Spring - User contributions [en]

Press

2011-12-21T03:02:44Z

Luckywaldo7:

This page lists urls of interesting spring related news/reviews.

= History of Spring and its games in the press =

(newest comes first)

{|
!Date!!Magazine/Page!!Language!!Topic!!Title
|-
|<h2>2011</h2>
|-
|2011.12.20||blogspot.com||Spanish||Zero-K||[http://lacuevadellobo.blogspot.com/2011/12/jugando-zero-k.html Playing Zero-K]
|-
|2011.08.24||gamasutra.com||English||Spring||
[http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6467/building_with_someone_elses_.php Building With Someone Else's Blocks: Going Open Source With Games]
|-
|2011.06.17||computerbild.de||German||Zero-K||[http://www.computerbild.de/download/Zero-K-6275447.html Zero-K] also on [http://www.computerbild.de/artikel/cb-Heft-Service-zum-Heft-Inhalte-der-aktuellen-Heft-CD_DVD-1313024.html CD/DVD]
|-
|2011.05.15||chip.de||German||Zero-K
|[http://www.chip.de/news/Zero-K-Mulitplayer-Strategiespiel-zum-Download_49005815.html Zero-K: Multiplayer-Strategiespiel zum Download]
|-
|2011.05.14||mbnet.fi||finnish||Kernel Panic
|{{forumlink|topic=26033|title=Kernel Panic on mbnet.fi game of the day}}
|-
|-
|2011.03.31||dedoimedo.com||english||spring 0.82.7||[http://www.dedoimedo.com/games/spring-rts.html Spring Engine - Ready for prime time?]

|-
|2011.03.29||wired.com||english||maps
|[http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/03/ff_makestuff_materials/?pid=4938&viewall=true Turning a Spring map into a wooden coffee table] {{forumlink|topic=17834|title=forum thread}}
|-
|2011.02.24||pro-linux.de||German||Evolution RTS
|[http://www.pro-linux.de/news/1/16729/futter-fuer-spieler-evolution-rts-und-gtc.html Futter fÃ¼r Spieler: Evolution RTS und GCT]
|-
|2011.01.06||makeuseof.com||English||spring 0.82.7
|[http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/spring-project-open-source-strategy-game-engine-impressive-selection-free-games/ The Spring Project â€“ An Open Source Strategy Game Engine With An Impressive Selection of Free Games]
|-
!<h2>2010</h2>
|-
|2010.11.30||atomicgamer.com||English||Gundam RTS v1.26 + spring 0.82.6.1
|[http://www.atomicgamer.com/files/88940/gundam-rts-v1-26-free-game Gundam RTS v1.26 Free Game]
|-
|2010.11||c't||German||Kernel Panic + Spring 0.82.6.1
|[http://www.heise.de/software/download/cdd_112_3 c't-Software-Kollektion], [http://www.heise.de/ct/inhalt/2010/24/130/ 1], [http://www.saschawillems.de/phase2/ctmag/ctmag02.jpg 2]
|-
|2010.08.17||winload.de||German||Spring 0.82.3
|[http://www.funload.de/ta-spring TA Spring]
|-
|2010.08.16||pchome.de||German||Spring 0.82.3
|[http://www.pchome.de/download/spring-rts_61167.html Spring RTS 0.82.3]
|-
|2010.08.14||chip.de||German||Spring 0.82.3
|[http://www.chip.de/downloads/Spring-RTS_21642345.html Spring RTS]
|-
|2010.07.09||chip||German||Spring
|[http://www.chip.de/downloads/CHIP-Online-Open-Source-Spiele-DVD_42337911.html CHIP Online Open-Source-Spiele-DVD]
|-
|2010.06.23||megagames.com||English||Gundam RTS 1.21
|[http://www.megagames.com/freeware/gundam-rts Gundam RTS]
|-
|2010.02.12||happyassassin.net||English||Spring 0.81.1
|[http://www.happyassassin.net/2010/02/12/from-the-freaking-awesome-department-3d-support-on-nouveau/ From the â€˜freaking awesomeâ€™ department â€“ 3D support on nouveau]
|-
!<h2>2009</h2>
|-
|2009.10.24||rl-team.net||russian||Spring 0.80.5.1
|[http://rl-team.net/1146323396-spring-engine-v079.html Spring RTS Engine v0.80.5.1]
|-
|2009.10.16||techspikes.com||english||Spring
|[http://www.techspikes.com/2009/10/5-random-linux-games-worth-playing/ 5 random Linux games worth playing]
|-
!<h2>2008</h2>
|-
|2008.06.18||mmft.org||English||Interview
|[http://www.mmft.org/node/25 Interview: Gundam RTS]
|-
|2008.02||PCGamer(UK)||English||Star Wars Spring
|[http://www.imperialwinter.com/images/Star%20Wars%20Spring%20article.jpg Scan ~9MB]
|-
!<h2>2007</h2>
|-
|2007.01.27||netzwelt.de||German||TA Spring
|[http://www.netzwelt.de/news/75081-taktik-action-kostenlose-spiele-internet.html Taktik und Action: Kostenlose Spiele aus dem Internet]
|-
!<h2>2006</h2>
|-
|2006.10.03||springrts.com||English||Spring 0.73b1
|[http://springrts.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7373 New spring version, 0.73b1] (TA Spring renamed to Spring and it becomes an Engine!)
|-
|2006.05.11||rebell.at||English||Interview
|[http://rebell.at/artikel/ta-spring-interview-en TA Spring Interview (en)]
|-
|2006.02||pczone.co.uk||English||Star Wars Spring
|[http://www.imperialwinter.com/images/Star%20Wars%20Spring%20article.jpg Pagescan] ~9MB
|-
!<h2>2005</h2>
|-
|2005.04.28||videogamer.com||English||spring 0.40b2
|[http://www.videogamer.com/pc/ta_spring/news/total_annihilation_gets_a_remake.html Total Annihilation gets a remake]
|-
|2005.04.28||eurogamer.net||English||spring 0.40b2
|[http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/news280405spring Free Total Annihiliation remake]
|-
|2005.04.27||slashdot.org||English||spring 0.40b2
|[http://games.slashdot.org/story/05/04/27/1644211/Total-Annihilation-Remake-Released Total Annihilation Remake Released]
|-
!<h2>2004</h2>
|-
|2004.08.17||slashdot.org||English||announcement
|[http://games.slashdot.org/story/04/08/17/0334203/Hobbyist-Spring-RTS-Engine-Takes-Shape Hobbyist 'Spring' RTS Engine Takes Shape]
|}

