https://github.com/lincity-ng/lincity-ng
LinCity-NG is a city simulation game. It is a polished and improved version of the classic LinCity game. In the game, you are required to build and maintain a city. You can win the game either by building a sustainable economy or by evacuating all citizens with spaceships.
See the in-game help [F1] for how to play.
For best results, follow the instructions included in your version of the source. That is, consult your local version of README.md. Following instructions for a different version than what you are building can cause build failures. Notably, the build system was changed between versions 2.9.0 and 2.10.0, so following instructions for the wrong build system will definitely cause issues.
See DEPENDENCIES.md for the list of dependencies.
To clone, configure, build, and install:
git clone https://github.com/lincity-ng/lincity-ng.git
cd lincity-ng
cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release # configure
cmake --build build --parallel # build
sudo cmake --install build # install
To create a package:
cmake -B build --install-prefix <expected install path>
cmake --build build --parallel --target package
See BUILD_OPTIONS.md for a list of build configuration options.
To run the game from the source directory without installing:
./build/bin/lincity-ng --app-data build/share/lincity-ng
When the game is installed, you may run it with:
lincity-ng
As an alternative to building from source, there are several places to get pre-built binary packages:
- Linux distribution repositories. This is likely the best way to install LinCity-NG pre-built binaries for Linux users. However, LTS and stable distributions, by their very nature, may not offer the latest version of LinCity-NG.
- Flathub. As of version 2.14.1, LinCity-NG is available on Flathub. Flatpak release is likely to be more recent than packages from stable distributions, but it requires installation of a Flatpak runtime and the package will likely be larger than other alternatives.
- GitHub. Binary packages for both Linux and Windows are available on GitHub. However, these binaries may not work for everyone due to strict library version requirements.
LinCity-NG 2.13.0 comes with a completely new load/save system that is, unfortunately, not backward compatible. (Some old code just needed to go.) The good news is all your hard work toward your super-city-utopia is not lost.
You can use the script located at contrib/ldsv-format-convert/1328-to-2130.sh
in the source code (or /usr/share/lincity-ng/1328-to-2130.sh on GNU/Linux
systems) to convert your game to the new format. The script converts games saved
with Lincity-NG 2.12.x. And the script is likely to also work with games created
with earlier versions if you had "binary saving" and "seed saving" options
disabled.
Before using the script, first make a backup of the games you want to convert:
mv ~/.local/share/lincity-ng/<my-lincity-ng-game>.gz{,.orig}
Then use use the script by passing the old game as standard input, and saving the new game to standard output:
./contrib/ldsv-format-convert/1328-to-2130.sh \
< ~/.local/share/lincity-ng/<my-lincity-ng-game>.gz.orig \
> ~/.local/share/lincity-ng/<my-lincity-ng-game>.gz
If your game is very old, you may find it in the ~/.lincity-ng directory
instead.
If the script gives an error, then most likely the game was saved in a format that is incompatible with the script. To fix this, fire up a compatible version of LinCity-NG (2.12.x recommended, but prior versions may work if "binary saving" and "seed saving" are disabled), and load then save your game. Once you do this, the recently-saved game should work with the script.
After using the script to convert your game, upon loading it with version 2.13.x, you should not see any warnings in the console -- particularly warnings about unexpected elements. If you see any warnings, then please report the issue and include the file you were trying to load. Such warnings could be indicative of critical errors in the conversion script.
View the project on GitHub: https://github.com/lincity-ng/lincity-ng.
Report bugs and suggest features: https://github.com/lincity-ng/lincity-ng/issues.