NEWS-3.1.5

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 3.1.4

3.1.5 is a generic bugfix release.

Server / General

• Bug reporting URL corrected in meson based builds RM#1236
• /write command no longer includes deprecated /metamessage commands in the generated script RM#1247
• Fixed worklist purging for units that cannot be updated RM#1257

Changes affecting server operators

• Fixed mapimg2anim ffmpeg detection failure RM#1246

General

• Various internal changes which should only affect developers. RM#1206 RM#1220 RM#1225 RM#1271 RM#1280 RM#1265

AI

• Tex AI fixes towards consulting its own copy of map where it should RM#1202 RM#1205 RM#1209 RM#1223 RM#1226 RM#1233 RM#1235
• Better consider action enabler imposed restrictions on selecting rampage targets RM#1242

Clients

• Fixed corner road graphics for RoadAllCombined tile types RM#1276

• qt
  • Fixed crash on fatal tileset error display when client is fully set up RM#1262

Help / Documentation

• Doxygen documentation updates RM#1254
• Miscellaneous improvements to in-game text and user documentation. RM#1261 RM#1322
• Miscellaneous changes to developer/install/ruleset docs RM#1231 RM#1256 RM#1268 RM#1307

Translations

• Updated translations:
  • Complete translations: Polish, Russian
  • Incomplete translations: Galician (96% core, 99% nations, 99% ruledit),

Build/portability

• Refreshed bootstrap files from their upstreams RM#1198 RM#1201 RM#1222 RM#1244 RM#1297 RM#1298 RM#1310 RM#1327
• Generating gitrev no longer requires wc or tail commands RM#1199
• Meson based build improvements
  • Correctly require zstd.h before enabling zstd compression in build RM#1207
  • Provide freeciv version information for meson system RM#1272
  • Fixed Qt6 version detection RM#1296
• Autotools based build improvements
  • Fixed failures of configure checks for sdl2 subprojects to find math library functions RM#1243
• Appimage updates
  • Linuxdeploy updated to version 1-alpha-20250213-2 RM#1249
• Flatpak updates
  • Updated gnome Platform and Sdk to version 48 RM#1258
  • Updated kde Platform and Sdk to version 6.9 RM#1299
• Fixed sdl2-client build on systems without X11 present RM#1314
• Windows Installers updates
  • 'make qt-installer' now correctly builds Qt6-client installer RM#1311
  • Msys2 environment updated to 240810 snapshot level RM#1290 RM#1328
• Applied official patch 5 to included copy of Lua RM#1319

See NEWS for older lists of changes.