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SetupGuide

2006-06-13T10:35:15Z

Hollowsoul: /* Linux Setup Guide */

== Linux Setup Guide ==
* If you're running [http://www.gentoo.org Gentoo linux], you're lucky, because [http://spring.openhost.dk/taspring-linux-svn-ebuild-0.70-r1.tar.bz2 an ebuild is already available]. If not, a short walk-trough to compile, run and debug spring on provided below.

* In short, to get spring compiled under linux, make sure you've got all necessary development packages installed. On [http://www.ubuntu.com/ (K)Ubuntu linux], and maybe [http://www.debian.org/ Debian] too, this can be done by copying the following in a root terminal (or use the graphical package manager Synaptic or Adept if you can't stand commandline): <code>apt-get install build-essential subversion scons libsdl-dev libopenal-dev libglew-dev libboost-dev libboost-thread-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-regex-dev libdevil-dev libfreetype6-dev python2.4-dev</code> For any other distribution, grab these libraries and the base development packages too (for Gentoo, base development packages aren't needed, because everything is compiled from source: they're already installed). I've no clue about RPM based distros. But [http://www.google.com google] is your friend.

* To grab the sourcecode from SVN (using commandline SVN), refer to [https://developer.berlios.de/svn/?group_id=4358 this berlios page about SVN]. Use one of the two anonymous checkout methods (upper two) unless you're a spring developer (but in that case you wouldn't be reading this, right?).

* To compile the sourcecode, switch to the trunk directory created by the svn checkout in the previous step. Then type: <code>scons configure</code> to configure the build. (You can fine tune the build by passing options to this command [for enabling debugging/optimizing etc.]. Type <code>scons --help</code> to view the available options.) Now, if you really installed all development package, the scons configure will output: "Everything seems OK. Run `scons' now to build.". If it outputs with an error you're probably missing a development package.

* As instructed on end of previous step, type: <code>scons</code> Spring will now build including [[NTAI]], [[JCAI]] and a few [[GroupAI]]s. You should end up with a file <code>trunk/game/spring</code> (the executable) and some shared objects (SOs or DLLs) in <code>trunk/game/aidll</code>

* Now, grab [https://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=4358 the linux data tarball] and extract it somewhere. This will create a directory taspring-linux-data-0.71b1 (or higher version number).

* Put a symlink to the spring executable in the data directory: <code>ln -s /path/to/trunk/game/spring /path/to/taspring-linux-data-0.71b1/spring</code>

* Optionally, make symlinks for the shared objects in <code>trunk/game/aidll too</code>.

* Now run spring by <code>cd</code>'ing (change dir) to the <code>taspring-linux-data-0.71b1</code> directory and typing: <code>./spring</code> If you've compiled with debugging enabled, you might want to run inside gdb to provide the devs with a backtrace if spring crashes: <code>gdb ./spring</code>
** Basic commands inside gdb are:
*** <code>'''r'''un</code> - Run the program (spring)
*** <code>'''bt'''</code> - Print a backtrace
*** <code>'''q'''uit</code> - Quit
*** <code>'''help'''</code> - This one's important

* Be happy!

Tips:

* Checkout [http://www.fileuniverse.com File Universe] for much more maps & mods.
* If spring hangs/crashes while in full screen mode, you can press ctrl+alt+backspace to restart X, so no need for a reboot.
* A binary release of [[AAI]], a skirmish AI, is included in the data package.
* Spring uses OpenAL for sound, Config your sound output i.e esd / arts / oss / alsa by editing /etc/openalrc or ~/.openalrc

If you really can't figure out how to get spring compiled, or you think there's a bug in the code or the buildsystem...
* just poke any developer on IRC
** channel <code>#taspring</code> on [http://freenode.net/ FreeNode]
** or channel <code>#sy</code> on [http://www.quakenet.org/ QuakeNet]
* post it on the forum
* or file a bug in our [http://taspring.clan-sy.com/mantis/ Bug tracking system].

[[Category:Linux Port]][[Category:Playing]]

SetupGuide

2006-06-13T10:34:50Z

Hollowsoul: /* Linux Setup Guide */

== Linux Setup Guide ==
* If you're running [http://www.gentoo.org Gentoo linux], you're lucky, because [http://spring.openhost.dk/taspring-linux-svn-ebuild-0.70-r1.tar.bz2 an ebuild is already available]. If not, a short walk-trough to compile, run and debug spring on provided below.

