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Civilization Style Strategy Game

#1 Post by PeterB »

C-evo for Windows has been around for a while.
http://www.c-evo.org/

Its subsequently been ported to Linux.
http://www.c-evo.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=174

I have worked on the Debian packaging, fixed a few bugs, tweaked the graphics for the large tile size, and added some documentation and extra maps. Packages for Buster & Bullseye can be downloaded from the OBS here.
https://build.opensuse.org/package/show ... rBBB/c-evo


The game has a good on-line manual, with a separate menu link. The package includes a tutorial game and a 'HowTo' guide. These might be helpful for first time players.

Some useful info here too.
https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/St ... me_(C-evo)
https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/C- ... _few_turns
https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Strategies_(C-evo)
https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Ca ... es_(C-evo)


Enjoy,
PB

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Re: Civilization Style Strategy Game

#2 Post by CwF »

Thanks!
I wish someday SimCity4 would get a rework!

For many isn't gtk2 on the way out?

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Re: Civilization Style Strategy Game

#3 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

@OP: looks interesting, thanks for sharing. Lintian says you have a couple of unused overrides:

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$ for deb in c-evo* ; do echo $deb ; lintian $deb ; done         
c-evo-data_285+dfsg.6-3_all.deb
N: 0 tags overridden; 1 unused override
c-evo-gtk2_285+dfsg.6-3_amd64.deb
N: 2 tags overridden (2 info)
c-evo-stdai_285+dfsg.6-3_amd64.deb
N: 1 tag overridden (1 error); 1 unused override
c-evo_285+dfsg.6-3_amd64.deb
$
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It's already EOL upstream: https://blog.gtk.org/2020/12/16/gtk-4-0/

But it will continue to be supported for Debian buster & bullseye: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepo ... bug=947713
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Re: Civilization Style Strategy Game

#4 Post by PeterB »

Head_on_a_Stick wrote: Lintian says you have a couple of unused overrides:
Which version of Lintian? They are used in v104.

These are for
package-contains-documentation-outside-usr-share-doc
C-evo uses loads of text data files, which are not documentation, and recent Lintians get very noisy!



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Re: Civilization Style Strategy Game

#5 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

PeterB wrote:Which version of Lintian?

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$ lintian -V
Lintian v2.15.0
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#6 Post by Deb-fan »

Another looks interesting and thanks. :)
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#7 Post by night »

I played it for long time and sometimes still am playing it, very good game. :)

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#8 Post by MakeTopSite »

thank you, what is please the difference to 0AD ? https://play0ad.com/

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#9 Post by PeterB »

Similar, but 0AD is real time, C-Evo is turn based.

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#10 Post by MakeTopSite »

PeterB wrote:Similar, but 0AD is real time, C-Evo is turn based.
thank you.

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Re: Civilization Style Strategy Game

#11 Post by PeterB »

New version available now, see
https://build.opensuse.org/package/show ... rBBB/c-evo

Main visible change is that the tile size can be zoomed with the middle mouse wheel.
Upstream Website is https://app.zdechov.net/c-evo
(It was down when I started this topic)


Realising that folks often don't bother to read readme files, :lol: here it is

====================================================
First time players will find the documentation useful,
see /usr/share/doc/c-evo-data
or /usr/share/doc/c-evo
Also, there is a very good internal manual. Select from the start screen
(small icon on the top left), or press F1 in game.

The game is automatically saved in the current book at the end of every turn.
Each turn's save is available by adjusting the game date on the start menu.
(The buttons for this are on the right, near the bottom)
In case of a crash, reload the autosave book at the bottom of the
"earlier book" list in the start menu, prefixed by a ~

When creating a new randon map with the internal map generator,
the map will start as all Ocean. Hit Ctrl-r to generate the terrain.

If the game appears to be stuck/frozen, it may be a hidden modal window.
Try the [esc] or F11 keys.

Revision 400 changes map file extensions from 'cevo map' to cevomap.
Existing maps will no longer load, and the game will not install the example maps
if the folder already exists. Backup any custom maps you wish to preserve,
and change the extension(s) to cevomap. To reinstall the example maps,
delete the maps folder and restart the game. Copy any saved and renamed maps back in.
The Map folder is ~/.config/c-evo/Maps


If reporting any bugs, please attached the game book file,
and explain clearly how to reproduce the problem.
Saved book files are located in ~/.config/c-evo/Saved

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Re: Civilization Style Strategy Game

#12 Post by PeterB »

Newer version available now
https://build.opensuse.org/package/show ... rBBB/c-evo

This one has the tiny buttons made larger, and supports larger random maps.
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Re: Civilization Style Strategy Game

#13 Post by Hallvor »

Freeciv is excellent.
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Re: Civilization Style Strategy Game

#14 Post by PeterB »

New Upstream version
http://www.c-evo.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f ... t=10#p1768

Note, game data is now saved in ~/.config/C-evo/ instead of ~/.config/c-evo/
I suggest renaming ~/.config/c-evo to ~/.config/C-evo before upgrading.

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#15 Post by stevepusser »

Nice!

I'm pretty sure an overpicky lintian can be quieted with a lintian.overrides file: https://lintian.debian.org/manual/index ... ride-files
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Re: Civilization Style Strategy Game

#16 Post by PeterB »

Hi Steve,

I've used a few lintian overrides already.
What exactly are you seeing here, and with what version of lintian?

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Peter

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Re: Civilization Style Strategy Game; C-evo: Distant Horizon

#17 Post by PeterB »

Now has its own website;
https://sourceforge.net/projects/c-evo-eh/

Source can be downloaded from there, or prebuilt binaries from the OBS
https://build.opensuse.org/package/show ... rBBB/c-evo

Main changes since my last post here are the addition of Spanish & Portuguese translations.


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Re: Civilization Style Strategy Game

#18 Post by PeterB »

Its now an official package
https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/c-evo-dh
but didn't make Bookworm on account of the freeze.
However, the 1.8-1 packages are useable in Bookworm.

Also, I've released an external Map Generator for the game
https://sourceforge.net/projects/cevomapgen/
https://software.opensuse.org//download ... cevomapgen

It makes more varied terrain than the in game generator.


Cheers,
Peter

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