[[Category: Spring]]



__NOTOC__
__NOEDITSECTION__

Games

2011-02-03T02:09:35Z

Luckywaldo7:

{{lang | France | Jeux | FranÃ§ais}}

__NOTOC__There are a number of games made for the Spring Engine. Some of the more popular ones are listed below, sorted by their terms of use. 

=Freeware/Open Source=
''These games are all free to download and play and may be open to modifications, however, be sure to read the licenses before doing so.''
{|
|-
| align="center" | <h2>[http://zero-k.info/ Zero-K]</h2>([http://code.google.com/p/zero-k/source/browse/trunk/mods/zk/legal.txt FOSS])
| width=40 |
| align="center" | <h2>'''[http://www.spring1944.org/ Spring: 1944]'''</h2>([http://spring1944.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/spring1944/trunk/S44Main.sdd/docs/License.txt CC-BY-NC])
|-
| align="center" | {{navimgx|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=Zero-k_image.png|link=http://zero-k.info/}}
|
| align="center" |{{navimgx|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=S44_tigers.jpg|link=http://www.spring1944.org}}
|-
| align="justify" valign="top" | Zero-K is a fast, competitive game with a focus on a streamlined economy and advanced interface that takes the focus off tedious tasks and back on the action. A huge roster of interesting, unique units and a variety of unit abilities provides tremendous tactical and strategic depth to the game.
|
| align="justify" valign="top" | Spring:1944 is a WWII themed game with four fully functional sides (US, Germany, USSR, Britain), period-accurate units and strengths. Realism comes second only to creating a game that is fun and accessible to play.
|-
| align="center" | <h2>[http://www.evolutionrts.info Evolution RTS]</h2>([http://redmine.evolutionrts.info/repositories/entry/evolutionrts/Evolution%20RTS%20-%20Creative%20Commons%20Deed.pdf?format=raw CC-BY-NC-ND])
| width=40 |
| align="center" | <h2>[[Kernel Panic]]</h2>([[Kernel_Panic#License:|both proprietary and FOSS content]])
|-
| align="center" | {{navimgx|xsize=300|ysize=188|image=Evoimg.jpg|link=http://www.evolutionrts.info}}
|
| align="center" | {{navimg|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=Kernel_Panic_3.4.jpg|link=Kernel Panic}}
|-
| align="justify" valign="top" | A new war is brewing. A violent conflict, between the Six Colonies, each one convinced that it was in the right, each one sure of its own ability to defeat its enemies. But they need Generals. They need soldiers. They need you.
|
| align="justify" valign="top" | A game based around combat '''inside''' a computer, with 3 unique sides: the System, the Hacker and the Network waging war in a matrix of DOOM! No resource economy exists in KP, with the only constraints being time and space.
|-
| align="center" | <h2>'''[http://www.moddb.com/games/conflict-terra Conflict Terra]'''</h2>([http://code.google.com/p/conflictterra/issues/detail?id=104&q=license&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Priority%20Owner%20Summary Unknowk media license])
|-
| align="center" |{{navimgx|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=Conflict_terra.png|link=http://www.moddb.com/games/conflict-terra}}
|-
| align="justify" valign="top" | Based around the idea of a fictional faction fighting for the domination of Earth, Conflict Terra hopes to achieve balanced, interesting, intuitive and above all fun gameplay that tries to break some of the norms present in other Spring games.[[http://www.moddb.com/games/conflict-terra/downloads Download link]]
|}