* In short, to get spring compiled under linux, make sure you've got all necessary development packages installed. On [http://www.ubuntu.com/ (K)Ubuntu linux], and maybe [http://www.debian.org/ Debian] too, this can be done by copying the following in a root terminal (or use the graphical package manager Synaptic or Adept if you can't stand commandline): <code>apt-get install build-essential subversion scons libsdl-dev libopenal-dev libglew-dev libboost-dev libboost-thread-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-regex-dev libdevil-dev libfreetype6-dev python2.4-dev</code> For any other distribution, grab these libraries and the base development packages too (for Gentoo, base development packages aren't needed, because everything is compiled from source: they're already installed). I've no clue about RPM based distros. But [http://www.google.com google] is your friend.

* To grab the sourcecode from SVN (using commandline SVN), refer to [https://developer.berlios.de/svn/?group_id=4358 this berlios page about SVN]. Use one of the two anonymous checkout methods (upper two) unless you're a spring developer (but in that case you wouldn't be reading this, right?).

* To compile the sourcecode, switch to the trunk directory created by the svn checkout in the previous step. Then type: <code>scons configure</code> to configure the build. (You can fine tune the build by passing options to this command [for enabling debugging/optimizing etc.]. Type <code>scons --help</code> to view the available options.) Now, if you really installed all development package, the scons configure will output: "Everything seems OK. Run `scons' now to build.". If it outputs with an error you're probably missing a development package.

* As instructed on end of previous step, type: <code>scons</code> Spring will now build including [[NTAI]], [[JCAI]] and a few [[GroupAI]]s. You should end up with a file <code>trunk/game/spring</code> (the executable) and some shared objects (SOs or DLLs) in <code>trunk/game/aidll</code>

* Now, grab [https://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=4358 the linux data tarball] and extract it somewhere. This will create a directory taspring-linux-data-0.71b1 (or higher version number).

* Put a symlink to the spring executable in the data directory: <code>ln -s /path/to/trunk/game/spring /path/to/taspring-linux-data-0.71b1/spring</code>

* Optionally, make symlinks for the shared objects in <code>trunk/game/aidll too</code>.

* Now run spring by <code>cd</code>'ing (change dir) to the <code>taspring-linux-data-0.71b1</code> directory and typing: <code>./spring</code> If you've compiled with debugging enabled, you might want to run inside gdb to provide the devs with a backtrace if spring crashes: <code>gdb ./spring</code>
** Basic commands inside gdb are:
*** <code>'''r'''un</code> - Run the program (spring)
*** <code>'''bt'''</code> - Print a backtrace
*** <code>'''q'''uit</code> - Quit
*** <code>'''help'''</code> - This one's important

* Be happy!

Tips:

* Checkout [http://www.fileuniverse.com File Universe] for much more maps & mods.
* If spring hangs/crashes while in full screen mode, you can press ctrl+alt+backspace to restart X, so no need for a reboot.
* A binary release of [[AAI]], a skirmish AI, is included in the data package.
* Spring uses OpenAL for sound, Config your sound output i.e esd arts / oss / alsa by editing /etc/openalrc or ~/.openalrc

If you really can't figure out how to get spring compiled, or you think there's a bug in the code or the buildsystem...
* just poke any developer on IRC
** channel <code>#taspring</code> on [http://freenode.net/ FreeNode]
** or channel <code>#sy</code> on [http://www.quakenet.org/ QuakeNet]
* post it on the forum
* or file a bug in our [http://taspring.clan-sy.com/mantis/ Bug tracking system].

[[Category:Linux Port]][[Category:Playing]]

Nuke strike

2006-06-04T22:46:17Z

Hollowsoul:

'''''A mid-late game tactic'''''

Basicly envolves a large number of nuclear missile silos are built, loaded with nukes, and then fired in rapid succession.
Very successful if one of the nukes get's through the missile defense and hits a high concentration of expensive buildings that in turn create a chain reaction, eg. an advanced fusion reactor, or, (''should your lottery ticket win whilst you are saving the alienware's CEO's life and he promises to get you the best damn machine they build, and your isp company draws a new "never pay for high speed internet again" competition with your name on the draw'') two missiles get through, one hitting the moho geathermal plant which explodes forcing the nearby commander into the airspace that the seccond missile is planning on taking, the resulting explosion slams the commander to the ground that is currently occupied by the buzzsaw/vulcan, which in turn explodes destroying the ring of doomsday machines surrounding the unexploded part of the base.

