| version 1.6 | | version 1.7 |
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| add the --with-includes=-I/usr/include/pythonX.Y, where X.Y will vary | | add the --with-includes=-I/usr/include/pythonX.Y, where X.Y will vary |
| depending on the version of python installed on your system. | | depending on the version of python installed on your system. |
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| 3) Run 'make depend'. This should prevent any inconsistent data and | | 3) Edit include/config.h. |
| cause proper remakes if you change the config.h file or re-run | | |
| configure. It may spew various warnings - these can be ignored. | | |
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| 4) Edit include/config.h. | | |
| Most options should be fairly well commented. | | Most options should be fairly well commented. |
| The default config.h file has pretty sane values, and can be used unchanged. | | The default config.h file has pretty sane values, and can be used unchanged. |
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| 4a) Note that many of the perl programs assume that perl is located as | | 4) Compile the program: type 'make'. It should take a little while. If you |
| /usr/local/bin/perl - if it is someplace else, you will need to go through | | |
| and update the scripts (or probably easier is make a symlink in | | |
| /usr/local/bin to where your perl is located.) I don't believe any of | | |
| these scripts are run as the normal compilation & installation process, | | |
| so this is only a real problem if you plan to rebuild the archetypes. | | |
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| 5) Compile the program: type 'make'. It should take a little while. If you | | |
| get errors that abort the compile, copy them down (either using cut and | | get errors that abort the compile, copy them down (either using cut and |
| paste, or redirect the output of the compile to a file), and send those to | | paste, or redirect the output of the compile to a file), and send those to |
| the bug alias (crossfire-devel@listserv.real-time.com), along with what | | the bug alias (crossfire-devel@listserv.real-time.com), along with what |
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| various options. A message saying 'it failed to compile main.c' tells me | | various options. A message saying 'it failed to compile main.c' tells me |
| little, and I can not fix problems with that little detail. | | little, and I can not fix problems with that little detail. |
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| 6) Install the program by running 'make install' | | 5) Install the program by running 'make install' |
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| 7) You may want to set the uid or gid bit on the crossfire executable. | | 6) Crossfire requires maps installed into the directory specified by |
| To do this, type either 'chmod u+s' or 'chmod g+s', with the filename | | |
| being the installed version of crossfire. The highscore file and | | |
| player directory should have their permissions set appropriately. This | | |
| is only needed if other people may be running the the executable. | | |
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| 8) Crossfire requires maps installed into the directory specified by | | |
| --datadir (or the default). Maps are a seperate distribution available on | | --datadir (or the default). Maps are a seperate distribution available on |
| the ftp server. The maps can be unpacked directly into the location | | the ftp server. The maps can be unpacked directly into the location |
| specified by --datadir. All the map files need to be readable by which | | specified by --datadir. All the map files need to be readable by which |
| ever uid is running the server - if multiple people will be running | | ever uid is running the server - if multiple people will be running |
| servers, the map permissions may need to get updated. | | servers, the map permissions may need to get updated. |
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| 9) You can compress/gzip all files in and below the DATADIR. Performance of | | 7) It might be useful to edit "share/crossfire/motd" (MessageOfToDay) file. |
| compressing various files may very. Several files are only read during | | |
| startup, so compressing them will not affect game performance once running. | | |
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| 10) It might be useful to edit "share/crossfire/motd" (MessageOfToDay) file. | | |
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| 11) If you want your server to be publically advertised to interested | | 8) If you want your server to be publically advertised to interested |
| players, edit the share/crossfire/settings file. The metaserver host | | players, edit the share/crossfire/settings file. The metaserver host |
| and port are accurate - your host and comment should be updated. | | and port are accurate - your host and comment should be updated. |
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| 12) By default, the installation process assumes that only one user id | | 9) By default, the installation process assumes that only one user id |
| will actually be used to run the game, and directory and file permissions | | will actually be used to run the game, and directory and file permissions |
| are set as such. If multiple users will run the game, permissions on | | are set as such. If multiple users will run the game, permissions on |
| many files will need to be updated (lib/bookarch, lib/unique_items, | | many files will need to be updated (lib/bookarch, lib/unique_items, |