=Proprietary=
''These games may or may not be free to play. Modifying their content (i.e. the art assets) is not allowed without the game authors explicit permission, although the code is GPL and some games (P.U.R.E.) include large GPL-friendly content collections.''
{|
|-
| align="center" | <h2>[http://www.wolfegames.com P.U.R.E.]</h2>
| width=40 |
| align="center" | <h2>[http://www.moddb.com/games/gundam-rts/news Gundam RTS]</h2>
|-
| align="center" |{{navimgx|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=PURE_LOGO_1024.jpg|link=http://www.wolfegames.com}}
|
| align="center" |{{navimgx|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=Screen104.jpg|link=http://www.moddb.com/games/gundam-rts/news}}
|-
| align="justify" valign="top" | A commercial game based on a completely original IP, allowing players to participate in the epic, galaxy-spanning conflict between the human Resistance forces and the malevolent A.I. known as 'The Overmind'.
|
| align="justify" valign="top" | Set during the One-Year War in the Universal Century timeline of the Gundam Metaseries, Gundam RTS features fast, intense mech combat gameplay in a truly Gundam style.
|}

{|
|-
| align="center" | <h2>[http://www.imperialwinter.com Star Wars: Imperial Winter]</h2>
| width=40 |
| align="center" | <h2>[http://azaremoth.supremedesign.org The Cursed]</h2>
|-
| align="center" | {{navimgx|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=Imperial Winter assault.jpg|link=http://www.imperialwinter.com}}
|
| align="center" |{{navimgx|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=cursed_logo.jpg|link=http://azaremoth.supremedesign.org}}
|-
| align="justify" valign="top" | A Star Wars themed game set in the troubled post-Return of the Jedi era, SW:IW features over a hundred units for the fractured Galactic Empire and Rebel Alliance fighting for control of the galaxy.
|
| align="justify" valign="top" | The unique game is about bones, undead, demons and magic settled in a futuristic environment.[[http://azaremoth.supremedesign.org/data/cursed_latest.zip Download link]]
|}

=TA-derived=
''At least parts of these games are derived from data of the Total Annihilation game (copyright Atari). As such, their distribution is potentially in breach of copyright laws and therefore not officially endorsed by the Spring RTS team.''

{|
|-
| align="center" | <h2>[[Balanced Annihilation]]</h2>
| width=40 |
| align="center" | <h2> [http://www.springfiles.com/spring/games/tech-annihilation-2 Tech Annihilation] </h2>
|-
| align="center" | {{navimg|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=BAScreenShot.jpg|link=Balanced Annihilation}}
|
| align="center" |{{navimgx|xsize=300|ysize=200|image=Tech_Annihilation.png|link=http://www.springfiles.com/spring/games/tech-annihilation-2}}
|-
| align="justify" valign="top" |
Balanced Annihilation (BA) is currently the most popular game played using the Spring engine. BA is a mature game and new versions feature only minor balance tweaks.

BA gameplay develops in stages of progressively heavier units with a growing economy. Many strategies are viable in BA, including focusing on map control, aggression, defense, air power, sea power, or mobility.

|
| align="justify" valign="top" | This Game is bigger, greater and more epic! Tech your Commander from a tiny Commander to a Galactic Commander! (by ''[BoS]Senna'', currently no homepage)
|}

{|
|-
| align="center" | <h2>[[NOTA]]</h2>
| width=40 |
| align="center" | <h2>[[XTA]]</h2>
|-
| align="center" |{{navimg|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=Nota2nukes.jpg|link=NOTA}}
|
| align="center" | {{navimg|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=Screen508_s.jpg|link=XTA}}
|-
| align="justify" valign="top" | Not Original Total Annihilation is a rethink of the Total Annihilation universe with a focus on strategic, base oriented gameplay. With its revised unit scale, huge battles erupt engaging hundreds of units and scores of unit types. NOTA's completely rethought air and sea gameplay forces participation in all elements and places the tide of conflict in your hands.
|
| align="justify" valign="top" | Originally developed as a Total Annihilation game by the Swedish Yankspankers, XTA is the Original Public Game released with first versions of Spring. Development of this game by the SYs has stopped a while ago, but it is still played and actively developed by the community.
|
|}

=Installing Games in Spring=
Quite a few of the games listed above come with standalone installers - which makes things easy (check their website to find out!).

