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! bgcolor="#9bc3d1" |Stable '''Version / Features / Compatibility''' |
! bgcolor="#9bc3d1" |Stable '''Version / Features / Compatibility''' |
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|<sub>Binaries of GTK, SDL QT clients not available for all versions. 3.0 pre-stable/release versions available for some.</sub> |
|<sub>Binaries of GTK, SDL QT clients not available for all versions. 3.0 pre-stable/release versions available for some.</sub> |
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|<sub>Focus links to cities, units, and tiles on the map in chat/messages. '''★=one-click and additional features ''✓=''link provided'''</sub> |
|<sub>Focus links to cities, units, and tiles on the map in chat/messages. '''★=one-click and additional features ''✓=''link provided'''</sub> |
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+ | |'''''✓''''' |
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+ | |<sub>Paste in-game reference links outside the game (tiles, units, cities, etc.)</sub> |
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|Extended/improved graphics included for most popular tileset |
|Extended/improved graphics included for most popular tileset |
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+ | |<sub>Frequency of crash/glitch situations in a loose MBTF / severity of known specific triggers. Crash-and-exit-without-save incidents = '''✗+ crash without save-and-exit. Note: '''<span>Crashes may vary depending on OS. Do not assume your OS will have same issues.</span></sub> |
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! bgcolor="#9bc3d1" |'''City Features''' |
! bgcolor="#9bc3d1" |'''City Features''' |
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− | |<sub>see all buildings present/absent/unavailable right from the city list</sub> |
+ | |<sub>see all buildings present/absent/unavailable right from the city list</sub> |
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|Secondary sort |
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+ | |<sub>Peruse cities with single keystroke</sub> |
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+ | |City sub-tab hotkeys |
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+ | |<sub>Ability to switch main/production sub-tab, etc.</sub> |
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+ | |City Governor |
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+ | |'''✓+''' |
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|'''★''' |
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+ | |<sub>'''★'''=advanced macros and features: copy/paste, set once, set all, re-arrange, store, etc.</sub> |
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|City tile output on map |
|City tile output on map |
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|<sub>Change all specialists of one type with one click</sub> |
|<sub>Change all specialists of one type with one click</sub> |
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+ | |Specialist control pane |
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+ | |'''★''' |
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+ | |<sup>Ability to specify specialist type without cycling</sup> |
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+ | |Production Choice Filtering |
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+ | |'''✗''' |
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+ | |'''✗''' |
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+ | |'''★''' |
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+ | |'''<sub>★=</sub>'''<sub>one-click filter production choices for unreachable targets, units only, improvements only</sub> |
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|One-key Exits |
|One-key Exits |
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|<sub>Accessible through a keyboard shortcut</sub> |
|<sub>Accessible through a keyboard shortcut</sub> |
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+ | |<sub>One click/keystroke to buy in city from main mapview</sub> |
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|Cities List Display |
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|<sub>'''City view '''displays past/current/future state together: celebration at former TC '''<u>AND</u> '''upcoming TC</sub> |
|<sub>'''City view '''displays past/current/future state together: celebration at former TC '''<u>AND</u> '''upcoming TC</sub> |
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− | |City List column-sort |
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|<sub>Customize city labels on map: stats/info/remove/etc.</sub> |
|<sub>Customize city labels on map: stats/info/remove/etc.</sub> |
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+ | |<sub>Can see g/s costs from city list with ability to sort and do mass-automatic purchases</sub> |
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|Trade routes show on map |
|Trade routes show on map |
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− | |'''<sub>✓+ stats </sub>'''<sub>★=selection filters (city, nation, foreign, revenue, etc.</sub> |
+ | |'''<sub>✓+ stats </sub>'''<sub>★=selection filters (city, nation, foreign, revenue, etc.</sub> |
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|Airlift counters on map |
|Airlift counters on map |
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+ | |<sub>☆=uses Super Panel functionality instead</sub> |
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+ | |Paste composite Worklists |
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|'''✓''' |
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+ | |<sub>('''✓''')=effectuated through Empire tab</sub> |
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|Economy tab |
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− | |<sub>Detailed view of city expenses</sub> |
