FreeOrion

Also, I seem to recall that last time I built boost for FO, which was a fair while back, that I had to go out of my way to get it to build the particular types of libraries that FO needed (I think I needed to specify -mt for multi threaded libraries). That's not seeming like a super likely candidat...

Imported targets not available for Boost version 106400 Sounds like FindBoost.cmake is not updated for 1.64 You might try also setting Boost_ADDITIONAL_VERSION to 1.64.0, personally I just update the script ( source ), but might not be suitable resolution for everyone. (Some previous related discus...

1. Recompile the boost libraries with gcc 5.4. One of the changes in gcc 5.0 was a major ABI change to support C++11. FreeOrion compiled with gcc 5.4 may link with boost libraries compiled with 4.9.2, but it will crash. Aha! Not sure if that’s behind this problem, but it sounds necessary, anyway. 2...

Before trying to build FreeOrion from the repository, I built gcc 5.4; seemed to work correctly. Then I built Boost 1.64; that seemed to work correctly too. (I built it with gcc 4.9.2, not 5.4, if that matters.) So then I tried building FreeOrion, and got weird errors. It seems like it’s not finding...

Making it part of the existing monster levels sounds like a better idea. Say, “low” means no nest seeding, “medium” has a low probability, “high” has a higher probability — but still pretty low. We need to be careful to avoid exponential growth of objects, lest the game crash or become hopelessly sl...

Stealth granting parts, etc should be subject to refinement similar to weapons, with better parts getting better refinements (testing this currently in master with the Trans Spatial Hull, I like it) Not a bad idea. Another, which may have been floated before, is to make certain installed parts swap...

Krikkitone wrote:Sounds good, could be part of a Monster setting when starting the game (monsters found new nests y/n)

Seems too micro-managey to me.

Nice of people to speak up in favor of my developed patch, but I’m not married to it. I was just throwing it out there. I like Vezzra’s idea of decoupling organic hulls from monster ranching, perhaps in combination with my idea of a common ancestor theoretical tech dealing with all space life. That ...

Hmm, it’s true, I don’t use stealth very much. Hadn’t thought of that tactic. I generally just use my first-generation destroyers to clean up monsters, ganging up on the tougher ones as needed.

The ultimate hulls in each line of development are formidable things. Each such hull is large, with many slots including a core slot. Each confers a benefit to all nearby friendly ships. Let us consider these fleetwide benefits of the various end-of-line hulls in each series. The ultimate energy hul...

At that PP and RP cost I'd never bother to either research or build it, I'd just tolerate scrapping the monsters. As a stopgap it's definitely a good idea but reduce it down a fair amount. It can be adjusted, of course. My thought was that with the techs you need before you can research it, and hav...

Hmm, well. Space monsters and organic-hulled ships do have some things in common; large, space-faring organisms with slots for weapons and other parts. Perhaps both sequences should start with an inexpensive theoretical prereq called “Spaceborne Life” or some such, then branch out into two series, o...

Maths stuff, more exponential … (Code omitted) I don't mind the curve, better planets with more people should grow faster, I think it gets too fast nearer the end and is slightly too slow at the beginning. Hmm, yes … similar to an S-curve when growing, but it doesn’t level off as quickly at the hig...

… population grows too fast on larger heavily inhabited worlds as it is but full worlds should be able to export colonists. Just a quick thought regarding population growth: is it an exponential curve or an S-curve? S-curve seems more in line with reality and, tweaked properly, would tend to offset...

I noticed a pleasing symmetry in 0.4.6, present since commit e0838e9 (Dec 2015): krakens attack lithics, juggernauts attack robotics, snowflakes attack organics, and krill attack phototrophics, with the most mature forms having the strong weapon and the almost-mature ones having the weak weapon. How...