In some cases however, the game will only distribute a "game-file" - in this case you will need to have [[Download|an installation of the Spring-Engine]], and place the file in the .../Spring/games/ folder. If you are using a Lobby, this will often be able to do this for you automatically.

For an overview of information to get started, see the [[FAQ]].

=Game Development=
For information on creating games for the Spring engine, see the [[Game_and_Unit_development|Game Making]] page.

[[Category: Games]]

Games

2011-01-07T21:23:19Z

Luckywaldo7: Changed Zero-K image and description

{{lang | France | Jeux | FranÃ§ais}}

__NOTOC__There are a number of games made for the Spring Engine. Some of the more popular ones are listed below, sorted by their terms of use. 

=Freeware/Open Source=
''These games are all free to download and play and may be open to modifications, however, be sure to read the licenses before doing so.''
{|
|-
| align="center" | <h2>[http://www.evolutionrts.info Evolution RTS]</h2>([http://redmine.evolutionrts.info/repositories/entry/evolutionrts/Evolution%20RTS%20-%20Creative%20Commons%20Deed.pdf?format=raw CC-BY-NC-ND])
| width=40 |
| align="center" | <h2>'''[http://www.spring1944.org/ Spring: 1944]'''</h2>([http://spring1944.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/spring1944/trunk/S44Main.sdd/docs/License.txt CC-BY-NC])
|-
| align="center" | {{navimgx|xsize=300|ysize=188|image=Evoimg.jpg|link=http://www.evolutionrts.info}}
|
| align="center" |{{navimgx|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=S44_tigers.jpg|link=http://www.spring1944.org}}
|-
| align="justify" valign="top" | A new war is brewing. A violent conflict, between the Six Colonies, each one convinced that it was in the right, each one sure of its own ability to defeat its enemies. But they need Generals. They need soldiers. They need you.
|
| align="justify" valign="top" | Spring:1944 is a WWII themed game with four fully functional sides (US, Germany, USSR, Britain), period-accurate units and strengths. Realism comes second only to creating a game that is fun and accessible to play.
|}

{|
|-
| align="center" | <h2>[[Kernel Panic]]</h2>([[Kernel_Panic#License:|both proprietary and FOSS content]])
| width=40 |
| align="center" | <h2>'''[http://www.moddb.com/games/conflict-terra Conflict Terra]'''</h2>([http://code.google.com/p/conflictterra/issues/detail?id=104&q=license&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Priority%20Owner%20Summary Unknowk media license])
|-
| align="center" | {{navimg|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=Kernel_Panic_3.4.jpg|link=Kernel Panic}}
|
| align="center" |{{navimgx|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=Conflict_terra.png|link=http://www.moddb.com/games/conflict-terra}}
|-
| align="justify" valign="top" | A game based around combat '''inside''' a computer, with 3 unique sides: the System, the Hacker and the Network waging war in a matrix of DOOM! No resource economy exists in KP, with the only constraints being time and space.
|
| align="justify" valign="top" | Based around the idea of a fictional faction fighting for the domination of Earth, Conflict Terra hopes to achieve balanced, interesting, intuitive and above all fun gameplay that tries to break some of the norms present in other Spring games.[[http://www.moddb.com/games/conflict-terra/downloads Download link]]
|-
| align="center" | <h2>[http://zero-k.info/ Zero-K]</h2>([http://code.google.com/p/zero-k/source/browse/trunk/mods/zk/legal.txt both proprietary and FOSS content])
| width=40 |
|-
| align="center" | {{navimgx|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=Zero-k_image.png|link=http://zero-k.info/}}
|
|-
| align="justify" valign="top" | Zero-K is a fast, competitive game with a focus on a streamlined economy and advanced interface that takes the focus off tedious tasks and back on the action. A huge roster of interesting, unique units and a variety of unit abilities provides tremendous tactical and strategic depth to the game.
|}

