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2007-06-13T12:44:46Z

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===General===
====[[Read Me First]]==== Answers to questions often asked - Everyone should read this first.
====[[FAQ]]==== Has it been asked before?
====[[Using_Spring|Playing Spring]]==== How to play the game. Controls, issuing orders, and related topics.
====[[Spring Maps]]==== All about maps and where to get them.
====[[Mods]]==== Games that use the Spring engine.
====[[AIs]]==== Skirmish AIs, Helper AIs...
====[[Strategy and Tactics]]==== Basic ideas how to stand your ground.
====[[Glossary]]==== What does "AA" or "XTA" mean? Explanations for common terms and shorthand.
====[[Clans]]==== A list the official clans in spring.
====[[King Titles]]==== Titles of importance.
====[[Spreading Spring]]==== Read before advertising.
====[[Hosting Spring]]==== Autohosting and related topics.
====[[The Lighter Side Of Spring]]==== Humour, comics and quotations.
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===Development===
====[[Engine Development]]==== Information regarding the source code of Spring.
====[[Mod_and_Unit_development#Mod_development|Mod Development And Unit Creation]]==== Lots of links to valuable Articles and forum threads regarding Mod/Unit Development.
====[[Mission development]]==== Help on writing campaigns, demos and missions using Lua.
====[[Map, Mod, And Unit Development Programs|Map/Units Development Programs]]==== Links to all kind of useful programs.
====[[Map_development| Map creation]]==== Tutorials and other useful information for creating maps.
====[[AI|AI Development]]==== Lots of information about developing Skirmish, Unit and Group AIs for Spring.
====[[Linux_Page |Alternative Operating Systems]]==== Mac OSX / NetBSD / Solaris / Linux / Cross-platform information.
====[[Monthly Topic Rotation]]==== Generally related to development of the engine or particular mods. Read before posting on the forums.
====[[General Resources]]==== Usable textures, sounds and code snippets by the community, for the community.
====[[Associated Development Groups]]==== Teams, Forums and Groups associated with Spring content and code development.
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This site is put together by the community, which could (read as SHOULD) mean YOU! If you see information missing, or find out new information you think would be helpful, put it in. If you find a spelling mistake or phrase that could be clearer, fix it. If you find yourself doing repeated searches or going back to the [[Special:Allpages|Topic Index]] repeatedly when trying to find out about a particular feature, consider combining articles or linking them to one another. Any contributions you make to this Wiki are in the public domain. [[Help:Editing|Add to the Wiki]]

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2007-06-13T12:44:46Z

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|<center>'''Other Languages'''</center>
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===General===
====[[Read Me First]]==== Answers to questions often asked - Everyone should read this first.
====[[FAQ]]==== Has it been asked before?
====[[Using_Spring|Playing Spring]]==== How to play the game. Controls, issuing orders, and related topics.
====[[Spring Maps]]==== All about maps and where to get them.
====[[Mods]]==== Games that use the Spring engine.
====[[AIs]]==== Skirmish AIs, Helper AIs...
====[[Strategy and Tactics]]==== Basic ideas how to stand your ground.
====[[Glossary]]==== What does "AA" or "XTA" mean? Explanations for common terms and shorthand.
====[[Clans]]==== A list the official clans in spring.
====[[King Titles]]==== Titles of importance.
====[[Spreading Spring]]==== Read before advertising.
====[[Hosting Spring]]==== Autohosting and related topics.
====[[The Lighter Side Of Spring]]==== Humour, comics and quotations.
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===Development===
====[[Engine Development]]==== Information regarding the source code of Spring.
====[[Mod_and_Unit_development#Mod_development|Mod Development And Unit Creation]]==== Lots of links to valuable Articles and forum threads regarding Mod/Unit Development.
====[[Mission development]]==== Help on writing campaigns, demos and missions using Lua.
====[[Map, Mod, And Unit Development Programs|Map/Units Development Programs]]==== Links to all kind of useful programs.
====[[Map_development| Map creation]]==== Tutorials and other useful information for creating maps.
====[[AI|AI Development]]==== Lots of information about developing Skirmish, Unit and Group AIs for Spring.
====[[Linux_Page |Alternative Operating Systems]]==== Mac OSX / NetBSD / Solaris / Linux / Cross-platform information.
====[[Monthly Topic Rotation]]==== Generally related to development of the engine or particular mods. Read before posting on the forums.
====[[General Resources]]==== Usable textures, sounds and code snippets by the community, for the community.
====[[Associated Development Groups]]==== Teams, Forums and Groups associated with Spring content and code development.
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This site is put together by the community, which could (read as SHOULD) mean YOU! If you see information missing, or find out new information you think would be helpful, put it in. If you find a spelling mistake or phrase that could be clearer, fix it. If you find yourself doing repeated searches or going back to the [[Special:Allpages|Topic Index]] repeatedly when trying to find out about a particular feature, consider combining articles or linking them to one another. Any contributions you make to this Wiki are in the public domain. [[Help:Editing|Add to the Wiki]]

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[[Category:Spring]]

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2006-11-16T18:20:21Z

Redstar: 2 items of research/articles where in the code section not research

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===AI Development===

Skirmish AI's, are what the Computer Opponents in games are called. Developing a good Skirmish AI is a major undertaking, and requires quite a bit of know how. As the SY's have more important things to do than develop an AI, they have left this job up to the community.