+ | |<sub>Detailed view of city expenses in Economy or Empire tab</sub> |
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|Detailed surplus info |
|Detailed surplus info |
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+ | |'''✗''' |
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+ | |<sub>Easily view/edit national production worklists across all cities</sub> |
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+ | |National Buildings |
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+ | |'''✗''' |
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+ | |<sub>Easily view which cities have which buildings across whole nation</sub> |
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+ | |Building Upkeep |
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+ | |'''✓-''' |
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+ | |'''★''' |
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+ | |<sub>Easily view building upkeep across all cities</sub> |
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+ | |City defense/deployment |
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+ | |'''★''' |
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+ | |<sub>Quickly view defensibility of all cities in one view</sub> |
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! bgcolor="#9bc3d1" |'''Map Canvas''' |
! bgcolor="#9bc3d1" |'''Map Canvas''' |
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|<sub>Ease of receiving/viewing/seeing/hearing just-in-time alerts/messages.</sub> |
|<sub>Ease of receiving/viewing/seeing/hearing just-in-time alerts/messages.</sub> |
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+ | |Rich border drawing features |
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+ | |'''★''' |
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+ | |<sub>Accurate national color, multiple national colors, flags, animated movement, etc.</sub> |
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|Unit Panel Functionality from map view |
|Unit Panel Functionality from map view |
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|<sub>Return map view to last focus location</sub> |
|<sub>Return map view to last focus location</sub> |
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+ | |Pollution highlighting |
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+ | |<sub>so as to never miss it, especially in city centre</sub> |
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|Orders buttons for Units |
|Orders buttons for Units |
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|<sub>Map mode to show national territories with filled-in territorial colors.'''★=one-click/hotkey'''</sub> |
|<sub>Map mode to show national territories with filled-in territorial colors.'''★=one-click/hotkey'''</sub> |
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+ | |'''✓+''' |
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! bgcolor="#9bc3d1" |'''Units''' |
! bgcolor="#9bc3d1" |'''Units''' |
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+ | |Support for Special Unit Attacks |
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+ | |'''✓+''' |
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+ | |Alternative types of engagement with special tactical features |
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+ | |Support for iPillage |
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+ | |'''✓-''' |
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+ | |'''✓-''' |
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+ | |'''✓-''' |
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+ | |'''★''' |
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+ | |<sub>'''★'''=can optionally select pillage type, accessible info on the action</sub> |
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+ | |Vigil, user-controlled/specified autoattack conditions |
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+ | |<sub>Optional move point bar display for units</sub> |
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+ | |<sub>De-select individual units from a group, with one click</sub> |
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|Multiple Unit Selection and Orders |
|Multiple Unit Selection and Orders |
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+ | |<sub>ability to select which transport a unit loads onto, scoop cargo with transports, selectively transfer cargo, etc.</sub> |
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+ | |<sub>intelligent demotion of fortify/sentry/no orders to instantly quiet units with the best available option</sub> |
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+ | |<sub>e.g., select only Sentry units, units with full moves, units of type or not-type, etc.</sub> |
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+ | |<sub>Views on units, upkeep, geographic deployment, etc.</sub> |
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|'''<sub>★=also </sub>'''<sub>sortable from Nations list</sub> |
|'''<sub>★=also </sub>'''<sub>sortable from Nations list</sub> |
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+ | |<sub>In-game manual, hovertext, other resources</sub> |
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+ | |<sub>Universal view/access of key national stats</sub> |
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Revision as of 13:26, 7 July 2021
THIS PAGE IS INCOMPLETE, UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND NOT CONSIDERED ACCURATE UNTIL THIS HEADER MESSAGE HAS BEEN REMOVED. Discussion should happen on the talk page.
This chart helps show user-interface feature comparisons between Freeciv clients. This can help users choose their preferred clients, and hopefully motivate client developers to integrate missing features from other clients.
