See the full ChangeLog in the source for a comprehensive list of all changes.
Download links for the latest release can be found on the download page.
WHAT'S CHANGED SINCE 2.6.2[]
2.6.2.1 fixes critical build failures and crash bugs, and brings documentation updates.
Server / General[]
Changes affecting custom rulesets / modders[]
- Fixed server crash when unit with zero move_rate is transformed HRM#868905
- Fixed crashes when using Direction objects in lua scripts HRM#880869
Clients[]
- Fixed crash when chatline text had opening tag without closing tag HRM#887581
- Fixes to the Qt client:
- Fixed general memory corruption problems. It's not known what user visible symptoms these had, if any. HRM#859139
- Fixed crash under certain conditions when entering the game HRM#863839
- Fixed occasional crash around turn change HRM#857974 HRM#858251
- Fixed crash when global observer looks at players dialog HRM#863815
- Fixed memory corruption when worker task was cleared. One known symptom of this was that opening some city dialogs would crash. HRM#887748
- Fixed crash when trying to use trade planning. This was reggression in 2.6.2. HRM#874406
Help / Documentation[]
- Point to freeciv-dev mailing list as the bug reporting address. This is likely to change again in a future release. HRM#894573
- Clarified that civ2civ3 ruleset Ecclesiastical Palace does not function exactly as second capital HRM#872573
- Miscellaneous other improvements to in-game text and user documentation HRM#870391
- Miscellaneous changes to developer/install/ruleset docs HRM#868505 HRM#857353 HRM#855637 HRM#869737 HRM#874123 HRM#880508 HRM#881455
Translations[]
- Updated translations:
- Complete translations: Spanish, French, Polish, Russian
- Incomplete translations: Catalan (99% core, 100% nations, 100% ruledit), Finnish (100% core, 91% nations, 100% ruledit), Simplified Chinese (37% core, 8% nations, 3% ruledit)
Build/portability[]
- Fixed Qt-client build against Qt-5.15 HRM#868060
- Fixed problems in compiling with clang-10 HRM#868533
- Fixed compiling of included lua with gcc-10 HRM#889511
See NEWS for older lists of changes.