The code repository for Crossfire is hosted on sourceforge.
See the downloading page for information about fetching it.
The page Crossfire Traffic contains a huge summary list about changes in the svn repository.

The svn repository for Crossfire has these main folders ( also called “modules” ) available:

• arch – Archetypes datafiles for the server
• client – Crossfire X11, GTK-1, GTK-2 client source code for the players
• gridarta-editor –
• jxclient – Java client for the players
• latest – Removed with revision -r 19302
• maps – Map datafiles for the server
• metaserver – PHP files for operating a public www listing of available www servers
• next – Removed with revision -r 19302
• server – Crossfire server source code for clients to connect to
• sounds – Effect sounds to be played by the clients
• stable – Removed with revision -r 19302

Note: The folders latest, next and stable were removed at revision 19302:

r19302 | partmedia | 2014-04-05 12:46:01 -0100 (Sat, 05 Apr 2014) | 2 lines
Remove external links to next/stable/latest.

The svn repository main toplevel directories for Crossfire have usually these main sub-folders available:

• branches
• tags
• trunk

Many times you will see or read references to “Branch” or “Branches” or “Branches/1.x” or “Branches/1.12” - what does this mean?

There is a Subversion (aka svn) directory at SourceForge which is intended to be the stable 1.X release.
This is the same directory that many of the Linux distributions use for their packaged releases (.dpk, .rpm, et al.)

In January-2009, Branches/1.x was dropped and replaced with Branches/1.12 which is the upcoming release candidate with a target date of March-2009.

Once 1.12.0 is released, a new branch using 1.13 will be available for backporting content from trunk and bug fixes.
The target release date for 1.13 is September-2009.

Going forward, there will be a 6-month release cycle, using this same system of release versions.

One can expect the following in Branch:

• Official version releases based on this code (i.e., 1.11.0)
• Game features that have been in place for several releases or years
• Most (or nearly all map) updates from Trunk backported to Branch

One should also be aware that Branch has been more tested to run and compile on other platforms -
but there may still be challenges and difficulties with your compile.
Development primarily takes place with and under Linux.

Use branch if you are interested in the “more stable” release of Crossfire.

See also trunk , latest , next , tags and stable .

Many times you will see or read references to “latest” - what does this mean?

Latest is the same as trunk and is linked to the same Subversion (svn) directories as arch|maps|server|client /trunk/

At some point, latest could have it's own release cycle. At that time, this page would be updated to reflect that.

See also trunk , branch , next , tags and stable .

Removed with r 19302

See also trunk , latest , branch , tags and stable .

Many times you will see or read references to “stable” - what does this mean?

Stable is the same as branch and is linked to the same Subversion (svn) directories as arch|maps|server|client /branches/1.x/

At some point, stable could have it's own release cycle. At that time, this page would be updated to reflect that.

See also trunk , branch , latest , next and tags .

Many times you will see or read references to “Tags” - what does this mean?

Tags is an official snapshot release of the archetypes, client, maps and server based on branches/1.x (aka stable)

Tags also have a release version, such as v1.11.0, and are made approximately once a calendar year.

This is the code base that many of the Linux packages (.rpm, .deb, et al.) use in their release cycle.

See also trunk , branch , latest , next and stable .

Many times you will see or read references to “Trunk” - what does this mean?

There is a Subversion (aka svn) directory at SourceForge for active development and testing.
One can expect the following in Trunk:

• New features and changes
• Latest development changes
• New content (i.e., maps)

One should also be aware that Trunk is not as well tested (to name a few) for stability,
game balance, bug fixes and compiling on non-Linux platforms.

Use trunk with caution unless you intend to take part in testing, bug reporting, development, etc.

As a player, here's a list of some (not all..) of the features that are different then in branch:

• Combat, and movement speed in general, has been slowed down
• Combat calculations have changed - weapon class (Wc) improves at a different (slower) pace
  • Items and spells that grant a bonus to weapon class are much more useful
• Monsters and spells are still in process for being rebalanced for the combat and movement changes
• Monster population on newer maps (i.e., Pygmy Forest, Castle Saromok) are much less then due to the combat system changes, other maps should be modified as well
• Player files from branch are incompatible with trunk; as in, branch characters will have combat stats that a trunk player could never achieve
• Each player starts with an additional 20 hit points (or so)
• When not moving (standing idle) hit point, spell point and grace regeneration is faster
• When not moving (standing idle) food consumption is slowed down (food is still consumed to regenerate though)
• Items such are armour and weapons that are enchanted (+1, +2, +3, et al.) are more rare
• Lower level monsters drop more (silver) coins
• Dragon characters chose their elemental focus during the character creation process
• Many monster generators only produce a fixed number of monsters and then stop (until the next map reset)

See also branch , latest , next , tags and stable .