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Thursday, 2009-01-15
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Administrator
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Version 0.8.0 of FreeCol has now been released.
The largest change introduced by this release is the ability to define gameplay mechanics using XML-files. You can easily change the rules you don't like or create a different game similar to FreeCol. Take a look at the chapter Changing the Rules in our user manual if you would like to know more.
Other changes include:
- Units now slide between tiles while moving.
- New terrain graphics.
- Menu music added.
- Sound effects for dragoons, artillery capturing a colony, building complete, church and blacksmith.
- New sound effects for artillery and buying/selling goods.
- Short music clips for Aztecs and fountain of Youth.
- Named regions and nicer placement of native settlements.
- New nations added: Portuguese, Swedish, Danish and Russian
- Games with up to eight European players are now supported.
- A lot more new features and bugfixes.
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