NEWS-2.6.6

This list is still in preparation; 2.6.6 has not yet been released.

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

• 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 has 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

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

• 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: ca, eo, fi, fr, ru

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.