== The Spring WIKI ==

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''"A wiki is a web application that allows users to add content, as on an Internet forum, but also allows anyone to edit the content."''

Quoted From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wikipedia.org]
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===Playing Spring===

'''[[Read Me First]]''' - a Wiki article with the most commonly-asked questions from newcomers<br><br>
'''[[Getting Started]]'''<br><br>
'''[[Using Spring]]'''<br><br>
'''[[Glossary]]'''<br><br>
'''[[Lan]]'''<br><br>
'''[[Strategy and Tactics]]'''<br><br>
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===Spring Project===
'''[[Monthly Topic Rotation]]''' - Read before posting on the forums. Especially before asking for or about features.<br><br>
'''[[Spring Project]]'''<br><br>
'''[[FAQ]]'''<br><br>
'''[[Features]]'''<br><br>
'''[[Maps]]'''<br><br>
'''[[Units]]'''<br><br>
'''[[Mods]]'''<br><br>

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===Development===
'''[[Source Development]]'''<br><br>
'''[[Mod Development]]'''<br><br>
'''[[Create units]]'''<br><br>
'''[[Create maps]]'''<br><br>
'''[[Linux]]'''<br><br>
'''[[Mac]]'''<br><br>
'''[[AI]]'''<br><br>
'''[[Map, Mod, And Unit Development Programs]]'''<br><br>
'''[[Help:Editing|Add to the Wiki]]'''
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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.
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== The Spring WIKI ==

'''''FEED THE WIKI!'''''

''"A wiki is a web application that allows users to add content, as on an Internet forum, but also allows anyone to edit the content."''

Quoted From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wikipedia.org]

=New to Spring:=

'''[[Getting Started]]'''<br>
'''[[Using Spring]]'''<br>
'''[[Lan]]'''<br>
'''[[Strategy and Tactics]]'''<br>
'''[[FAQ]]'''<br>
'''[[Features]]'''<br>
'''[[Maps]]'''<br>
'''[[Units]]'''<br>
'''[[Mods]]'''<br>

=Development:=
'''[[Development]]'''<br>
'''[[Mod Development]]'''<br>
'''[[Create units]]'''<br>
'''[[Create maps]]'''<br>
'''[[Linux]]'''<br>
'''[[Mac]]'''<br>
'''[[AI]]'''<br>

=Navigation:=
'''[[Special:Allpages|All the pages in this wiki]]'''<br>
'''[[Special:Categories|List of Categories]]'''<br>
'''[[Special:Recentchanges|Recent Changes to pages]]'''<br>

See also, "Browse" links below.

If you find words or phrases which you don't understand, the [[Glossary]] may be of help.

For tips on editing wiki pages, usage and configuration help, see [[Help:Editing]]

Also of use: [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_i18n documentation on customizing the wiki interface]

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.

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Main Page

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User:Tim Blokdijk

2005-09-23T20:10:33Z

Tim Blokdijk:

'''Art I made, collected or hopefully improved.'''<br>
Feel free to improve the work under the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL], just like I did.<br>
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'''Blender Logo'''<br>
[http://www.timblokdijk.nl/spring/logo/blenderlogo.blend Old Blender logo source]<br>
[http://www.timblokdijk.nl/spring/logo/logo018.blend New Blender logo source]<br>
Layer 1: Main layer, setup to render.<br>
Layer 2: Source NURBS for the logo.<br>
Layer 3: Source inner ring.<br>
Layer 4: Original 1.0 logo.<br>
Font "jrandomc.pfb" included (GPL) made by [http://www.theory.org/~matt/fonts/free/ Matt Chisholm]<br>
[http://www.timblokdijk.nl/spring/logo/redlogo.jpg Background] image.<br>
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'''Spring City'''<br>
Edit of the art "[http://taspring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=1921 ankh]" made (great stuff!)<br>
[http://www.timblokdijk.nl/spring/Spring_City/city_for_spring_gnu_licence_tim_edit1.tar.bz2 Photoshop] file<br>
[http://www.timblokdijk.nl/spring/Spring_City/ae_AlYermook.ttf Font] (Don't know if it's GPL but it's under a Debian approved license)<br>
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'''Sounds'''<br>
[http://www.timblokdijk.nl/spring/WD/sounds/final.zip New Nato infantry sounds!]

Development

2005-09-16T11:10:53Z

Tim Blokdijk:

This is a page for information on how to help out with the development of the Spring engine itself.<br>
If you're interested in developing a mod (content) see the [[Mod Development]] page.