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★ | Superior, fully implemented feature; one click or keypress; superior visual display. |
✓ | Implemented: Some features missing; may require many clicks, presses, or menu operations. |
✗ | Present but inferior; minimal implementation, many features missing; difficult to see or use well. |
Absent. Not implemented. |
List of Freeciv Client Features, Compatibility, Functionality
Feature | GTK | SDL | QT | FCW | notes |
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Stable Version / Features / Compatibility | 2.6x | 2.6 | 2.6x | 3.09 | Binaries of GTK, SDL QT clients not available for all versions. 3.0 pre-stable/release versions available for some. |
NeverProtect/NeverBlock compatibility | ★ | Fixes (un)reachability bugs/exploits/inadequacies | |||
Fixed Airlift capacity flaw, compatibility | ✓ | Airlift capacity can take values between 1 and ∞ | |||
Combat rounds compatibility | ★ | Can implement combat_rounds and properly report results and update display | |||
Can access multiplayer web games | ★ |
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Can access non-web remote servers | ★ | ★ | ★ | ||
General | |||||
Overall elegance/simplicity of UI | ✗+ | ✗- | ✓ | ★ | Number of clicks/presses needed for interaction. Ease of learning |
Translation to languages other than English | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Native: not all translations are 100% complete / Web: on independent domains only, only Chinese translations | |
Map links in chat/messages | ✓ | ? | ✓+ | ★ | Focus links to cities, units, and tiles on the map in chat/messages. ★=one-click and additional features ✓=link provided |
External-to-internal links | ✓ | Paste in-game reference links outside the game (tiles, units, cities, etc.) | |||
Extended/improved graphics included for most popular tileset | ★ | Amplio2 graphics upgraded with new release by professional artists | |||
Extended/improved sound effects included | ★ | ||||
Speech for incoming messages | ✓ | ||||
Graphically enriched reporting text | ★ | ||||
Performance, speed | ★ | ✓ | ★ | ✓ | |
Crash frequency / bugs / glitches | ✓ | ✗+ | ✗+ | ✓ | Frequency of crash/glitch situations in a loose MBTF / severity of known specific triggers. Crash-and-exit-without-save incidents = ✗+ crash without save-and-exit. Note: Crashes may vary depending on OS. Do not assume your OS will have same issues. |
City Features | |||||
Highlight cities that have a building | ★ | ★=advanced functionality to select cities with X and not Y, etc. | |||
Select cities that have a building | ★ | ||||
Mass-buy | ★ | buy in multiple cities at once | |||
Mass-change | ★ | change production in multiple cities at once | |||
Real-time display of improvements in City List | ★ | see all buildings present/absent/unavailable right from the city list | |||
Secondary sort | ★ | ||||
Next/Prev. City hotkey | ✓+ | Peruse cities with single keystroke | |||
City sub-tab hotkeys | ★ | Ability to switch main/production sub-tab, etc. | |||
City Governor | ✓+ | ✓+ | ✓+ | ★ | ★=advanced macros and features: copy/paste, set once, set all, re-arrange, store, etc. |
City tile output on map | ✓+ | ✓ | ✓+ | ★ | ★=hotkey + able to display values higher than 9 |
One-click macro: cycle all Specialists | ★ | Change all specialists of one type with one click | |||
Specialist control pane | ★ | Ability to specify specialist type without cycling | |||
Production Choice Filtering | ✗ | ✗ | ★ | ★=one-click filter production choices for unreachable targets, units only, improvements only | |
One-key Exits | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ★ | Ease of exiting dialog/window/ tab ★=always works from everywhere |
City outlines on map | ✓ | ✓ | ✓- | ||
City colors on main map | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Accessible through a keyboard shortcut | |
City buy shortcut | ★ | One click/keystroke to buy in city from main mapview | |||
Cities List Display | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ★ | Empire list of all cities and ability to trigger actions from this list. |
City List: Current→Future State (Happy) | ★ | City list displays past/current/future state together: celebration at former TC AND upcoming TC | |||
