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1	WHAT IS CROSSFIRE?	1	WHAT IS CROSSFIRE?
2		2
3	This is a multiplayer graphical arcade and adventure game made for	3	This is a multiplayer graphical arcade and adventure game, that runs on
4	the X-Windows environment. It runs on a client/server model.	4	a client/server model. There are clients for Microsoft(R) Windows(TM)
5	The client runs with X11, GTK, or SDL within a gtk window. A	5	and POSIX systems such as Linux and *BSD. To get the most joyful
6	windows client is available, and a java client is under development.	6	experience, the Crossfire+ client should be used. This client is written
		7	in Perl and utilises SDL with OpenGL to provide you with the most
		8	immersive gameplay.
7		9
8	It has certain flavours from other games, especially Gauntlet (TM)	10	Crossfire has certain flavours from other games, especially Gauntlet (TM)
9	and Nethack/Moria.	11	and Nethack/Moria.
10		12
11	Any number of players can move around in their own window, finding	13	Any number of players can move around in their own window on the
12	and using items and battle monsters. They can choose to cooperate	14	world, finding and using items and battle monsters. They can choose to
13	or compete in the same "world".	15	cooperate or compete in the same "world".
		16
14		17
15	REQUIREMENTS	18	REQUIREMENTS
16		19
17	For UNIX, X-windows and an ANSI C compiler to compile this game.	20	For UNIX, a modern C++ compiler with some extensions is required to
18	A window system is not needed if you don't want to compile the	21	compile this game (g++ 4.x works). In addition, you will need the Perl
19	map editor.	22	development libraries along with the following Perl modules (the server
		23	is tested with perl 5.8.8 and 5.8-maint) and their dependencies. (the
		24	minimum versions below may not be up-to-date, the configure script will
		25	check them all, though).
20		26
21	For Windows 9x, you need Visual C++ (or some other ANSI C	27	- AnyEvent >= v2.52
22	compiler that can read ".dsw"-files).	28	- BDB >= v0.1 libdb4.5, libdb4.4 might work
23		29	- Compress::LZF >= v1.8
		30	- Coro >= v3.64 SEE IMPORTANT NOTICE BELOW
		31	- Coro::Event >= v2.1
		32	- Crossfire >= v0.99
		33	- Digest::MD5 >= v2.0
		34	- Event >= v1.08
		35	- IO::AIO >= v2.4
		36	- JSON::XS >= v1.5
		37	- Pod::POM >= v0.17
		38	- Safe::Hole >= v0.10
		39	- Storable >= v2.0
		40	- Time::HiRes >= v1.0
		41	- URI >= 1.35
		42	- YAML >= v0.62
		43	- YAML::Syck >= v0.71
		44
		45	NOTICE: Crossfire uses an alternative signal stack, so you have to
		46	use either the "u"context method (slow) or "a"ssembly when configuring Coro.
		47
		48	Furthermore, you will need the following programs and libraries:
		49
		50	- gperf, the GNU perfect hash generator >= v3.0
		51	- glib-2.0 >= v2.10
		52	- libpng >= v1.2
		53	- ImageMagick >= v6.0 (possibly higher, depending on its bugs)
		54	- optipng => v0.5.5 (http://optipng.sf.net)
		55	- pngnq >= v0.4 (http://freshmeat.net/redir/pngnq/53146/url_homepage/pngnq.html)
		56	- rsync >= v2.6 (a must have anyways)
		57
		58	Your compiler must support the Library Technical Report 1 extensions and
		59	the upcoming typeof extension. The GNU C++ compiler >= version 4.0 does
		60	support all these.
		61
		62	On Debian GNU/Linux, you might get away with something like this for many of the
		63	above dependencies:
		64
		65	apt-get install gperf optipng pngnq rsync imagemagick libglib2.0-dev libpng12-dev
		66	apt-get install libpod-pom-perl libsafe-hole-perl libevent-perl
		67
		68	If you want to get sensible backtraces for error conditions at runtime
		69	to be logged you also need the external addr2line program (part of GNU
		70	binutils) in your PATH.
