Launching the Game with fc21 Links

The Freeciv21 Server accepts connection requests with a fc21:// protocol handler on all platforms. This makes it possible to include login links on the Longturn.net webserver, or for games self-hosted by players.

Here is a sample from a command line:

$ ./freeciv21-client "fc21://[username]:[password]@[server]:[port]" -a -t amplio2

In this example, a player is launching the client from a command line and including the URI as the primary input. By passing [username], [password], [server], and [port] this command provides all the details needed to connect to a game. The -a enables auto-connect and -t amplio2 tells the client to load the Amplio2 tileset.

Alternately, HTML can be used in a webpage. For example:

<a href="fc21://[username]:[password]@[server]:[port]">Game Name</a>

Notice the same 4 parameters. The [password] parameter can be obmitted. If so, the server will prompt the user for credentials before connecting.