City View: Current→Future State (Happy) | ★ | City view displays past/current/future state together: celebration at former TC AND upcoming TC | |||
City List column-sort | ✓ | ✓ | ★ | ||
Production images in city list | ★ | ★ | Allows quick viewing of empire production | ||
City label options | ★ | ✓+ | ★ | ★ | Customize city labels on map: stats/info/remove/etc. |
Gold per shield costs | ★ | Can see g/s costs from city list with ability to sort and do mass-automatic purchases | |||
Trade routes show on map | ✓ | ✓ | ✓- | ✓+ stats ★=selection filters (city, nation, foreign, revenue, etc. | |
Airlift counters on map | ★ | ★=one-key, source/dest info together | |||
Airlift counter in cities | ★ | ||||
Interior Improvements View | ✗- | ★ | ✗- | ✓+ | Immediate visibility and checking of improvements |
Interior Units View | ★ | ★ | ✗- | ★ | |
City Happiness Causes | ✓+ | ✗ | ✓ | ||
City Selection Filters | ★ | ☆ | ☆=uses Super Panel functionality instead | ||
Paste composite Worklists | ✓ | (✓) | (✓)=effectuated through Empire tab | ||
Economy tab | ✓ | ✓+ | Detailed view of city expenses in Economy or Empire tab | ||
Detailed surplus info | ✓+ | ? | ✓ | ★ | |
National Production | ✗ | ★ | Easily view/edit national production worklists across all cities | ||
National Buildings | ✗ | ★ | Easily view which cities have which buildings across whole nation | ||
Building Upkeep | ✓- | ★ | Easily view building upkeep across all cities | ||
City defense/deployment | ★ | Quickly view defensibility of all cities in one view | |||
Map Canvas | |||||
Mouse can move/drag the map | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ★ | Standard intuitive use of mouse to move the map around. ✗=multi-press keyboard substitute |
Zoom Level | ✗ | ★ | ★ | ★-one key | |
Map grid | ✓+ | ✓ | ✓+ | ✓+ | |
Mini-map functionality | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ★ | See, click, drag, resize, or close mini-map to get more screen space. |
Incoming/outgoing messages from mapview | ✗- | ✓ | ✓+ | ✓+ | Ease of receiving/viewing/seeing/hearing just-in-time alerts/messages. |
Rich border drawing features | ★ | Accurate national color, multiple national colors, flags, animated movement, etc. | |||
Unit Panel Functionality from map view | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ★ | Select/de-select/view info on selected units |
Rewind Focus to last position | ✓- | Return map view to last focus location | |||
Can quickly see/change taxes from map | ✗ | ✓ | ✓+ | ||
Pollution highlighting | ★ | so as to never miss it, especially in city centre | |||
Orders buttons for Units | ✓ | ✓- | ★ | Quick, easily discerned orders buttons for units: (1) ALL orders available; (2) Colour contrast+Icon differentiation compliant with modern UX standards | |
Rich goto lines | ✓+ | ✓+ | ✓+ | See where units end turns for multi-turn GOTO | |
Supports all map topologies | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Client can support WRAPY torus worlds and hexagonal tiles | |
Show tile outputs >9 | ✓+ | e.g., gold + super highways, wine/river/colossus+s.h., etc. | |||
Tilesets | ★ | ★ | ★ | ☆ | ☆=enhanced default only; others require recompilation ★=supports non-default; lacks enhanced default (requires installation) |
National territory view | ★ | Map mode to show national territories with filled-in territorial colors.★=one-click/hotkey | |||
Map compass | ✓+ | ||||
Units | |||||
Support for Special Unit Attacks | ✓+ | Alternative types of engagement with special tactical features | |||
Support for iPillage | ✓- | ✓- | ✓- | ★ | ★=can optionally select pillage type, accessible info on the action |
Vigil, user-controlled/specified autoattack conditions | ★ | ||||
Diplomatic odds reporting transparency | ★ | ||||
Unit move point bar | ★ | Optional move point bar display for units | |||
One-click unit deselect | ★ | De-select individual units from a group, with one click | |||
Multiple Unit Selection and Orders | ✓+ | ✗ | ★ | Overall ability and ease of selecting multiple units and giving simultaneous commands to them | |
One-Click select all units on tile | ✗ | ★ | |||
One-Click add units to selection | ✓ | ★ | |||
Rewind Focus | ★ | go back to last focused unit | |||
Smart Loading | ★ | ability to select which transport a unit loads onto, scoop cargo with transports, selectively transfer cargo, etc. | |||
