NEWS-3.1.0-RC1

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 3.1.0-beta4

3.1.0-RC1 is the first Release Candidate of freeciv-3.1. Several bugs have been fixed since beta4.

Server / General

• Moved out from beta stage RM#261

Changes affecting players (supplied rulesets)

• civ2civ3
  • Mountain movement penalty not applied on Rivers osdn#48713

• sandbox
  • Fixed message about Disrupt Supply Lines action RM#119

• tutorial
  • Most unit and city references in messages turned to links osdn#48585
  • Corrected time the final city growth message is shown RM#154

Changes affecting other rulesets / modders

• Fixed effective bombard rate always being 1, no matter what ruleset sets RM#93
• Fixed lua method Tile:link_text() RM#155
• Made output effects to respect output_granularity RM#184
• Applied upstream patches for lua-5.4.6 to included copy of lua engine
  • Patch 6 RM#85
  • Patch 7 RM#240

General

• Various internal changes which should only affect developers. RM#80 RM#101 RM#121 RM#142

AI

• Tex AI fixes towards consulting its own copy of map where it should RM#61 RM#71 RM#139 RM#173 RM#181 RM#209 RM#220 RM#227 RM#247

Clients

• For clauses with requirements for the other party, let the server decide if the requirements are met. Client used to block requesting such clauses RM#123
• Autogenerated help list extras that gets enabled (to be built), by the item for which the help is generated RM#149
• Autogenerated help list goods that gets enabled (to be traded), by the item for which the help is generated RM#175

• gtk4
  • Fixed animations RM#109
  • Made map canvas focusable RM#159
  • Fixed science dialog help checkbox RM#200
  • Fixed assert failure when closing help dialog RM#217

• sdl2
  • Fixed tech info crash osdn#48687

Tools

Ruledit

• Added building flags editing RM#156
• Added unit hitpoints and firepower editing RM#157

Help / Documentation

• Miscellaneous changes to developer/install/ruleset docs RM#64 RM#150 osdn#46674

Translations

• Updated translations:
  • Complete translations: Polish
  • Incomplete translations: Esperanto (31% core, 19% nations, 30% ruledit), Finnish (100% core, 93% nations, 100% ruledit), Russian (99% core, 100% nations, 100% ruledit)

Build/portability

• Fixed clang-18 compiler warnings RM#90 RM#99 RM#118 RM#128 RM#133 RM#140
• Fixed clang case fallthrough warnings osdn#138 RM#172 RM#171 RM#178 RM#190 RM#192 RM#196
• Shell scripts use posix shebang, instead of assuming presence of /bin/bash RM#44
• Fixed some clang analyzer warnings RM#86 RM#103 osdn#48626 RM#245
• Fixed some CodeQL warnings RM#239 RM#256
• Refreshed bootstrap files from their upstreams RM#89 RM#185 RM#186 RM#27 RM#187 RM#202 RM#208 RM#248 RM#249
• Fixed c23 compiler warnings RM#177 RM#197
• Metainfo updates
  • Metainfo includes recommended minimum resolution for each client RM#180
• Flatpak updates
  • Fixed sdl2-gfx build on aarch64 RM#182
• Crosser update to version 2.8 RM#233
• Fixed MagickWand detection failures due to compression libraries RM#244

See NEWS for older lists of changes.