FreeOrion

FreeOrion is a free, Open Source, turn-based space empire and galactic conquest computer game. By adding scripting capabilities to the game engine the FreeOrion project aims to give the community an easy way to customize the game mechanics and presentation to create a living, breathing universe in a grand campaign model. [FreeOrion Stable Releases] are the recommended way to play FreeOrion. Stable Releases can be obtained as native installer binaries for Windows and Mac OSX or as source releases for Linux and other UNIX-ish platforms from GitHub. Some Linux distributions like Fedora, Debian and Arch provide packages of FreeOrion. Alternatively, FreeOrion is also available on [Flathub]. [FreeOrion Weekly Releases] are in-development releases intended for enthusiasts and testers, who want to track or contribute to the development. Weekly Releases can be obtained as native installer binaries for Windows and Mac OSX from Sourceforge. For Windows, execute the native installer binary and follow the on-screen instructions of the installer to install FreeOrion. For Mac OSX, open the downloaded DMG file and copy the contained FreeOrion application to your system Applications folder by Drag and Drop. To install FreeOrion from Flathub, follow the instructions to [install Flatpak and Flathub] and then install [FreeOrion][Flathub]. install directory The location of this README.md file, called below. config - game settings Called below. linux $XDG CONFIG HOME/freeorion which defaults to ~/.config/freeorion OSX $HOME/Library/Application Support/FreeOrion/ which defaults to ~/Library/Application Support/FreeOrion/ Windows $APPDATA FreeOrion data - local user data, saved games, log files Called below. linux $XDG DATA HOME/freeorion which defaults to ~/.config/freeorion OSX $HOME/Library/Application Support/FreeOrion/ which defaults to ~/Library/Application Support/FreeOrion/ Windows $APPDATA FreeOrion resource directory - audio, visual and textual UI content, python scripts Called below. /default/ can be redirected in /config.xml or /persistent config.xml stringtables - translation indices for various languages /stringtables/ scripting - FreeOrion Content Scripts (FOCS) describing game content (tech, species etc.) /scripting/ AI - AI for computer controlled empires /python/AI Visit the [FreeOrion Homepage] to learn more about the project. Also you can get in touch with the FreeOrion developers and join the community in the [FreeOrion Forum]. The FreeOrion project encourages anybody to contribute to FreeOrion. For more details please see the Contribution Guidelines. Additional to the immediate project sources, the FreeOrion source tree bundles some third party projects or assets which may be also licensed under different terms than the FreeOrion project. For more details please consult the accompanying license file. GiGi library located within the GG/ directory. Roboto font located within the default/data/fonts/ directory. DejaVuSans located within the default/data/fonts/ directory. [FreeOrion Homepage]: [FreeOrion Forum]: [FreeOrion Stable Releases]: [FreeOrion Weekly Releases]: [Flathub]: [install Flatpak and Flathub]: [FreeOrion Development]: [Debian Package]: [Ubuntu Package]: [Fedora Package]: [Gentoo package]: [openSUSE Package]: [Void package]: [ArchLinux Package]: [GPL v2]: [CC-BY-SA-3.0]: