diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 3acda5021c..45f57422f9 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -1,44 +1,47 @@ -Copyright 2007,2009,2010 Chris Forbes, Robert Pepperell, Matthew Bowra-Dean, - Paul Chote, Alli Witheford. - -This file is part of OpenRA. +Copyright 2007-2010 The OpenRA Developers (see AUTHORS) +This file is part of OpenRA, which is free software. It is made +available to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License +as published by the Free Software Foundation. For more information, +see LICENSE. -OpenRA 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, either version 3 of the License, or -(at your option) any later version. +To run OpenRA, several files are needed from the original game disks. -OpenRA 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. +The required files for the Red Alert mod are: +EITHER: + * conquer.mix + * temperat.mix + * interior.mix + * snow.mix + * sounds.mix + * allies.mix + * russian.mix +OR: + * main.mix +AND: + * redalert.mix -You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License -along with OpenRA. If not, see . +These need to be copied into the mods/ra/packages/ directory. -To compile OpenRA, open the OpenRA.sln solution in the main folder, -or build it from the command-line with MSBuild. -To run OpenRA, several files from the original game’s install need -to be copied to the root of the project directory. The required files are: +The required files for the Command and Conquer mod are: + * cclocal.mix + * speech.mix + * conquer.mix + * sounds.mix + * tempicnh.mix + * temperat.mix + * winter.mix + * desert.mix - redalert.mix - conquer.mix - temperat.mix - interior.mix - snow.mix - sounds.mix - allies.mix - russian.mix - general.mix - - hires1.mix - expand2.mix +These need to be copied into the mods/cnc/packages/ directory. +If you have a case-sensitive filesystem you must change the filenames to +lower case. -Red Alert has been released by EA Games as freeware so it shouldn’t -be too hard to find a legal copy of the CD images. Unfortunately the -installer is 16-bit and so won’t run on 64-bit operating systems. This -can be worked around by using the Red Alert Setup Manager + +Red Alert and C&C have been released by EA Games as freeware. They can be +downloaded from http://www.commandandconquer.com/classic +Unfortunately the installer is 16-bit and so won’t run on 64-bit operating +systems. This can be worked around by using the Red Alert Setup Manager (http://ra.afraid.org/html/downloads/utilities-3.html). Make sure you apply the no-CD protection fix so all the files needed are installed to the hard drive. @@ -46,6 +49,9 @@ are installed to the hard drive. Dependencies - Make sure you have these installed, or you'll have very strange errors. + +WINDOWS: + * .NET Framework >= 3.5-SP1 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=AB99342F-5D1A-413D-8319-81DA479AB0D7&displaylang=en) * Tao Framework >= 2.1.0 @@ -54,4 +60,40 @@ have very strange errors. * OpenAL >= 1.1 (http://connect.creativelabs.com/openal/Downloads/oalinst.zip) * Cg Toolkit >= 2.2 - (http://developer.download.nvidia.com/cg/Cg_2.2/Cg-2.2_October2009_Setup.exe) \ No newline at end of file + (http://developer.download.nvidia.com/cg/Cg_2.2/Cg-2.2_October2009_Setup.exe) + +To compile OpenRA, open the OpenRA.sln solution in the main folder, +or build it from the command-line with MSBuild. + +Run the game with `OpenRA.Game.exe Game.Mods=ra` for Red Alert +or `OpenRA.Game.exe Game.Mods=cnc` for Command & Conquer + + +UBUNTU (substitute comparable packages for other linux distros): + +* mono-gmcs +* freetype +* libmono-corlib1.0-cil +* libmono-winforms2.0-cil +* libopenal1 +* libsdl1.2-dev +* nvidia-cg-toolkit (download the latest version from + http://developer.nvidia.com/object/cg_download.html) + +OpenRA is incompatible with Compiz, please disable desktop effects when trying +to run OpenRA or the game will crash. + +You will need to copy the Tao dependencies (.dll and .config) from the +thirdparty/Tao directory into the game root, or install them permanently into +your GAC with the following script + +#!/bin/sh +gacutil -i thirdparty/Tao/Tao.Cg.dll +gacutil -i thirdparty/Tao/Tao.OpenGl.dll +gacutil -i thirdparty/Tao/Tao.OpenAl.dll +gacutil -i thirdparty/Tao/Tao.Sdl.dll +gacutil -i thirdparty/Tao/Tao.FreeType.dll + +To compile OpenRA, run `make' from the command line. +Run the game with `mono OpenRA.Game.exe Game.Mods=ra` for Red Alert +or `mono OpenRA.Game.exe Game.Mods=cnc` for Command & Conquer diff --git a/INSTALL.Ubuntu b/INSTALL.Ubuntu deleted file mode 100644 index 656c4b50b5..0000000000 --- a/INSTALL.Ubuntu +++ /dev/null @@ -1,77 +0,0 @@ -Copyright 2007-2010 The OpenRA Developers (see AUTHORS) -This file is part of OpenRA, which is free software. It is made -available to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License -as published by the Free Software Foundation. For more information, -see LICENSE. - -To run OpenRA, several files are needed from the original game disks. - -The required files for the Red Alert mod are: -EITHER: - * conquer.mix - * temperat.mix - * interior.mix - * snow.mix - * sounds.mix - * allies.mix - * russian.mix -OR: - * main.mix -AND: - * redalert.mix - -These need to be copied into the mods/ra/packages/ directory. - - -The required files for the Command and Conquer mod are: - * cclocal.mix - * speech.mix - * conquer.mix - * sounds.mix - * tempicnh.mix - * temperat.mix - * winter.mix - * desert.mix - -These need to be copied into the mods/cnc/packages/ directory. -If you have a case-sensitive filesystem you must change the filenames to -lower case. - - -Red Alert and C&C have been released by EA Games as freeware. They can be -downloaded from http://www.commandandconquer.com/classic -Unfortunately the installer is 16-bit and so won’t run on 64-bit operating -systems. This can be worked around by using the Red Alert Setup Manager - (http://ra.afraid.org/html/downloads/utilities-3.html). -Make sure you apply the no-CD protection fix so all the files needed -are installed to the hard drive. - -Dependencies - Make sure you have these installed, or you'll -have very strange errors. - -* mono-gmcs -* freetype -* libmono-corlib1.0-cil -* libmono-winforms2.0-cil -* libopenal1 -* libsdl1.2-dev -* nvidia-cg-toolkit (download the latest version from - http://developer.nvidia.com/object/cg_download.html) - -OpenRA is incompatible with Compiz, please disable desktop effects when trying -to run OpenRA or the game will crash. - -You will need to copy the Tao dependencies (.dll and .config) from the -thirdparty/Tao directory into the game root, or install them permanently into -your GAC with the following script - -#!/bin/sh -gacutil -i thirdparty/Tao/Tao.Cg.dll -gacutil -i thirdparty/Tao/Tao.OpenGl.dll -gacutil -i thirdparty/Tao/Tao.OpenAl.dll -gacutil -i thirdparty/Tao/Tao.Sdl.dll -gacutil -i thirdparty/Tao/Tao.FreeType.dll - -To compile OpenRA, run `make' from the command line. -You can run the game with `mono OpenRA.Game.exe Game.Mods=ra` for Red Alert -or `mono OpenRA.Game.exe Game.Mods=cnc` for Command & Conquer