and the directory "default".
- Rename the file something easy to remember, "myrules.serv" & "myrules" or whatev
- Open "myrules.serv" and edit the line "rulesetdir default" to point to your rules directory (e.g "rulesetdir myrules")
- Find file "game.ruleset" in "myrules" directory
- Find the line with killstack (section [combat rules].) and change the 1 to 0. (e.g "killstack=0")
- Start freeciv client and click "Start new game"
- In the drop down box labelled "Ruleset Version" you will find your mod "myrules" or whatev
- If that was fun read HACKING