Homebrew Request: FreeCivDS

[mad maniak]

http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

If you do not know what FreeCiv is, it is a PC homebrew Civilization 2 but better. It's source etc. is free to use/download for everyone who is interested, and it is the best civ. around gameplay-wise.
So, graphics suck, small game size, best gameplay possible. Do I hear NDS?

The question I ask are:
1. Would it be possible to port this (in a reasonable amount of time)?
2. Is anyone interested in such a project?

I would help out with all the time I have spare, but I am not much of a coder.

And, yes, I know of the existence of CivRevDS, but it sucks (compared to Civ2 or FreeCiv).

Best regards,
MM

 

[sconethief]

It'd need to be downgraded. IT needs to much ram and a more powerful Processor than the DS's
Short answer, NO
Long answer, Maybe

 

[Dizzy Doom]

^x2
I'll elaborate..

What are the system requirements ?
Memory

In a typical game the server takes about 15MB of memory and the client needs about 25MB. These values may change with larger maps or tilesets. For a single player game you need to run both the client and the server.
No problem here, but a 32 MB RAM expansion would be needed. (So no EZ 3-1)

Processor

We recommend at least a 100Mhz processor. If you find your game running too slow, these may be the reasons:
100Mhz is exactly as much processor power DS has.. And it could be a problem. Not to mention there are 2 processors (67 and 33 Mhz), so some code needs to target each of the cores, needing very clever codin.

Graphic display

The GTK2 client works well on 1024x800 or higher resolutions. On smaller screens some dialogs may not fit on the screen.

Problem.
QUOTE

Network

A 56Kb modem should be enough to play a typical pubserver game. However, many players suggest that a large ping is a big disadvantage. Your ISP mustn't block ports 5555 - 5600, because these are the ports which pubserver's servers are run on.

Well, DS wifi can do that.. (was it 1Mb down/up or 2 Mb up/down?)

To sumarize, could be done, but It'd need a some effort... And someone wanting to do it. I took a look at the source code, and it's a quite complex game.