<HTML><HEAD> <!-- ---- $Id: readme.html,v 1.20 2003/02/05 00:35:02 jsalmon3 Exp $ ---- (c) Copyright 2001-2003 by Lutz Sammer ---- FreeCraft is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify ---- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by ---- the Free Software Foundation; only version 2 of the License. ---- FreeCraft is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, ---- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of ---- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the ---- GNU General Public License for more details. --> <TITLE>README: FreeCraft Version 1.18</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <H1>README: FreeCraft Version 1.18</H1> <HR><PRE WIDTH=80> ___________ _________ _____ __ \_ _____/______ ____ ____ \_ ___ \____________ _/ ____\/ |_ | __) \_ __ \_/ __ \_/ __ \/ \ \/\_ __ \__ \\ __\\ __| | \ | | \/\ ___/\ ___/\ \____| | \// __ \| | | | \___ / |__| \___ >\___ >\______ /|__| (____ /__| |__| \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ ______________________ ______________________ T H E W A R B E G I N S FreeCraft - A free fantasy real time strategy game engine </PRE> <P><B>(C) Copyright 1998-2003 by The FreeCraft Project. Distributed under the <A HREF="gpl.html">"GNU General Public License"</A> </B><HR> <H2>What is FreeCraft?</H2> FreeCraft is a free cross-platform real-time strategy gaming engine. It is possible to play against human opponents over LAN, internet, or against the computer. The engine can be used to build C&C, WC2, SC and AOE-like real-time strategy (RTS) games. It successfully runs under Linux, BSD, BeOS, MacOS/X, MacOS/Darwin and MS Windows. <P> Since the FreeCraft engine doesn't provide graphics, sounds and documentation, you'd need the <B>original game</B> so FreeCraft can extract the necessary files. The BNE version is currently not supported, you must own the old DOS version. (With over 1 million sold copies this shouldn't be a big problem) <P> Alternatively you can download the free media (sounds and graphics) from the FreeCraft Media Project:<BR> <A HREF="http://freecraft.org/fcmp.html">http://freecraft.org/fcmp.html</A>. <P> The newest version of FreeCraft can always be found here:<BR> <A HREF="http://freecraft.org">http://freecraft.org</A>. <P> The development is coordinated with SourceForge:<BR> <A HREF="http://sourceforge.net">http://sourceforge.net</A>. <P> Our project page is:<BR> <A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/freecraft"> FreeCraft real-time strategy game engine: Summary</A>. <H2>Install</H2> Read this to install or upgrade FreeCraft: <A HREF="install.html">install.html</A> <H2>Documentation</H2> Read this for a little documentation about FreeCraft: <A HREF="freecraft.html">freecraft.html</A><P> If you want to help develop FreeCraft read this: <A HREF="development.html">development.html</A><P> About the FreeCraft scripting language (Scheme, implemented with SIOD) read: <A HREF="../src/siod/siod.html">siod.html</A><P> <H2>Changes</H2> Read this for the history of FreeCraft: <A HREF="ChangeLog.html">ChangeLog.html</A> <H2>To-do and known bugs</H2> This file contains the old known bugs and what we haved planned in the future: <A HREF="todo.html">todo.html (old)</A><P> A complete list of <A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=1965&atid=101965"> known bugs</A> and <A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/pm/task.php?group_project_id=1539&group_id=1965&func=browse"> planned tasks</A>. <H2>Problems</H2> Read this, if you have problems compiling, installing or playing FreeCraft: <A HREF="faq.html">faq.html</A> and try our <A HREF= "http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=5634">help forum</A>. <H2>Copyrights</H2> FreeCraft is distributed under the <A HREF="gpl.html">GNU General Public License </A>, only version 2!<P> SIOD see <A HREF="SIOD.txt">SIOD.txt</A><P> SDL see <A HREF="README-SDL.txt">README-SDL.txt</A><P> ZIP see <A HREF="ZIP-LICENSE">ZIP-LICENSE</A><P> libmodplug v0.7 - A library for decoding MOD-like music formats.<BR> Based on the ModPlug sound engine by Olivier Lapicque<BR> Ported to Unix by Kenton Varda<BR> Additional modifications by Markus Fick and Adam Goode<BR> Converted to pure C by Lutz Sammer<BR> <HR> All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners. <ADDRESS><A HREF="http://freecraft.org">The FreeCraft Project</A> </ADDRESS></BODY></HTML>