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WHAT IS CROSSFIRE? |
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This is a multiplayer graphical arcade and adventure game made for |
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the X-Windows environment. It runs on a client/server model. |
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The client runs with X11, GTK, or SDL within a gtk window. |
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It has certain flavours from other games, especially Gauntlet (TM) |
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and Nethack/Moria. |
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Any number of players can move around in their own window, finding |
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and using items and battle monsters. They can choose to cooperate |
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or compete in the same "world". |
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REQUIREMENTS |
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For UNIX, X-windows and an ANSI C compiler to compile this game. |
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A window system is not needed if you don't want to compile the |
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map editor. |
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For Windows 9x, you need Visual C++ (or some other ANSI C |
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compiler that can read ".dsw"-files). |
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COMPILING |
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Crossfire has been known to compile on a wide variety of |
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systems. It should compile and most all ANSI C and Posix |
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compliant systems. |
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To get directions on compilation for UNIX/LINUX, read the INSTALL file. |
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For Win9x, read INSTALL_WIN32.txt. |
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USAGE |
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Crossfire runs on a client/server model. You will also need the |
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client to play. You can either connect to a server someone else |
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has set up, or run your own server and connect to that. The |
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client package has information for connecting to servers. |
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To run your own server, you need to make the crossfire binaries and install |
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them, and then run the crossfire program. This now creates a server which |
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you/other people can connect to. The map files will need to get downloaded |
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and installed for the server to run properly. If you plan to run a long |
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term server, you should use one of the scripts provided that will re-run |
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crossfire if it dies for some reason. |
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MAILING LIST |
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For the latest subscription for crossfire mailing lists, go to: |
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http://crossfire.real-time.com/Website_Index/Mailing_Lists/mailing_lists.jhtml |
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From there you should be able to subscribe/unsubscribe any of the mailing |
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lists. The mailing lists based off the ifi.uio.no host are being |
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discontinued. |
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An archive of old messages can be found at |
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http://www.real-time.com/maillists/rte/crossfire |
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FTP SITES |
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FTP-sites where you can look for the latest versions are: |
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ftp://ftp.sourceforge.net/pub/sourceforge/crossfire |
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ftp://ftp.real-time.com/pub/games/crossfire |
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Changes made since the latest release can be found at the CVS |
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repository. Information on anonymous CVS access as |
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the download CVS snapshots and browsing the repository can be |
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found at: |
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http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=13833 |
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If you are looking for a windows/NT client, look at: |
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http://mids.student.utwente.nl/%7Emichtoen/crossfire/ |
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WEB SITES: |
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The following web addresses have crossfire information that you may find |
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useful: |
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http://crossfire.real-time.com/ |
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real-time is the main crossfire site. |
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REPORTING BUGS |
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First, check the INSTALL file for common problems, and see if yours is |
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mentioned. |
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The mailing list is where present development work and bugs are typically |
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discussed. If you want to know what is happening with crossfire, join the |
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list and please ask there. |
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I will likely delete mail messages of the following sort: |
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1) Bug reports of failed installation when the installation instructions |
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were not followed. |
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2) Bug reports that contain so little information that it tells me nothing |
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more than the fact that there is a bug. |
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3) Bugs in which the solution has already been answered in the INSTALL |
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file. |
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When reporting bugs, make sure you include the following: |
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o What version of crossfire did you use? |
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o What type of computer did you use? |
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o What release of the operating system did it have? |
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o What windowing system are you using (Ie, openwindows, X11R6, etc) |
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o What compiler (and its version) did you use (ie, gcc, acc, etc)? |
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o Which flags did you give it? |
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o If the bug happens when compiling crossfire, send an EXACT copy of |
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the compiler line, as well as the errors it puts out. Sending bugs |
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of the sort 'it failed with a line like ...' doesn't help any. |
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o If the bug happened while running crossfire: |
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- Include any output before to the bug. |
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- Give a description of what you did before the bug occured. The better |
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detailed the description, the better chance I have of figuring |
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out where the bug happened, or how I can recreate the bug. |
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o If you managed to compile Crossfire, include the output of |
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"crossfire -o". |
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Lack of any of this information in a bug report can make that bug report |
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useless. Also, if you have a bug, make sure you are using the latest |
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version. If you report a bug that has since been fixed, you are not likely |
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to get any help. |
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Further debugging informatiion can be found at |
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http://crossfire.real-time.com/debugging_tips.html |
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Mail the bug report to crossfire-devel@listserv.real-time.com |
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SUBMITTING PATCHES: See the doc/programming_guide file. |
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PUBLIC SERVERS: |
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The best way to find a server to play is to run the client. It will contact |
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the metaserver and present a list to choose from. You can also see |
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a list at http://crossfire.real-time.com/metaserver/ |
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COPYRIGHT |
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Don't get scared by the below, it's included just for "safety" reasons 8) |
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(Don't want anyone to start selling the game) |
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Copyright (C) 2000 Mark Wedel |
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Copyright (C) 1992 Frank Tore Johansen |
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by |
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the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or |
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(at your option) any later version. |
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, |
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of |
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the |
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GNU General Public License for more details. |
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License |
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along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software |
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Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. |
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The author can be reached via e-mail to mwedel@scruz.net |