=Proprietary=
''These games may or may not be free to play. Modifying their content (i.e. the art assets) is not allowed without the game authors explicit permission, although the code is GPL and some games (P.U.R.E.) include large GPL-friendly content collections.''
{|
|-
| align="center" | <h2>[http://www.wolfegames.com P.U.R.E.]</h2>
| width=40 |
| align="center" | <h2>[http://www.moddb.com/games/gundam-rts/news Gundam RTS]</h2>
|-
| align="center" |{{navimgx|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=PURE_LOGO_1024.jpg|link=http://www.wolfegames.com}}
|
| align="center" |{{navimgx|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=Screen104.jpg|link=http://www.moddb.com/games/gundam-rts/news}}
|-
| align="justify" valign="top" | A commercial game based on a completely original IP, allowing players to participate in the epic, galaxy-spanning conflict between the human Resistance forces and the malevolent A.I. known as 'The Overmind'.
|
| align="justify" valign="top" | Set during the One-Year War in the Universal Century timeline of the Gundam Metaseries, Gundam RTS features fast, intense mech combat gameplay in a truly Gundam style.
|}

{|
|-
| align="center" | <h2>[http://www.imperialwinter.com Star Wars: Imperial Winter]</h2>
| width=40 |
| align="center" | <h2>[http://azaremoth.supremedesign.org The Cursed]</h2>
|-
| align="center" | {{navimgx|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=Imperial Winter assault.jpg|link=http://www.imperialwinter.com}}
|
| align="center" |{{navimgx|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=cursed_logo.jpg|link=http://azaremoth.supremedesign.org}}
|-
| align="justify" valign="top" | A Star Wars themed game set in the troubled post-Return of the Jedi era, SW:IW features over a hundred units for the fractured Galactic Empire and Rebel Alliance fighting for control of the galaxy.
|
| align="justify" valign="top" | The unique game is about bones, undead, demons and magic settled in a futuristic environment.[[http://azaremoth.supremedesign.org/data/cursed_latest.zip Download link]]
|}

=TA-derived=
''At least parts of these games are derived from data of the Total Annihilation game (copyright Atari). As such, their distribution is potentially in breach of copyright laws and therefore not officially endorsed by the Spring RTS team.''

{|
|-
| align="center" | <h2>[[Balanced Annihilation]]</h2>
| width=40 |
| align="center" | <h2> [http://www.springfiles.com/spring/games/tech-annihilation-0 Tech Annihilation] </h2>
|-
| align="center" | {{navimg|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=BAScreenShot.jpg|link=Balanced Annihilation}}
|
| align="center" |{{navimgx|xsize=300|ysize=200|image=Tech_Annihilation.png|link=http://www.springfiles.com/spring/games/tech-annihilation-0}}
|-
| align="justify" valign="top" |
Balanced Annihilation (BA) is currently the most popular game played using the Spring engine. BA is a mature game and new versions feature only minor balance tweaks.

BA gameplay develops in stages of progressively heavier units with a growing economy. Many strategies are viable in BA, including focusing on map control, aggression, defense, air power, sea power, or mobility.

|
| align="justify" valign="top" | This Game is bigger, greater and more epic! Tech your Commander from a tiny Commander to a Galactic Commander! (by ''[BoS]Senna'', currently no homepage)
|}

{|
|-
| align="center" | <h2>[[NOTA]]</h2>
| width=40 |
| align="center" | <h2>[[XTA]]</h2>
|-
| align="center" |{{navimg|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=Nota2nukes.jpg|link=NOTA}}
|
| align="center" | {{navimg|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=Screen508_s.jpg|link=XTA}}
|-
| align="justify" valign="top" | Not Original Total Annihilation is a rethink of the Total Annihilation universe with a focus on strategic, base oriented gameplay. With its revised unit scale, huge battles erupt engaging hundreds of units and scores of unit types. NOTA's completely rethought air and sea gameplay forces participation in all elements and places the tide of conflict in your hands.
|
| align="justify" valign="top" | Originally developed as a Total Annihilation game by the Swedish Yankspankers, XTA is the Original Public Game released with first versions of Spring. Development of this game by the SYs has stopped a while ago, but it is still played and actively developed by the community.
|
|}

=Installing Games in Spring=
Quite a few of the games listed above come with standalone installers - which makes things easy (check their website to find out!).

In some cases however, the game will only distribute a "game-file" - in this case you will need to have [[Download|an installation of the Spring-Engine]], and place the file in the .../Spring/games/ folder. If you are using a Lobby, this will often be able to do this for you automatically.

For an overview of information to get started, see the [[FAQ]].

=Game Development=
For information on creating games for the Spring engine, see the [[Game_and_Unit_development|Game Making]] page.

