civclient - The client for the Freeciv game

civclient [ -a|--autoconnect ] [ -d|--debug level ] [ -h|--help ] [ -l|--log logfile ] [ -m|--meta server ] [ -n|--name name ] [ -p|--port port ] [ -P|--Plugin plugin ] [ -s|--server server ] [ -S|--Sound tags ] [ -t|--tiles tiles ] [ -v|--version ]

Freeciv is a free turn-based multiplayer strategy game, in which each player becomes the leader of a civilization, fighting to obtain the ultimate goal: To become the greatest civilization.

Players of Civilization II® by Microprose® should feel at home, since one aim of Freeciv is to have compatible rules.

Freeciv is maintained by an international team of coders and enthusiasts, and is easily one of the most fun and addictive network games out there!

This is the client program used to connect to a Freeciv server - See also civserver(6)

This manual page only lists the command line arguments. For details regarding the options when using civclient see the Client Manual which can be found at http://www.freeciv.org/ as well as the documentation which is part of the Freeciv distribution.

civclient accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options along with the additional options listed below. Those may not be combined; that is, "civclient -np caesar 5556" will not work, instead you would need to enter "civclient -n caesar -p 5556". All options have a short form (single hyphen and single letter) and a long form (double hyphen and a complete word); their effects are identical.

-a, --autoconnect

Skips the connect dialog, automatically inserts the default values. This is quite convenient when all has been set up properly.

-d, --debug

Sets the debug log level (0 to 3) of information to be logged. Use the -l option to send the logging to a file.

-h, --help

Prints a short summary of the options.

-l, --log

Specifies the file to be used as a logfile for logging. Use the -d option to set the amount of loggin.

-m, --meta

Connect to the given metaserver, a place where Freeciv servers can publish their presence. Freeciv clients consult the metaserver to offer users a selection of games to join.

-n, --name

Specifies the name to play under. This option is critical when reconnecting to a game. Please note that you might need to quote your playername.

-p, --port

Specifies the server port to connect to. By default this is 5555, if in doubt ask the server administrator.

-P, --Plugin

Specifies to use one of [none, esd, sdl] for sound output.

-s, --server

The game server to connect to. This server might easily run on the same machine as the client.

-S, --Sound

Specifies where to read the sound tags from.

-t, --tiles

Indicates a tilespec to be used for tiles within the game.

-v, --version

Prints the version number.

civclient --name "King Richard" --server io.daimi.aau.dk

civclient -a -t trident

~/.civclientrc

This is where your local settings will be stored.

tilespecs

The Freeciv client requires several files in the Freeciv data directory, which on Debian systems is /usr/share/games/freeciv/ by default. Currently the following tilespecs can be used:

• isotrident.tilespec

• trident.tilespec

• trident_shields.tilespec

The Freeciv client accepts these environment variables:

FREECIV_PATH

A colon separated list of directories pointing to the freeciv data directory. By default freeciv looks in the following directories, in order, for any data files: the current directory; the "data" subdirectory of the current directory; the subdirectory ".freeciv" in the user's home directory; and the directory where the files are placed by running "make install".

FREECIV_LOCAL_ENCODING

The local encoding to be used.

http_proxy

Set this variable accordingly when using a proxy.

Please report bugs to http://rt.freeciv.org/ .

The Freeciv homepage is located at http://www.freeciv.org/ .

Updates and new info is first posted there.

The Freeciv Team <freeciv-dev AT freeciv.org>.

This manpage was put together by Florian Ernst <florian_ernst AT gmx.net> using the Client Manual and the comments in the sourcecode. Feel free to use it as you wish.

civserver(6) and the Client Manual at the Freeciv homepage.