'''Nuke strike is effective against:'''

* New player aka noob
* Peep with no missle defense :P
** Or hit your enemy's missle defense just before u nuke i.e planned / suicide air raid

'''Nuke Strike is ineffective against:'''

* Someone with more well fortified missile defense towers then you have someone with an expansion strategy.
* Nuke strikes are difficult to pull off because of the high resource drain involved in building them and clearing enemy missile defense.
** However if u get some nice hits the game is either over then and there, or the opponent is crippled enough for the game to end shortly afterwards.
* Beware of radar jammed areas hiding the enemy's real base,
** Not nice to find out u have sent your entire mobile force to clear out the recently nuked decoy base and your back door is open to his 5 krogoths, life get's akward quickly.

Nuke strike

2006-06-04T21:34:03Z

Hollowsoul:

'''''A mid-late game tactic'''''

Basicly envolves a large number of nuclear missile silos are built, loaded with nukes, and then fired in rapid succession.
Very successful if one of the nukes get's through the missile defense and hits a high concentration of expensive buildings that in turn create a chain reaction, eg. an advanced fusion reactor, or, (''should your lottery ticket win whilst you are saving the alienware's CEO's life and he promises to get you the best damn machine they build, and your isp company draws a new "never pay for high speed internet again" competition with your name on the draw'') two missiles get through, one hitting the moho geathermal plant which explodes forcing the nearby commander into the airspace that the seccond missile is planning on taking, the resulting explosion slams the commander to the ground that is currently occupied by the buzzsaw/vulcan, which in turn explodes destroying the ring of doomsday machines surrounding the unexploded part of the base.

'''Nuke strike is effective against:'''

* New player aka noob
* Peep with no missle defense :P
** Or u hit enemy's missle defense just before u nuke i.e planned / suicide air raid

'''Nuke Strike is ineffective against:'''

* Someone with more well fortified missile defense towers then you have someone with an expansion strategy.
* Nuke strikes are difficult to pull off because of the high resource drain involved in building them and clearing enemy missile defense.
** However if u get some nice hits the game is either over then and there, or the opponent is crippled enough for the game to end shortly after.
* Beware of radar jammed areas hiding the enemy's real base,
** Not nice to find out u have sent your entire mobile force to clear out the recently nuked decoy base and your back door is open to his 5 krogoths, life get's akward quickly.

ps sorry for the inneffective formatting, but i know that somewhere out there, there's a obsessive compulsive formatter waiting for his big break

Nuke strike

2006-06-04T21:33:07Z

Hollowsoul:

'''''A mid-late game tactic'''''

Basicly envolves a large number of nuclear missile silos are built, loaded with nukes, and then fired in rapid succession.
Very successful if one of the nukes get's through the missile defense and hits a high concentration of expensive buildings that in turn create a chain reaction, eg. an advanced fusion reactor, or, (''should your lottery ticket win whilst you are saving the alienware's CEO's life and he promises to get you the best damn machine they build, and your isp company draws a new "never pay for high speed internet again" competition with your name on the draw'') two missiles get through, one hitting the moho geathermal plant which explodes forcing the nearby commander into the airspace that the seccond missile is planning on taking, the resulting explosion slams the commander to the ground that is currently occupied by the buzzsaw/vulcan, which in turn explodes destroying the ring of doomsday machines surrounding the unexploded part of the base.