Smart Quiet | ★ | intelligent demotion of fortify/sentry/no orders to instantly quiet units with the best available option | |||
Lost units report their city location | ★ | ||||
Killed unit stacks give rich reporting | ★ | ||||
Cargo Transfer | ★ | transfer cargo unit from one transport to another on same tile | |||
Issuing orders to multiple units/stacks | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ★ | |
Mass parallel unit movement | ★ | multiple selected units can be given command to simultaneously move in parallel cursor direction together | |||
Support for hideouts | ★ | ||||
Selecting/de-selectings units in unit panel | ✗ | ✓ | ★ | ||
Focus-lock on active unit | ★ | ||||
Select all of same type functionality | ★ | ✓ | ★ | ★ | |
Select all of different type functionality | ★ | ||||
Select all on same continent/sea | ★ | ✓ | ★ | ★ | |
Unit cargo status | ✓- | ✓- | ★ | Graphic display of units clearly shows cargo status and quick click/hover info access on transporter unit | |
Show GOTO paths for all selected units | ✓ | Select and show existing GOTO orders | |||
Accurate unit stat infobars | ✗- | ✗- | ✗- | ★ | Colors and percentages in unit infobars accurately depict remaining hitpoints and movepoints |
Advanced Unit Selection Filters | ★ | ✓ | e.g., select only Sentry units, units with full moves, units of type or not-type, etc. | ||
Hover unit upgrade costs | ✓+ | can quickly see unit upgrade cost helptext | |||
Delayed GOTO | ✓+ | ✓- | |||
Units Tabs | ✓ | ✓+ | ✗ | ★ | Views on units, upkeep, geographic deployment, etc. |
Diplomacy | |||||
Meetings | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | Initiating meetings, responding to meetings, seeing incoming offers |
Extended Peace, Trade, Embassy functionality | ★ | Compatibility with extended diplomacy options re: contactturns/embassy/cease-fire/tech/gold trade. | |||
Intel: basic info | ✓ | ? | ★ | ★ | Gold, taxes, capital, ... |
Intel: diplomatic status | ✓ | ? | ★ | ★ | For foreign nations |
Intel: shares vision with | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ★=also sortable from Nations list | |
Intel: wonders | ★ | Full realization of functional spec: reporting all wonder intel the server gives to the client. | |||
Intel: techs | ✓ | ? | ✓+ | ★ | Techs that you don't know, techs that they don't know ★=also shows techs you have that they don't have |
Smarter balanced diplomacy | ✓+ | Fixes on exploits/impossibilities/imbalances in diplomatic mechanics and systems | |||
Renew pacts before expiration | ★ | ||||
Excuse casus belli | ★ | ||||
Configurable ceasefire and armistice length | ★ | ||||
Diplomatic Relations Map | ✓+ | ||||
Nations List | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Pact/contact state | ✓- | ? | ✓- | ★ | Full info on pacts and contact ability at a glance |
Shared vision info | ✓ | ✓ | ✓+ | ||
Jump to Nation on Map | ✓ | ||||
Quick Message from Nations List | ✓ | ||||
Cease-fire expiration status | ★ | ||||
Casus belli status, two-way | ★ | ||||
Research | |||||
Overall scrollable/readable | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓+ | Quickly see requirements, possessed techs, drag or one-click scrolling of screen |
Setting Current Goal | ★ | ✗ | ★ | ★ | |
Setting Future Goal | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ★ | |
Visibility/accessibility of requirements | ★ | ✗-- | ✓ | ✓+ | Ease to view requirements tree, "unlocked" buildings/wonders/units info; bulbs required, help, etc. |
In-game help | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ |
✓ available ✓+ superior ★=hover, 1-click, or similar |
Terrain help | ✓ | ? | ✓+ | ✓- | |
Improvements & wonders help | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓+ | |
Units help | ✓ | ? | ✓+ | ★ | In-game manual, hovertext, other resources |
User Interface, Misc | |||||
Game Status Panel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓+ | Universal view/access of key national stats |
Number of clicks or presses for frequently performed tasks. | ✗-- | ✗- | ✓+ | ★ | |
Hotkeys | ✓+ | ✗ | ✓+ | ★ | |
Extended mouse functionality | ✗ | ✗ | ★ | ||
Ctrl-click-through | ✓ | Ability to click units in cities as if city isn't there | |||
Dark Mode | ✓ | ★ | |||
Climate Reports | ✓ | ||||
Tax rate adjustment | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ★ | ★=lockable sliders, numeric display of tax rate |