[[Category: Games]]

File:Zero-k image.png

2011-01-07T21:06:47Z

Luckywaldo7:

Games

2010-11-07T02:38:53Z

Luckywaldo7:

{{Gameslanguage}}

__NOTOC__There are a number of games made for the Spring Engine. Some of the more popular ones are listed below, sorted by their terms of use. 

=Freeware/Open Source=
''These games are all free to download and play and may be open to modifications, however, be sure to read the licenses before doing so.''
{| class="wikitable" border="0"
|-
| align="center" | <h2>[http://www.evolutionrts.info Evolution RTS]</h2>(CC-BY-NC-ND)
| width=40 |
| align="center" | <h2>'''[http://www.spring1944.org/ Spring: 1944]'''</h2>
|-
| align="center" | {{navimgx|xsize=300|ysize=188|image=Evoimg.jpg|link=http://www.evolutionrts.info}}
|
| align="center" |{{navimgx|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=S44_tigers.jpg|link=http://www.spring1944.org}}
|-
| align="justify" | A new war is brewing. A violent conflict, between the Six Colonies, each one convinced that it was in the right, each one sure of its own ability to defeat its enemies. But they need Generals. They need soldiers. They need you.
|
| align="justify" | Spring:1944 is a WWII themed game with four fully functional sides (US, Germany, USSR, Britain), period-accurate units and strengths. Realism comes second only to creating a game that is fun and accessible to play.
|}

{| class="wikitable" border="0"
|-
| align="center" | <h2>[[Kernel Panic]]</h2>("Public Domain")
| width=40 |
| align="center" | <h2>[[War Evolution]]</h2>
|-
| align="center" | {{navimg|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=Kernel_Panic_3.4.jpg|link=Kernel Panic}}
|
| align="center" |{{navimg|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=Warevoscreen.jpg|link=War Evolution}}
|-
| align="justify" | A game based around combat '''inside''' a computer, with 3 unique sides: the System, the Hacker and the Network waging war in a matrix of DOOM! No resource economy exists in KP, with the only constraints being time and space.
|
| align="justify" | In short words, War Evolution is different. Different from all other games. You dont have a base and you can not reinforce your "army". In fact, you command only one single mech and if he dies, you can only spectate until the game is over.
|}

{| class="wikitable" border="0"
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| width=180 |
| align="center" | <h2>'''[http://www.moddb.com/games/conflict-terra Conflict Terra]'''</h2>
| width=180 |
|-
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| align="center" | {{navimgx|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=Conflict_terra.png|link=http://www.moddb.com/games/conflict-terra}}
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|-
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| align="justify" | Based around the idea of a fictional faction fighting for the domination of Earth, Conflict Terra hopes to achieve balanced, interesting, intuitive and above all fun gameplay that tries to break some of the norms present in other Spring games and mods.[[http://www.moddb.com/games/conflict-terra/downloads Download link]]
|
|}

=Proprietary=
''These games may or may not be free to play. Modifying their content (i.e. the art assets) is not allowed without the game authors explicit permission, although the code is GPL and some games (P.U.R.E.) include large GPL-friendly content collections.''
{| class="wikitable" border="0"
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| align="center" | <h2>[http://www.wolfegames.com P.U.R.E.]</h2>
| width=40 |
| align="center" | <h2>[[Gundam RTS]]</h2>
|-
| align="center" |{{navimgx|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=PURE_LOGO_1024.jpg|link=http://www.wolfegames.com}}
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| align="center" |{{navimg|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=Screen104.jpg|link=Gundam RTS}}
|-
| align="justify" | A commercial game based on a completely original IP, allowing players to participate in the epic, galaxy-spanning conflict between the human Resistance forces and the malevolent A.I. known as 'The Overmind'.
|
| align="justify" | Set during the One-Year War in the Universal Century timeline of the Gundam Metaseries, Gundam RTS features fast, intense mech combat gameplay in a truly Gundam style.
|}

{| class="wikitable" border="0"
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| align="center" | <h2>[http://www.imperialwinter.com Star Wars: Imperial Winter]</h2>
| width=40 |
| align="center" | <h2>[[Expand_and_Exterminate|Expand and Exterminate]]</h2>
|-
| align="center" | {{navimgx|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=Imperial Winter assault.jpg|link=http://www.imperialwinter.com}}
|
| align="center" |{{navimg|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=E&E-screenshot2.jpg|link=Expand and Exterminate}}
|-
| align="justify" | A Star Wars themed game set in the troubled post-Return of the Jedi era, SW:IW features over a hundred units for the fractured Galactic Empire and Rebel Alliance fighting for control of the galaxy.
|
| align="justify" | An original IP game loosely based around the Earth 2150 series of games.
|}