To get started with development, there are two things required. This would be the latest source code, and something to compile it with.

To obtain the source code, one way is to simply download the source package for the latest release. But since the code is updated regularly, it would be better to grab it directly from CVS. Look at this [[CVS tutorial]] for instructions on how to do this easily.

Now that you have something to compile, it is time to actually compile it. The simplest way is to obtain a copy of Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2003 which is what the core developers use. Simply navigate to the rts folder inside the source treen, open Lesson2.vcproj, and hit compile.

If you don't have access to this compiler, it should be possible to use the free version of Visual C++ instead. Look at the end of [http://taspring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=921 this forum thread] for more information. Hopefully this will be turned into a Wiki guide by someone who has gotten this to work.

Before starting to make modifications to the source, take a look at the [[development guidelines]] which outlines some important things to think about. To find something interesting to work on, a list of [[example projects]] have been compiled. You can also check the list of [[whois doing what]] to see what others are doing.

If you create something that you think should be included into the official source tree, you can submit a patch to [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=137982&atid=739725 SourceForge]]. It could also be useful to post about it in the [http://taspring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=12 development forum] and get some feedback.

If you like to work on the Linux port please look at the [[Linux]] page.<br>
At this moment the Linux porting effort is a seperate branch.

See [[Glossary]]

[[Category:Development]]

Linux

2005-09-15T21:10:01Z

Tim Blokdijk:

Spring is running on Linux''!''
But it's not ready for a release, networking and sound need love for example.

The Linux porting effort is underway at https://opensvn.csie.org/traccgi/taspring_linux/trac.cgi/wiki

With a mailinglist here http://lolut.utbm.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/taspring-linux

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The first sceenshot of Spring running on Linux.

=Running Spring via wine=

'''''This is unconfirmed stuff, if it's not working figure it out and update this wiki page!'''''

Even though a native Linux port of Spring is almost complete, if, in the meantime, you want to play Spring in Linux using Wine(link to http://winehq.org/), follow these guidelines:

'''1 - You'll need, of course, Wine installed.'''<br>
'''2 - Be sure to have 3D hardware acceleration enabled.'''<br>
'''3 - Install Spring or use an already installed Spring in Windows.'''<br>

'''1 - You'll need, of course, Wine installed.'''<br>
Just install it from your reposetory or your jap, jum or you thing in Fedora Core/Suse.
If you like to do difecult try to compile from source or something.
http://winehq.org/

'''2 - Be sure to have 3D hardware acceleration enabled.'''<br>
Spring is a fully 3D game and will require those. This usually means you have to install the nVidia/Ati comercial drivers.
Just install the package from you distribution.
If you're having problems installing these, you'll also probably find better help at they're web sites.
Don't ask on the Spring forum as they all run MS Windows.

To know if you have 3D acceleration working, you can execute in a comand line the comand:
glxinfo
If it shows the line:
direct rendering: yes
You probably have them working.

'''3 - Install Spring or use an already installed Spring in Windows.'''<br>
* If you already have Spring installed in Windows, make sure that partition is accessible in Linux, use a comand line to change directory (cd) into it and execute:
wine TASClient.exe
* If you don't have Spring installed yet, install it executing in a comand line where the installer file is located:
wine taspring_0.63b2.exe
(or whatever else the installer might be called)
Then, change directory to where you installed it to, generally:
cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/TASpring
(the comand line only accepts " " spaces in paths if they have an "\" before, like: cd Program\ Files)
And, similarly, execute:
wine TASClient.exe

My Linux instalation, Suse Linux 9.3, installed by default Wine and had the option, through the YOU auto-updating tool, to automatically install the comercial drivers. If your distribution also has such options, it can save you much work.

[[Category:Development]]

2005-09-12T16:51:15Z

Tim Blokdijk:

There is a lot of talk on AI and little running code, at present (Spring vrsion 0.63b2) there is no AI player, however there is a [[Random_enemies]] script - which can be used for some basic testing.

There is a backend that allows people to script a AI.

Useful existing documentation on the Spring AI can be found here:
[http://taspring.clan-sy.com/SAI/ K-mans Spring AI documentation]

Jouninkomiko has a topic on the [http://taspring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=923 Global AI Interface] running here.

Zaphod has some [http://taspring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=1920 code running].

[[Alantai Firestar]] has a lot of theory on the topic.

Triaxx had a topic about it [http://taspring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=539 5 Matrix AI 1,2,3]