Longturn games other than FreeCiv

o01eg · Post by **o01eg** » Wed May 08, 2019 5:10 pm

I want to propose FreeOrion http://freeorion.org/ as alternative game for Longturn. It's a 4X TBS influenced by Master of Orion. It's written in C++, Boost and uses Python for server and AI scripting.

The game has a long history but only several of years ago I started to work on rich multiplayer support. There is a public multiplayer server for current stable release: https://freeorion-test.dedyn.io/

Main idea of proposal is to have a game without annoying RTS part. I also summarized other pros and cons:

Pros:

Real parallel turns! No RTS issues! The game doesn't depend on order of player actions.
Python server API. It enough to install python connector for required DBMS and rewrite python scripts for authentication.

Cons:

Poor ruleset support. Only small set of values could be altered on server without desync with official client.
Immature features. Release with features required for longturn game isn't published. Moreover timeout feature isn't even in master branch (https://github.com/freeorion/freeorion/pull/2441).
Poor administration documentation. Current wiki is outdated.
Poor diplomacy support. There no teamed games yet.

Of course all those cons are planned to be fixed in a future. Also I hope to get some feedback from Longturn team before next release.

Post by **Corbeau** » Wed May 08, 2019 6:00 pm

I would definitely play that. I stumbled on FreeOrion a long time ago, but it seemed unfinished and the community seemed much less lively than here, which didn't guarantee that it *would* be finished.

o01eg · Post by **o01eg** » Sun May 12, 2019 6:51 pm

I'm going to start a test server: https://freeorion.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11274

o01eg · Post by **o01eg** » Sat Jun 15, 2019 6:54 pm

After finding and fixing new bugs I'm going to start a next long game: https://freeorion.org/forum/viewtopic.p ... 235#p96235

o01eg · Post by **o01eg** » Sun Jul 14, 2019 5:49 pm

New fixed bugs, and new game is next Tuesday: https://freeorion.org/forum/viewtopic.p ... 529#p96529

o01eg · Post by **o01eg** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 7:13 pm

We have already 5 player for the next game next Tuesday: https://freeorion.org/forum/viewtopic.p ... 670#p96670

Post by **Corbeau** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 9:07 pm

I will definitely join the next game after I return from trip one month from now. Please keep us posted.

o01eg · Post by **o01eg** » Sat Sep 21, 2019 8:17 pm

Basic teams support was implemented so next game is going to be teamed.

o01eg · Post by **o01eg** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 7:39 pm

Next game will be teamless and already have 8 players: https://freeorion.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11420

Vladimir · Post by **Vladimir** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 3:28 am

не работает твой ФриОрион

Post by **wieder** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 4:36 pm

Hey hey! Testing this thread.

o01eg · Post by **o01eg** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 6:43 pm

Could you tell what is broken?

Post by **wieder** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 8:05 pm

Here is a message I'm relaying because there seems to be a problem with posting a reply here.

<o01eg> "А что именно не работает?

Post by **wieder** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 8:06 pm

А то у нас как раз

Post by **wieder** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 8:07 pm

предр

Post by **wieder** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 8:07 pm

елизное

Post by **wieder** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 8:08 pm

предре лизное

Post by **wieder** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 8:10 pm

I'll clean up the tests on this thread soon. looks like if I post the last message without the space the forum gives an error.

Vladimir · Post by **Vladimir** » Fri Dec 13, 2019 4:12 am

site not open: freeorion not open in any browsers - "other SSL or may be RC4"

...but in any browser is open and worked.

o01eg · Post by **o01eg** » Fri Dec 13, 2019 3:53 pm

Which link are you trying to open?

o01eg · Post by **o01eg** » Tue Dec 17, 2019 4:25 am

We are going to start new game soon: https://freeorion.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11457

o01eg · Post by **o01eg** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 4:58 pm

Next game with alternative content will be started soon: https://freeorion.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11520

o01eg · Post by **o01eg** » Mon Mar 23, 2020 7:49 pm

Next 9th game is planned to start next week: https://freeorion.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11580

Post by **Corbeau** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 1:00 pm

I keep missing to join that stuff. No complete version for Linux, I suppose?

How do the games there usually end? Military conquest or some other way?

o01eg · Post by **o01eg** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 4:07 pm

Corbeau wrote:I keep missing to join that stuff. No complete version for Linux, I suppose?

We still use development branch to test new features so appropriate version isn't available out of box. There are snap packages and PPA repository available although.

Corbeau wrote:How do the games there usually end? Military conquest or some other way?

I don't setup big galaxies to get more games to test the game, so it's hard to get other victory except military, also mostly players are concede when they see they are too weak compared to enemy, but pre-previous game two players was near to get research victory.