{| class="wikitable" border="0"
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| width=180 |
| align="center" | <h2>'''[http://azaremoth.supremedesign.org The Cursed]'''</h2>
| width=180 |
|-
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| align="center" | {{navimgx|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=cursed_logo.jpg|link=http://azaremoth.supremedesign.org}}
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|-
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| align="justify" | The unique game is about bones, undead, demons and magic settled in a futuristic environment.[[http://azaremoth.supremedesign.org/data/cursed_023.sdz Download link]]
|
|}

=TA-derived=
''At least parts of these games are derived from data of the Total Annihilation game (copyright Atari). As such, their distribution is potentially in breach of copyright laws and therefore not officially endorsed by the Spring RTS team.''

{| class="wikitable" border="0"
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| align="center" | <h2>[[Balanced Annihilation]]</h2>
| width=40 |
| align="center" | <h2>[http://code.google.com/p/zero-k Complete Annihilation]</h2>
|-
| align="center" | {{navimg|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=BAScreenShot.jpg|link=Balanced Annihilation}}
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| align="center" | {{navimgx|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=Pyro.jpg|link=http://code.google.com/p/zero-k}}
|-
| align="justify" |
Balanced Annihilation (BA) is currently the most popular game played using the Spring engine. BA is a mature mod and new versions feature only minor balance tweaks.

BA gameplay develops in stages of progressively heavier units with a growing economy. Many strategies are viable in BA, including focusing on map control, aggression, defense, air power, sea power, or mobility.

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| align="justify" | CA is a regularly updated game that is often regarded as a showcase of what the Spring Engine can do. The game is designed with a flat tech tree, where the effectiveness of a unit is based on its appropriateness to the situation rather than lighter units being superseded by heavier ones.
Note: Work on this mod has been suspended and the developers have moved to a fork free of TA-content, to be re-branded as Zero-K.
|}

{| class="wikitable" border="0"
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| align="center" | <h2>[[NOTA]]</h2>
| width=40 |
| align="center" | <h2>[[XTA]]</h2>
|-
| align="center" |{{navimg|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=Nota2nukes.jpg|link=NOTA}}
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| align="center" | {{navimg|xsize=300|ysize=225|image=Screen508_s.jpg|link=XTA}}
|-
| align="justify" | Not Original Total Annihilation is a rethink of the Total Annihilation universe with a focus on strategic, base oriented gameplay. With its revised unit scale, huge battles erupt engaging hundreds of units and scores of unit types. NOTA's completely rethought air and sea gameplay forces participation in all elements and places the tide of conflict in your hands.
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| align="justify" | Originally developed as a Total Annihilation mod by the Swedish Yankspankers, XTA is the Original Public Mod released with first versions of Spring. Development of this mod by the SYs has stopped a while ago, but it is still played and actively developed by the community.
|}

=Installing Games in Spring=
Quite a few of the games listed above come with standalone installers - which makes things easy (check their website to find out!).

In some cases however, the game will only distribute a "game-file" - in this case you will need to have [[Download|an installation of the Spring-Engine]], and place the file in the .../Spring/mods/ folder. If you are using a Lobby, this will often be able to do this for you automatically.

For an overview of information to get started, Click '''[[FAQ|Help]]'''.

=Game Development=
For information on creating games for the Spring engine, see the [[Mod_and_Unit_development|Game Making]] page.

[[Category: Games]]

Building Spring on Linux

2010-10-16T17:57:35Z

Luckywaldo7:

[[Engine_Development|Development]] < [[Building_spring|Building Spring]] < {{FULLPAGENAME}}

= Build From Source on Linux =
If you prefer to use your distributions package system (release versions only), refer to the Linux [[SetupGuide]].

If there is no package tailored for your distribution, you have to install from sources manually. Doing this for distributions where packages are available is not recommended.

<span class=warning>'''Warning:'''<br/>
'''Be careful when building from source.'''<br/>
You might encounter sync errors in online play if:
* you are using an untested compiler (''gcc'' from the 4.x serie should be safe)
* you use non-standard compiler settings (be careful about ''-march'')!
</span>

== Obtaining the Source ==
{{Obtaining_The_Source_Code}}

= Get Dependencies =

To compile, you will have to install some development packages Spring depends on. These vary from distro to distro and may also depend on your specific configuration.

If your distributions is not listed below, you should be able to figure out the correct package names from this.

