FreeCol: FreeCol is a turn-based strategy game based on the old game Colonization, and similar to Civilization. The objective of the game is to create an independent nation.
All savegames from 0.12.0 and up should continue working with 1.1.0.
On this very day, 20 years ago, we made the first public release of FreeCol. Our releases have until now been marked as alpha/beta even though the number of downloads for our game has long been counted in the millions.
We are extremely proud to finally announce FreeCol 1.0.0!
Some highlighted changes since version 0.13.0 are:
We will continue improving the game through numerous new releases. Stay tuned!
All 0.12.0 and 0.13.0 games should continue to work with 1.0.0.
All user visible changes since 0.13.0
Graphics
Rule changes
Mod development
AI/computer players
Bug fixes
Other changes
The FreeCol team are pleased to announce the release of FreeCol 0.13.0.
All 0.11.x (x != 4) and 0.12.0 games should continue to work with 0.13.0, but not vice versa.
Full Changelog: https://github.com/FreeCol/freecol/compare/v0.12.0...v0.13.0
The FreeCol team are pleased to announce the release of FreeCol 0.12.0. Its been a while. All 0.11.x (x != 4) games should continue to work with 0.12.0, but not vice versa.
We hope you enjoy FreeCol 0.12.0. Onward to 1.0.
The FreeCol Team
FreeCol requires Java 11 at minimum. Java 11 is a "Long Term Support" release, but later releases are also known to work.
Running FreeCol in Full-screen mode on OSX is known to be problematic and may not work well. As far we can tell this is due to a problem with the Java there, which we are unable to fix.
Old saved games that use old versions of the mods may lose functionality with the new release. Most of the packaged mods should continue to work (there are known problems with "convertUpgrade"). New games using the updated mods will work.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/freecol/files/freecol/freecol-0.12.0/
(Files will be added to the GitHub release at a later date.)
Full Changelog: https://github.com/FreeCol/freecol/compare/v0.11.6...v0.12.0
No MacOS installer included. Mac users will have to compile FreeCol using the source code attached.
Full Changelog: https://github.com/FreeCol/freecol/compare/nightly-2022-03-15...nightly-2022-04-20
MacOS installer not included.
Updates: #98 has been fixed, which was a duplicate of BR3246 which has been closed. #101 has been fixed. Reported by @mjunix. #102 has been fixed. Reported by @mjunix. #103 has been fixed. Reported by @mjunix. #104 has been fixed. Reported by @mfasold BR3237 has been closed. BR3245 has been closed. BR3241 has been closed.
Thanks to those who tested and reported bugs/contributed solutions.
Small bug fix nightly release.
Notes
New Bug Reports since last Nightly Release:
MacOS installer not included
Note that this update requires at least Java 9 to install. Java may be downloaded from Oracle at https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/ for Java 17 or https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/#java11 for Java 11. Either should work to compile FreeCol.
(Includes only GitHub controlled changes. Bugs reported and fixed on SourceForge not listed.)
Full Changelog: https://github.com/FreeCol/freecol/compare/v0.11.6...nightly-2022-01-31