'''Nuke strike is effective against:'''

* New player aka noob
* Peep with no missle defense :P
** Or u hit enemy's missle defense just before u nuke i.e planned / suicide air raid

'''Nuke Strike is ineffective against:'''

* Someone with more well fortified millise defense towers then you have someone with an expansion strategy.
* Nuke strikes are difficult to pull off because of the high resource drain involved in building them and clearing enemy missile defense.
** However if u get some nice hits the game is either over then and there, or the opponent is crippled enough for the game to end shortly after.
* Beware of radar jammed areas hiding the enemy's real base,
** Not nice to find out u have sent your entire mobile force to clear out the recently nuked decoy base and your back door is open to his 5 krogoths, life get's akward quickly.

ps sorry for the inneffective formatting, but i know that somewhere out there, there's a obsessive compulsive formatter waiting for his big break

SetupGuide

2006-06-02T23:19:01Z

Hollowsoul: /* Linux Setup Guide */

== Linux Setup Guide ==
* If you're running [http://www.gentoo.org Gentoo linux], you're lucky, because [http://spring.openhost.dk/taspring-linux-svn-ebuild-0.70-r1.tar.bz2 an ebuild is already available]. If not, a short walk-trough to compile, run and debug spring on provided below.

* In short, to get spring compiled under linux, make sure you've got all necessary development packages installed. On [http://www.ubuntu.com/ (K)Ubuntu linux], and maybe [http://www.debian.org/ Debian] too, this can be done by copying the following in a root terminal (or use the graphical package manager Synaptic or Adept if you can't stand commandline): <code>apt-get install build-essential subversion scons libsdl-dev libopenal-dev libglew-dev libboost-dev libboost-thread-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-regex-dev libdevil-dev libfreetype6-dev python2.4-dev</code> For any other distribution, grab these libraries and the base development packages too (for Gentoo, base development packages aren't needed, because everything is compiled from source: they're already installed). I've no clue about RPM based distros. But [http://www.google.com google] is your friend.

* To grab the sourcecode from SVN (using commandline SVN), refer to [https://developer.berlios.de/svn/?group_id=4358 this berlios page about SVN]. Use one of the two anonymous checkout methods (upper two) unless you're a spring developer (but in that case you wouldn't be reading this, right?).

* To compile the sourcecode, switch to the trunk directory created by the svn checkout in the previous step. Then type: <code>scons configure</code> to configure the build. (You can fine tune the build by passing options to this command [for enabling debugging/optimizing etc.]. Type <code>scons --help</code> to view the available options.) Now, if you really installed all development package, the scons configure will output: "Everything seems OK. Run `scons' now to build.". If it outputs with an error you're probably missing a development package.

* As instructed on end of previous step, type: <code>scons</code> Spring will now build including [[NTAI]], [[JCAI]] and a few [[GroupAI]]s. You should end up with a file <code>trunk/game/spring</code> (the executable) and some shared objects (SOs or DLLs) in <code>trunk/game/aidll</code>

* Now, grab [https://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=4358 the linux data tarball] and extract it somewhere. This will create a directory taspring-linux-data-0.71b1 (or higher version number).

* Put a symlink to the spring executable in the data directory: <code>ln -s /path/to/trunk/game/spring /path/to/taspring-linux-data-0.71b1/spring</code>

* Optionally, make symlinks for the shared objects in <code>trunk/game/aidll too</code>.

* Now run spring by <code>cd</code>'ing (change dir) to the <code>taspring-linux-data-0.71b1</code> directory and typing: <code>./spring</code> If you've compiled with debugging enabled, you might want to run inside gdb to provide the devs with a backtrace if spring crashes: <code>gdb ./spring</code>
** Basic commands inside gdb are:
*** <code>'''r'''un</code> - Run the program (spring)
*** <code>'''bt'''</code> - Print a backtrace
*** <code>'''q'''uit</code> - Quit
*** <code>'''help'''</code> - This one's important

* Be happy!

Tips:

* Checkout [http://www.fileuniverse.com File Universe] for much more maps & mods.
* If spring hangs/crashes while in full screen mode, you can press ctrl+alt+backspace to restart X, so no need for a reboot.
* A binary release of [[AAI]], a skirmish AI, is included in the data package.
* If u get the error "open /dev/[sound/]dsp: No such file or directory". U will need to add OSS emultaion in ALSA section in your kernel.

If you really can't figure out how to get spring compiled, or you think there's a bug in the code or the buildsystem...
* just poke any developer on IRC
** channel <code>#taspring</code> on [http://freenode.net/ FreeNode]
** or channel <code>#sy</code> on [http://www.quakenet.org/ QuakeNet]
* post it on the forum
* or file a bug in our [http://taspring.clan-sy.com/mantis/ Bug tracking system].