== Full list ==
* Programs necessary to build
** ''cmake''
** ''7zip'' (aka ''p7zip'' or ''7z'')
** The usual build toolchain
*** ''gcc''
*** ''make''
* Libraries
** SDL
** ''boost'' (version 1.35 or later)
*** ''threads''
*** ''regex''
*** ''signals''
*** ''system''
*** ''program-options''
** ''libdeviL'' (IL)
** OpenAL (openal-soft, older openal-0.0.8 does not work)
** OpenGL headers (mesa, GLEW, etc.)
** ''zlib''
** ''freetype'' (2)
** ''ogg'', ''vorbis'' and ''vorbisfile''
* Optional (for AI Interfaces and Skirmish AIs)
** ''python'' (2.5+)
** ''jdk'' (1.5+)

== Debian ==

For Etch (debian 4.0 stable) and Sid (debian unstable), I've confirmed the
following to be the minimal set that is necessary to get. This works with Ubuntu 8.10, too.
As of ~ July 2009, spring depends on boost 1.35+ (if your distro is behind, you can try [https://launchpad.net/~pgquiles/+archive/ppa some unofficial backports]).

Also, on 64-bit, be sure to build against DevIL 1.6.8-rc2+, as 1.6.7 has a bug in the PNG loading code that causes issues.

<code><pre>
sudo aptitude install build-essential zlib1g-dev libfreetype6-dev
sudo aptitude install libsdl1.2-dev libopenal-dev libglew-dev zip
sudo aptitude install libvorbis-dev libxcursor-dev libdevil-dev
sudo aptitude install libboost-system1.37-dev libboost-system1.37-thread-dev
sudo aptitude install libboost-system1.37-regex-dev
sudo aptitude install libboost-system1.37-serialization-dev
sudo aptitude install libboost-system1.37-program-options-dev
</pre></code>

and either scons and python2.5-dev or cmake, depending on what you use for building (I advise to use cmake). On debian 5.0 (lenny), libglew1.5-dev is required as well.

=== Ubuntu ===

<code><pre>
apt-get install p7zip-full libboost-thread1.40-dev libboost-regex1.40-dev
apt-get install libboost-program-options1.40-dev libboost-signals1.40-dev
</pre></code>
(or exchange the libboost 1.40 with 1.37, if you are using that version)

Alternatively, you can try
<code><pre>
sudo apt-get build-dep spring
</pre></code>

and that should install all the required dependencies.

== Gentoo ==
This has been tested to work with a clean install of gentoo 2008.0:

<code><pre>
emerge cmake \>=media-libs/freetype-2.0.0 \>=media-libs/libsdl-1.2.0
emerge media-libs/openal media-libs/glew dev-libs/boost
emerge app-arch/zip media-libs/libogg
USE="png jpg tiff opengl" emerge media-libs/devil
</pre></code>

== Fedora ==

On Fedora 8:

<code><pre>
yum install cmake boost-devel openal-devel SDL-devel \
DevIL-devel glew-devel libvorbis-devel
</pre></code>

On Fedora 12:

<code><pre>
yum install gcc-c++ cmake boost-devel DevIL-devel freetype-devel \
glew-devel libvorbis-devel libXcursor-devel openal-devel SDL-devel p7zip
</pre></code>

== Slackware ==

On Slackware 13, cmake, ogg & vorbis, boost, glew and SDL already come with the full regular install, both libs and headers. You can find helper scripts to easily compile and package DevIL, OpenAL and spring itself [http://slackbuilds.org/ here].

= Build And Install =

== Using CMake (2.6 or newer) ==
Configure and build:

<code><pre>
cmake .
make spring
</pre></code>

Install:

<code><pre>
make install-spring
</pre></code>

Default install paths are:

<code>/usr/local/bin/spring</code> Spring executable

<code>/usr/local/share/games/spring</code> read-only data

If you want <code>/usr</code> prefix instead of <code>/usr/local</code>, configure like this:

<code><pre>
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr .
</pre></code>
For further ways of customizing your build, have a look at the variables shown with:
<code><pre>
cmake -LH .
</pre></code>

Ububtu 9.10 - if it cannot locate freetype include dir, then use:
<code><pre>
cmake -DFREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr .
</pre></code>

If you experience performance problems on multi-core systems, you may additionally build the MT version of spring:

<code><pre>
make spring-multithreaded
</pre></code>

And install with:
<code><pre>
make install-spring-multithreaded
</pre></code>

Other targets are: <code>spring-headless</code> and <code>spring-dedicated</code>.

== Using Scons ==
Configure and build:

<code><pre>
scons configure
scons
</pre></code>

Install:

<code><pre>
scons install
</pre></code>

<br/>
{{Finalizing_linux_install}}

<br/>
{{Troubleshooting_linux}}

[[Category:Compiling]]