The community has risen to the challenge remarkably well, releasing quite a few '''[[AIs]]'''.

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===Code===

Note that the full sourcecode for many AIs are available within the Spring SVN repository.

'''[[greenai]]''' - A page with basic documentation for the Global AI interface. 

'''[[Krogothes_Metal_class|Krogothes Metal Class V3]]''' - A useful mex spot finding algorithm, essential for any AI that uses metal extractors 

'''Global AI Interface'''
Jouninkomiko has a topic on the [http://taspring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=923 Global AI Interface] running here. 
'''Metal Handler Class''' Cain has developed and released a Metal Handler Class that succesfully finds metal spots on maps, which can be a major stumbling block for many AI developers. Information about it can be found in [http://taspring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=2408 this thread]. 

'''GlobalAI ABIC and Abic++ interfaces''' abstraction layers to minimize dependencies on compiler and spring version. See [http://taspring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=7991&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 this thread] 

'''[[AI:Hughs_global_AI_tutorial|Hugh's global AI tutorial]]''' Hugh's tutorial on writing an AI in C#.

'''[[AI:CSAIInterface|Global AI .Net Interface]]'''
Write Global AIs in .Net using Hugh Perkins's interface 

'''[[AI:HughsUnitGroupingHeuristic|Unit grouping heuristic]]'''
Unit grouping and reorg heuristic by Hugh Perkins 

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===Research===

'''[http://taspring.clan-sy.com/SAI/ K-man's Spring AI documentation]''' Useful existing documentation on the Spring unit AI, however this is not related to the Global AI. 
'''[http://www.darkstars.co.uk Darkstars]''' - AF's main site, has a lot of theory on it, including details of his NTai project 
'''[http://taspring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=539 5 Matrix AI 1,2,3]''' - A thread discussing Triaxx' theory and plans for his AI 5 matrix AI/Wormhole AI

'''[http://taspring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=2752&highlight= "Research about Pathfinding, AI and Voronoi diagrams"]''' A forum post by Gabba. 
'''[http://taspring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=4326 Academic research papers on AI in RTS games]''' A forum post by NeuronExMachina. 
'''[[AIResearch | AI research Material]]''' - Research links to articles and documents about AI 
'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence Wikipedia AI] - AI documentation on wikipedia 
'''[http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=greedyAlg Greedy is good]'''
Greedy is good tutorial at topcoder.com 

'''[http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=graphsDataStrucs1 Graph and data structures]'''
Graph and data structures tutorial at topcoder.com. This includes path-finding using bfs 
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[[Category:AI]]

Using Spring

2006-09-22T17:40:57Z

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===Using Spring===

This is a fairly exhaustive description of controls, interface and features. For basic information, check the most current readme [[Readme|here]] or [[Read_Me_First|Read me first]]. For an introduction to the strategy and overall gameplay in XTA (and most mods based on the original Cavedog units) check out the [[Spring_guide%21|Spring Guide!]]. Other mods should have more specific documentation on their web sites or on the Wiki. Please see the links in the [[Mods]] section.

For more advanced/current information check the most recent [http://taspring.clan-sy.com/changelog.txt changelog] or the [http://taspring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/ Spring Forums].
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===Articles===

'''[[Using_Camera | Using the Cameras]]'''

'''[[Using_Selections|Selections/Groups/Group Commands/Group AI]]'''

'''[[Using_Orders|Issuing Orders]]'''

'''[[Using_chat|Chat, Cheats, and Text Commands]]'''

'''[[Using_doodles|Map drawing/doodles]]'''

'''[[Using_custom_keys| Customized key shortcuts/bindings and the key/selection editor]]'''

'''[[Spring on a LAN]]'''
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[[Category:Playing]]

Using Spring

2006-09-22T17:40:20Z

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2006-09-22T17:28:16Z

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'''''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.

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[[Category:Strategy]]

2006-09-22T16:23:59Z

Redstar: /* Linux Lobbies */

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This is for all using Linux, NetBSD, MacOSX, or any other variant of Unix)
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===Installation===
'''[[Linux]]''' - Basic information for getting Spring to run on Linux. 
'''[[Linux multiplayer games]]''' - Basic information starting a multiplayer game with several linux2linux clients 

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===Linux Lobbies===
==Active==
'''[[AFLobby]]''' A java lobby written by AF 
'''[[Orakios Client]]''' A java client written by Orakio 
'''[[TASClient_with_Wine]]''' The Windows delphi lobby by Betalord running via wine/cedega 
'''[[Unity Lobby]]''' A python GTK lobby by Hollowsoul 

==InActive==
'''[[Omni]]''' The original python lobby by Ace 
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===Misc===
'''[[Spring guide!]]''' 
'''[[Spring on MacOSX]]''' 
'''[[Spring for RTS Players]]''' 
'''[[Mods, and their strategies/tactics]]''' 
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