FreeOrion

Can you get the 8.1 version of the Windows SDK (which I thought used to be called Platform Toolset)? I thought the various SDKs were specific to the MSVC version, not the OS version, though I haven't been cross-compiling for different Windows versions. Okay I am downloading it now. It will probably...

Can you get the 8.1 version of the Windows SDK (which I thought used to be called Platform Toolset)? I thought the various SDKs were specific to the MSVC version, not the OS version, though I haven't been cross-compiling for different Windows versions. Okay I am downloading it now. It will probably...

I have to change the Target Platform Version from 8.1 to 10.0.14393.0 ... Where / how do you change this setting? Right click on each of the projects (Common, FreeOrion, FreeOrionCA, etc), select Properties. At Project Properties Pages, under Configuration Properties->General->Target Platform Versi...

Does anyone have problem compiling FreeOrion using Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3? I follow the instruction at http://freeorion.org/index.php/Compile_In_Windows and got the "master" from GitHub. I am not sure if this is the latest or not. I have to change the Target Platform Version...

I remember reading somewhere that freeorion in single player mode does not use internet. Is this still true? I noticed that it try to access internet a few times at startup and complaints if I don't connect to internet. Single player does not use the internet and does not need to be connected to th...

Then, please open up the task manager, and check all processes (not just applications) and if you see any for FreeOrion (which would include freeorion, freeoriond, or freeorionca) then please kill those processes. Let us know if that solves the problem. You are right. There are 5 or 6 copies of fre...

New player. Game seems to stuck after clicking on the Okay button at the Galaxy Setup. Previously there were 2 small windows showing 2 messages, the last one maybe creating the galaxy. I accidentally closed these 2 windows. Now I just get a blank screen after clicking on the Okay button at the Galax...