New Nation Idea: Florida
Ruleset Right Here (Sorry, I forgot to link it earlier): nation_floridian
name=_("Floridian") plural=_("?plural:Floridians") groups="American" legend=_("Florida is the third most populous state of the USA\ and is well known for its tourism. It was repeatedly colonized by\ Spain and Great Britain before the "Florida Patriots" proclaimed\ the Republic of East Florida in 1812. Despite being suppressed\ by Spain the first time, in 1817 adventurers establied the\ Republic of the Floridas on Amelia Island which was incorporated\ by the USA with the rest of modern Florida in 1822. It joined the Confederacy\ in 1861 but rejoined the USA in 1868 and has since been the site of\ the Apollo 11 Space Launch, which let humans land on the moon\ for the first time in history.\")
leaders = {
}
ruler_titles = { "government", "male_title", "female_title"
}
flag="florida" flag_alt = "usa" city_style = "European"
init_techs="" init_buildings="" init_units=""
civilwar_nations="american", "muskogee", "seminole"
cities =
This is a really well-designed ruleset, in my opinion. I hope this gains some traction myself. Personally, I would be more than happy to help create the shield-logos and find flags for this new nation. And I personally think it does not violate Freeciv's rules for being a nation, so it has that going for it.
We will need the flag svg (and as per current limitations - which I hope to get rid at some point - is that it needs to be 3:2). In most cases those are found from Wikimedia Commons, with license terms allowing use within GPLv2+ distribution.
Also, it would be good if you could make a proper patch of this (No worries if that seems too complicated - I can still create it for you if need be): https://www.freeciv.org/wiki/How_to_Contribute
What's needed for a nation patch to work is documented in doc/README.nations in freeciv repository and distribution.
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for use on Freeciv Web and even the main Freeciv Engine.
At least for freeciv.org freeciv-web the nations come directly from freeciv.org freeciv. AFAIK nobody runs plain freeciv.org freeciv-web, though, and the projects further downstream from it *might* add/remove/change nations on their own.
Alright, I have submitted a nation patch for Florida. It also includes the flags and shields with it. These files will be in the attachment list, by the way.
Doesn't look like a real patch, but I think I can create one from these. The downside is that the meta information will not reflect that it was your contribution.
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Doesn't look like a real patch, but I think I can create one from these.
Attached. Had to do some syntax fixes as it didn't load, and also to add spaces on the legend where it was split to multiple lines with no space in either side of the line wrap. Flags generated from the .svg (like we should) - didn't look at the provided .png flags at all.
So I read the wiki article on how to contribute, and I am not sure what I can do for this patch currently. Any suggestions?
Reply To jibip55551
So I read the wiki article on how to contribute, and I am not sure what I can do for this patch currently. Any suggestions?
I think that this time we can use the patch I made?
For figuring things out for future contributios: Which Operating System you work on? What tools were you using to create the patch.
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Reply To jibip55551
So I read the wiki article on how to contribute, and I am not sure what I can do for this patch currently. Any suggestions?
I think that this time we can use the patch I made? For figuring things out for future contributios: Which Operating System you work on? What tools were you using to create the patch.
I use Android operating system and occasionally Windows 11. And the tools I used to create this patch were Notepad (for the text parts) and Pixlr E (for the shield and flag parts). On a side note, upon seeing the patch I am in shock at how much is actually needed to make a real Freeciv patch file. It's a lot more than I thought it would be. I honestly didn't think that this would get as much traction as it did. But in the future, I will try to make more proper patch files if I decide to contribute to Freeciv some more.
Now pushed to S3_1 and master branches - 3.1.0-beta1 will be the first release with this included.
FYI. I've now created freeciv/freeciv-web Pull Request to update freeciv repository part to a version that contains this patch: https://github.com/freeciv/freeciv-web/pull/621
So, I have a new nation for Freeciv Web (it's Florida), and I have made the ruleset. I was wondering if people wanted to offer critiques and/or help finish it for use on Freeciv Web and even the main Freeciv Engine. If this gets rejected, then that is fine by me. I just want to check it out to see if it is considered an okay addition.