Want to run the latest version of the excellent open source game freecol?

Here’s how on windows:

1. Make sure you have Java SE/ jdk installed, http://java.sun.com/new2java/downloads/index.jsp

2. Download and install ANT. http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi

3. Make a directory for freecol source to reside.

Now, whenever I want to run freecol, I made this little .bat file to ensure I have the latest version:

cd “C:\freecol_svn”

set JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_13

set ANT_HOME=C:\ant\bin

svn co https://freecol.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/freecol/freecol/trunk trunk

cd trunk

C:\ant\bin\ant clean

C:\ant\bin\ant

java -Xmx256M -jar FreeCol.jar –windowed

enjoy!