[[Category:Linux Port]][[Category:Playing]]

SetupGuide

2006-06-02T23:18:30Z

Hollowsoul: /* Linux Setup Guide */

== Linux Setup Guide ==
* If you're running [http://www.gentoo.org Gentoo linux], you're lucky, because [http://spring.openhost.dk/taspring-linux-svn-ebuild-0.70-r1.tar.bz2 an ebuild is already available]. If not, a short walk-trough to compile, run and debug spring on provided below.

* In short, to get spring compiled under linux, make sure you've got all necessary development packages installed. On [http://www.ubuntu.com/ (K)Ubuntu linux], and maybe [http://www.debian.org/ Debian] too, this can be done by copying the following in a root terminal (or use the graphical package manager Synaptic or Adept if you can't stand commandline): <code>apt-get install build-essential subversion scons libsdl-dev libopenal-dev libglew-dev libboost-dev libboost-thread-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-regex-dev libdevil-dev libfreetype6-dev python2.4-dev</code> For any other distribution, grab these libraries and the base development packages too (for Gentoo, base development packages aren't needed, because everything is compiled from source: they're already installed). I've no clue about RPM based distros. But [http://www.google.com google] is your friend.

* To grab the sourcecode from SVN (using commandline SVN), refer to [https://developer.berlios.de/svn/?group_id=4358 this berlios page about SVN]. Use one of the two anonymous checkout methods (upper two) unless you're a spring developer (but in that case you wouldn't be reading this, right?).

* To compile the sourcecode, switch to the trunk directory created by the svn checkout in the previous step. Then type: <code>scons configure</code> to configure the build. (You can fine tune the build by passing options to this command [for enabling debugging/optimizing etc.]. Type <code>scons --help</code> to view the available options.) Now, if you really installed all development package, the scons configure will output: "Everything seems OK. Run `scons' now to build.". If it outputs with an error you're probably missing a development package.

* As instructed on end of previous step, type: <code>scons</code> Spring will now build including [[NTAI]], [[JCAI]] and a few [[GroupAI]]s. You should end up with a file <code>trunk/game/spring</code> (the executable) and some shared objects (SOs or DLLs) in <code>trunk/game/aidll</code>

* Now, grab [https://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=4358 the linux data tarball] and extract it somewhere. This will create a directory taspring-linux-data-0.71b1 (or higher version number).

* Put a symlink to the spring executable in the data directory: <code>ln -s /path/to/trunk/game/spring /path/to/taspring-linux-data-0.71b1/spring</code>

* Optionally, make symlinks for the shared objects in <code>trunk/game/aidll too</code>.

* Now run spring by <code>cd</code>'ing (change dir) to the <code>taspring-linux-data-0.71b1</code> directory and typing: <code>./spring</code> If you've compiled with debugging enabled, you might want to run inside gdb to provide the devs with a backtrace if spring crashes: <code>gdb ./spring</code>
** Basic commands inside gdb are:
*** <code>'''r'''un</code> - Run the program (spring)
*** <code>'''bt'''</code> - Print a backtrace
*** <code>'''q'''uit</code> - Quit
*** <code>'''help'''</code> - This one's important

* Be happy!

Tips:

* Checkout [http://www.fileuniverse.com File Universe] for much more maps & mods.
* If spring hangs/crashes while in full screen mode, you can press ctrl+alt+backspace to restart X, so no need for a reboot.
* A binary release of [[AAI]], a skirmish AI, is included in the data package.
* If u get the error "open /dev/[sound/]dsp: No such file or directory" U will need to add OSS emultaion in ALSA section in your kernel.

If you really can't figure out how to get spring compiled, or you think there's a bug in the code or the buildsystem...
* just poke any developer on IRC
** channel <code>#taspring</code> on [http://freenode.net/ FreeNode]
** or channel <code>#sy</code> on [http://www.quakenet.org/ QuakeNet]
* post it on the forum
* or file a bug in our [http://taspring.clan-sy.com/mantis/ Bug tracking system].

[[Category:Linux Port]][[Category:Playing]]