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Build Source Port by Jonathon Fowler
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With contributions by Ken Silverman
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ReadMe Information
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First Source Release: 9 March 2003
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This Release: 9 October 2005
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A Few Notes and Words
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This is a release of the source code to my port of Ken
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Silverman's Build game engine [1]. The port intends to bring the engine
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source up to speed so that it may be used more easily with modern
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operating systems on the x86 platform, like Microsoft Windows and *nix-
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like ones such as Linux and BSD.
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WinBuild is the name I give to the Windows target of this port.
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It uses native Windows APIs like DirectX and the GDI to provide close
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interaction with Windows for the sake of performance.
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I have also developed a more platform-independant layer for
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use on systems other than Windows by way of the Simple Direct-media
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Layer (SDL) [2]. This layer should assist as a basis for further system
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ports or for easier implementation on the platforms SDL supports.
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Work on this port is a continuing process. I welcome the
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contributions of programmers who have something they'd like to add (or
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fix).
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Configuration
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-------------
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Runtime settings for BUILD.EXE and GAME.EXE are set in build.cfg
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and game.cfg respectively. These files are normal text files. The
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original SETUP.DAT that is used in Ken's original code is not used in
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this port. The config files are automatically created on the first run of
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the game or editor.
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Building the Source
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I build the Windows binaries using the following tools and libraries:
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* MSYS ('Current' version) (http://www.mingw.org)
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* MinGW ('Current' version) (http://www.mingw.org)
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* NASM (http://nasm.sourceforge.net/)
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* DirectX 6 or above headers and import libraries
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DX6: (http://www.libsdl.org/extras/win32/common/directx-devel.tar.gz)
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DX9: (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=afc15f29-d7c9-4cf7-a8d5-8ab81f14ae1b&DisplayLang=en)
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* SDL 1.2 (http://www.libsdl.org/download-1.2.php)
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SDL is only used for the SDL interface layer and may be
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omitted if building the DirectX version.
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* FMOD (http://www.fmod.org)
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Some good MinGW guides and whatnot:
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- http://www.libsdl.org/extras/win32/mingw32/README.txt
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- http://www.spacejack.org/games/mingw/
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The engine compiles under Linux, FreeBSD, and NetBSD with minimal/no
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modification.
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Building the source involves just typing "make" in the directory
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where you have unpacked the source. Windows users should make sure the
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directory structure in the ZIP is maintained on extraction. The default
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interface layer on Windows is the DirectX interface. This can be overriden
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to the SDL one by using the command "make RENDERTYPE=SDL" instead. Linux
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builds will always use SDL.
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For compilation on other operating systems, see the addendum "Other OSes".
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Things Missing
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Nothing much is missing anymore. Networking is being improved as
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time passes.
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Bugs and Whatnot
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I'm sure during my hacking I've perhaps introduced a bug here or
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there. I want to try and nail these as I can. If you think you've found
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a bug I would certainly like to hear about it. If you get it to crash,
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a crash dump would be extremely helpful. Contact me using the details
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found below.
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Points of Contact
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The official location for this port on the WWW is at
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http://jonof.edgenetwork.org/?p=jfbuild where the latest binaries and
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source may be found. You can contact me via email at jonof@edgenetwork.org
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Credits and Thanks
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------------------
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* Ken Silverman for his patience, help, and guidance in this. I
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realise my rambling is taxing but your wisdom is invaluable.
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* The folks at icculus.org for inspiring me to try and equal their
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work done in the first public port of the engine.
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* Do I dare mention myself?
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* Pimping the edgenetwork (http://www.edgenetwk.com) who host my
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site wouldn't go astray.
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* P<>r Karlsson for his contributions
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Can't think of anything else at the moment, so, enjoy!
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Jonathon Fowler
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[1] http://www.advsys.net/ken/buildsrc
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[2] http://www.libsdl.org
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Addendum: Other OSes
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--------------------
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QNX 6.2.1:
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I got the engine compiling and running on QNX 6.2.1 on the
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23rd November 2005. The QNX 6.2.1 Non-commercial CDROM includes
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the GCC 2.95-series compiler (though you do have to install the
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package), and the only extra library you need to obtain and
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install (probably from source like I did) is SDL 1.2.9 or newer.
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You also have to disable linking to fmod and use the
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sound_stub.$o in the Makefile.
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SkyOS 5 beta 8.5:
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Disabling fmod and using sound_stub.$o in the Makefile will get
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it running.
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Solaris 9:
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Because of how Solaris seems to set itself up, you need to:
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1. Edit Makefile and change AR to be 'gar' and RANLIB to be
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'granlib'
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2. Edit Makefile.shared and add (I think) /opt/sfw/bin/
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to the start of SDLCONFIG's value
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3. Disable fmod and use sound_stub.$o in Makefile
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BSD:
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Disable fmod and use sound_stub.$o in the Makefile. Use 'gmake'
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to build.
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