{"id":95,"date":"2012-01-06T08:05:04","date_gmt":"2012-01-06T06:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freecivbook.com\/blog\/?p=95"},"modified":"2012-01-06T11:10:36","modified_gmt":"2012-01-06T09:10:36","slug":"freeciv-tilesets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freecivbook.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/06\/freeciv-tilesets\/","title":{"rendered":"Freeciv Tilesets"},"content":{"rendered":"

I bet you noticed that I don’t use the default Amplio tileset in my screenshots.<\/p>\n

I have never liked Freeciv’s isometric tilesets because I haven’t seen an isometric tileset that’s as clear as is the original 2D tileset. I always get headache when trying to interpret Freeciv’s isometric tilesets.<\/p>\n

Freeciv offers four standard tilesets and you can install more or even make your own. Most of the time you can just switch the tileset without changes to the server.<\/p>\n

The current tileset can be changed from the client’s settings: Game – Options – Local Client<\/em> under the Tileset<\/em> option.<\/p>\n

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Amplio2 is Freeciv’s newest tileset and the default. It’s isometric and much bigger in resolution than other tilesets shipped with Freeciv. I personally do think it’s much more clean — even almost usable — but I don’t like the small amount of tiles this tileset allows on the screen. I’m not going to use it before Freeciv offers a way to zoom the map.<\/p>\n

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Isotrident was Freeciv’s previous default tileset (some years ago). It was the first isometric tileset to replace the original trident tileset.<\/p>\n

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Trident is Freeciv’s original 2D tileset. In my opinion it’s still the best and most clear tileset available.<\/p>\n

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Isophex is the only hexagonal tileset shipped with Freeciv. Though it can be used with a “normal” 2D\/isotrident server, it does not make much sense unless used with a hexagonal-type Freeciv server.<\/p>\n

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You can install more tilesets from Freeciv’s homepage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Installing tilesets in Linux<\/h3>\n

For example in Linux tilesets can be installed simply by unpacking the package under ~\/.freeciv\/2.3<\/em>:<\/p>\n

wget http:\/\/download.gna.org\/freeciv\/contrib\/tilesets\/freeland\/freeland-3.0-Beta2-normal--freeciv-2.3.x.tar.gz
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Installing tilesets in Windows 7<\/h3>\n

On my Windows 7 the right place to unpack the tileset package was C:\\Users\\user<\/strong>\\AppData\\Local\\VirtualStore\\Program Files\\Freeciv-2.3.0-gtk2<\/em>. However I’m not sure if this is the correct place always. After the unpack there should be a directory named freeland<\/em> and a file named freeland.tilespec<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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