		71
		72
24	COMPILING	73	COMPILING
25		74
26	Crossfire has been known to compile on a wide variety of	75	Crossfire has been known to compile on a wide variety of systems. It should
27	systems. It should compile and most all ANSI C and Posix	76	compile and run on most ISO C++ 200x and POSIX compliant systems.
28	compliant systems.
29		77
30	To get directions on compilation for UNIX/LINUX, read the INSTALL file.	78	To get generic directions on compilation, read the INSTALL file.
31	For Win9x, read INSTALL_WIN32.txt.
32
33	USAGE
34
35	Crossfire runs on a client/server model. You will also need the
36	client to play. You can either connect to a server someone else
37	has set up, or run your own server and connect to that. The
38	client package has information for connecting to servers.
39
40	To run your own server, you need to make the crossfire binaries and install
41	them, and then run the crossfire program. This now creates a server which
42	you/other people can connect to. The map files will need to get downloaded
43	and installed for the server to run properly. The maps should be
44	unpacked in the $(TARGET)/share/crossfire directory - after unpacking,
45	you should have a $(TARGET)/share/crossfire/maps directory.
46
47	If you plan to run a long term server, you should use one of the scripts
48	provided that will re-run crossfire if it dies for some reason.
49
50	MAILING LIST
51
52	For the latest subscription for crossfire mailing lists, go to:
53	http://crossfire.real-time.com/mailinglists/index.html
54
55	From there you should be able to subscribe/unsubscribe any of the mailing
56	lists. Links to archives of the mailing lists can be found there, as well
57	as at:
58	http://gmane.org/find.php?list=crossfire
59		79
60		80
61	FTP SITES	81	INSTALLATION/USAGE
62		82
63	FTP-sites where you can look for the latest versions are:	83	Crossfire runs on a client/server model. You will also a client to
		84	play. You can either connect to a server someone else has set up, or
		85	run your own server and connect to that. There are a number of clients
		86	available, but the recommended one is CFPlus (see below for URL).
64		87
65	http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/crossfire/	88	To run your own server, you need to build the crossfire server binaries
66	ftp://ftp.real-time.com/pub/games/crossfire	89	and install them, then you will have to download and install map and
		90	archetype packs:
67		91
68	Changes made since the latest release can be found at the CVS	92	Download both the cfmaps-<version> and cfarch-<version> archives, then
69	repository. Information on anonymous CVS access as	93	use cfutil to install both (the source directories must be writable for
70	the download CVS snapshots and browsing the repository can be	94	this to work):
71	found at:	95
72	http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=13833	96	cfutil --install-maps path/to/cfmaps-<version>/
		97	cfutil --install-arch path/to/cfarch-<version>/
		98
		99	Both processes can take some time, depending on your resources :) If you
		100	plan to repeat the installation you should specify the --cache option
		101	first, which will keep costly-to-generate files around for further runs
		102	of cfutil:
		103
		104	cfutil --cache --install-maps path/to/cfmaps-<version>/
		105	cfutil --cache --install-arch path/to/cfarch-<version>/
		106
		107	Atfer this you can then run the crossfire executable. This starts a
		108	server which you/other people can connect to.
73		109
74		110
75	WEB SITES:	111	WEB SITES
76		112
77	The following web addresses have crossfire information that you may find	113	The following web addresses have crossfire information that you may find
78	useful:	114	useful:
79		115
80	http://crossfire.real-time.com/	116	http://crossfire.schmorp.de/ (The main site)
81	real-time is the main crossfire site.	117
		118	http://crossfire.real-time.com/ (The website for the old Crossfire game)
82		119
83		120
84	REPORTING BUGS	121	REPORTING BUGS
85		122
86	First, check the INSTALL file for common problems, and see if yours is	123	First, check the INSTALL file for common problems, and see if yours is
87	mentioned.	124	mentioned.
88		125
89	Bugs should be filed at the sourceforge web site:	126	Bugs should be filed using the following email address:
90	http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=13833	127	crossfire@schmorp.de
91		128
92	When reporting bugs, make sure you include the following:	129	When reporting bugs, make sure you include the following:
93	o If you have a sourceforge login, make sure you are logged in. In this	130
94	way, if there are questions about the bug, you will be notified about
95	the request for more information.