Orders context menus | ★ | ★=configurable, show all legal orders | |||
Alternate cursor/numpad input | ✗- | ✗- | ★ | cursor support for keyboards without numpad or diagonal arrows | |
Supports alternates for middle-click | ★ | ||||
Map Zoom Level | ✗ | ★ | ★ | quickly alter map zoom level | |
Extended demographics | ✓ | proper reporting on production levels, more data rows, etc. | |||
Auto-attack | ✓ | ✗ | ★ | ★ | ★=append attack or diplomatic order to end of movement order |
Join city accesses Governor | ★ | instead of making an entertainer | |||
Map Editor | ★ | ★ | |||
Delayed Go To / Actions | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Waypoints | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Connect with... | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Trade Planning | ✓ | ||||
Rally point | ✓ | ★ | ★=append action to arrival, set temporary/constant, one-click removal in city dialog | ||
Quick Airlift | ✓ | ✗ | ✗=can give airlift to multiple units at once | ||
Mobile Devices | ✗- | ✗ | ✓ | ||
Warcalc Functionality | ✓ | ★ |
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Note 1 | Developmental desktop access to web games has been experimentally achieved (August 2019); currently there is no open source repo with both client and server intercompatibility available. Currently this functionality is not integrated into main branches for FCW server nor main branches/main download links for clients. Follow-up: When above criteria are met, rate each according to the Legend for ease of setup, where ★=one-click instant, ✗=doable but difficult, etc. |
ASSEMBLAGE methodology for this page:
A page of this type can easily degrade into edit-wars or champions of favourite clients disagreeing over subjective grades. Keep in mind this is not the intent of this page.
It is to motivate developers of your favourite client to implement improvements by seeing comparison to what others have done, not "mine is better" warfare. Representing your favourite client as superior could have a negative effect on future features in your favourite client, since its developers will not easily see where it has room for continued improvement!
Grades here are NOT final NOR the product of a single user's opinion. Sorry, this includes you too--and me! Extra perspectives and non-partisan help in fleshing it out is much appreciated and any final version will portray if there are any notable subjective splits in community opinions over grading. But don't be that guy who tries to force your own grade for everyone else to accept, single-handedly.
Any single individual trying to override grades assigned by multiple people who are following a collective process to assemble this page with earnest intent and accuracy, is not welcome. On the other hand, such an individual is welcome to make objective observations in the footer section of this page. Accuracy is the goal, and pointing out mistakes and omissions or alternative opinions and perspectives is appreciated! Rationally objectively presented arguments for why something should be graded higher or lower will work their way into the final product.
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These four reasons means there is no need for any kind of upset edit-war over anything in here. Especially try not to correct a grade that was created by multiple people's discussion and assessment, with your own, as if you are single-handedly the Oracle God who overrides this project. But do get involved and make your observations with the others who are involved! We don't bite and will respect good points. YES! You can make observations to help us make it more accurate, and it's appreciated!
While this page is in unfinished original author status, please feel welcome to use as much space in the Discussion Area below to make suggestions, disagreements, observations, arguments, etc. When making a case, please be sure to objectify it with as much objective metrics as possible: actual number of clicks/presses, actual amount of space available for display a specific number of units/buildings/etc., actual number of legal orders which do or do not have active buttons, actual time spent on average finding a unit/button/city/etc. from a long list of others, and so on.