Server Manual

The Freeciv21 Game Server (freeciv21-server) is the engine that powers all games that are played. This manual will mostly track what is in the master branch of the Freeciv21 GitHub Repository at https://github.com/longturn/freeciv21/tree/master. You can see the date that this file was last updated at the bottom of this page in the footer.

Note

This manual is for advanced users of Freeciv21. Most players simply install the game and either play local single-player games or join online Longturn multi-player games and do not really worry at all about the server. If you are good at Linux administration, interested in hosting your own server, or better understand how the Longturn team goes about creating the online games, then read on!

If you are having trouble, come find the Longturn Community on Discord at https://discord.gg/98krqGm. A good place to start is the #questions-and-answers or #technicalities channels.

• Server Introduction
  • Installation
  • Starting the Server
  • User Permissions
  • Authentication
• Server Command Line Options
• Server Commands
• Server Options
• Formulas
  • Unit Bribe Cost
• Server Settings File
• Authentication and Database Support (fcdb)
  • Quick Setup: SQLite
  • Command-line Options
  • Lua script database.lua