96	o What version of crossfire did you use?	131	* What version of crossfire did you use?
97	o What type of computer did you use (CPU type)	132	* What type of computer did you use (CPU type)
98	o What is the version of the OS?	133	* What is the version of the OS?
99	o What windowing system are you using (Ie, openwindows, X11R6, etc)	134	* What windowing system are you using (e.g. openwindows, X.org, XFree86)
100	o What compiler (and its version) did you use (ie, gcc, acc, etc)?	135	* What compiler (and its version) did you use (e.g. gcc, acc)?
101	o Which flags did you give it?	136	* Which flags did you give it?
102	o If the bug happens when compiling crossfire, send an EXACT copy of	137	* If the bug happens when compiling crossfire, send an EXACT copy of the
103	the compiler line, as well as the errors it puts out. Sending bugs	138	compiler line, as well as the errors it puts out. Sending bugs of the
104	of the sort 'it failed with a line like ...' doesn't help any.	139	sort 'it failed with a line like ...' doesn't help any.
105	o If the bug happened while running crossfire:	140	* If the bug happened while running crossfire:
106	- Include any output before to the bug.	141	- Include any output before to the bug.
107	- Give a description of what you did before the bug occured. The better	142	- Give a description of what you did before the bug occured. The better
108	detailed the description, the better chance I have of figuring	143	detailed the description, the better chance we have of figuring
109	out where the bug happened, or how I can recreate the bug.	144	out where the bug happened, or how we can recreate the bug.
110	- If possible, a stack trace from gdb (or other debugger) is very	145	- If possible, a stack trace from gdb (or other debugger) is very
111	helpful.	146	helpful.
112		147
113	The more information provided, the better chance of the bug being fixed in	148	The more information provided, the better chance of the bug being fixed
114	a timely fashion.	149	in a timely fashion.
115		150
116	Further debugging informatiion can be found at
117	http://crossfire.real-time.com/debugging_tips.html
118		151
119	------------------------------------------------------------------------------	152	SUBMITTING PATCHES
120	SUBMITTING PATCHES: See the doc/programming_guide file.
121	The patches should be submitted to the patch tracker on sourceforge:
122	http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=13833
123		153
124	PUBLIC SERVERS:	154	Patches should be submitted to email address:
		155	crossfire@schmorp.de
125		156
		157
		158	PUBLIC SERVERS
		159
126	The best way to find a server to play is to run the client. It will contact	160	The best way to find a server to play is to run the client
127	the metaserver and present a list to choose from. You can also see	161	and hit "Server List" in the setup dialog (this varies
		162	depending on your client). You can also see a list at
128	a list at http://crossfire.real-time.com/metaserver/	163	http://crossfire.real-time.com/metaserver/.
		164
		165	The canonical server for use with Crossfire and CFPlus is
		166	crossfire.schmorp.de, port 13327 (default).
129		167
130		168
131	COPYRIGHT	169	COPYRIGHT
132		170
133	Don't get scared by the below, it's included just for "safety" reasons 8)	171	Most files in this distribution are covered by the GNU General Public
134	(Don't want anyone to start selling the game)	172	License, version 3 (COPYING.GPL), or any later version, with the
		173	exception of ext/affero.ext, which is covered by the GNU Affero General
		174	Public License, Version 3 (COPYING.Affero). Please take note of the
		175	special requirements of the Affero license with respect to network
		176	servers and configure your network server according to the instructions
		177	given in ext/affero.ext.
135		178
136	Copyright (C) 2000,2006 Mark Wedel
137	Copyright (C) 1992 Frank Tore Johansen
138		179
139	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify	180	CONTACT
140	it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
141	the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
142	(at your option) any later version.
143		181
144	This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,	182	The authors can be reached via e-mail to crossfire@schmorp.de
145	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
146	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
147	GNU General Public License for more details.
148		183
149	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
150	along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
151	Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
152
153	The author can be reached via e-mail to crossfire@schmorp.de

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