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 2.6.5[]
2.6.6 is a bugfix release.
Server / General[]
Changes affecting players (supplied rulesets)[]
- Fixed server crash when number of cities and units in the game is larger than 65535 HRM#927510
- Units restricted to being next to coast can now enter cities on 1x1 tile islands osdn#42600
- Fixed a bug that in some cases trade partner city was not revealed to the player of the destination city when traderoute was established osdn#42968
- Consider it land bombardment (for reduced firepower) when a ship attacks from a city against another land tile osdn#42960
- Fixed a bug that shield stock given changes from editor were nullified when production was changed osdn#42685
- Fixed an errnously sent message about city being building an obsolete building, after it has already been upgradet HRM#921933
- civ1
- All units occupy tiles osdn#42923
- Remove infra from city center tile when city destroyed osdn#43039
- italy scenario
- Wrap map from the correct point so that leftmost part of the map is connected to the rest HRM#691812 osdn#42908
Changes affecting other rulesets / modders[]
- When action success probability range to show is calculated, TerrainAlter requirements are known to be known for sure osdn#42512
- Update city owner's info on clients when caravan helps finish foreign wonder HRM#908746
- Sanity check that ruleset does not try to set nonzero upkeep cost for a wonder. It has no effect, and never had osdn#42994
- Fixed lua players_iterate() to process all remaining players after some are removed HRM#883551
Changes affecting server operators[]
- Fixed a bug that GAMEOVER savegame was not created for an autogame with no clients connected osdn#42172
General[]
- Minor optimizations osdn#42865 osdn#42883
- Various internal changes which should only affect developers osdn#42505 osdn#42460 osdn#42455 osdn#42527 osdn#42622 osdn#42488 osdn#42779 osdn#42841 osdn#42868 osdn#42886 osdn#42930 osdn#42898 osdn#42867 osdn#43076 osdn#42931 HRM#852929 osdn#42568 osdn#43087 osdn#43040 osdn#43213
AI[]
- AI can again build Fighters (units with fuel of one) HRM#658896
- Fixed a problem causing fueled ferries to get stuck osdn#41970
- Fixed a problem causing AI to think its income is lower than it actually is, when it plans for a balanced budget osdn#42193
- Increased AI's want to conquer cities that have no buildings at all osdn#42778
- Improved handling of caravans that can only enter marketplace, not establish trade routes osdn#42518
- Corrected AI's estimate of immediate bonus of establishing a trade route when bonus type is not "Both" osdn#42641
Clients[]
- Consistently disable help links to space parts when spacerace disabled HRM#853869
- gtk
- Cleanly destroy toplevel Window on quit osdn#43072
- Cleanly free widgets, that have been protected against destruction during the run, on quit osdn#43222
- Qt
- Fixed reversed leader sex selection osdn#42936
- Show default ruler title for players whose government is not known. It used to show the Anarchy title in these situations osdn#42938
- Fixed a crash before writing shortcuts information when quitting client without ever visiting actual game osdn#43019
- Make explicit leader sex selection to work (sex used to be selected only when taking predefined leader) osdn#42964
- Allow adjusting leader of the nation player has already selected in the nation selection dialog osdn#43024
- Fixed nations dialog crash after a new player has been created as a result of a civil war osdn#42545
Tools[]
Modpack installer[]
- Made gtk3- and gtk2- gui to quit cleanly osdn#43187
- gtk3- and gtk2- guis free main window on quit osdn#43074
Help / Documentation[]
- Document new freeciv-tickets mailing list for developers osdn#42491
- Miscellaneous improvements to in-game text and user documentation osdn#42403 osdn#42468 osdn#42392 osdn#42652 osdn#42995 osdn#42609
- Miscellaneous changes to developer/install/ruleset docs osdn#42318 osdn#42842 osdn#42844 osdn#42695 osdn#42926 osdn#41100 osdn#42839 osdn#42925
Translations[]
- Updated translations:
- Complete translations: Catalan, Spanish, French, Polish, Russian
- Incomplete translations: Esperanto (34% core, 17% nations, 42% ruledit), Finnish (100% core, 91% nations, 100% ruledit)
Build/portability[]
- Fixed compiler warning with clang-13 osdn#42698
- Avoid use of depracated 'which' command in scripts osdn#42769
- Silenced false-positive gcc-12 compiler warning osdn#42885
See NEWS for older lists of changes.