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T H E W A R B E G I N S
FreeCraft - A free fantasy real time strategy game engine
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<P><B>(C) Copyright 1998-2001 by The FreeCraft Project. Distributed under the
<A HREF="artistic-license.html">"Artistic License"</A></B>
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<H2>What is FreeCraft?</H2>
FreeCraft was formerly known as ALE Clone.<P>
A clone of the real-time fantasy strategy game W*rCr*ft II.<BR>
FreeCraft is platform independent and runs currently under UNIX or LINUX
or BSD or BeOS or MacOS with X11 or console or any Win32 (Win95,Win98,
WinME,WinNT,Win2000).
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Since FreeCraft doesn't provide graphics, sounds and documentation,<BR>
you need the <B>original game</B> so FreeCraft can extract the necessary
files. (With over 1 million sold copies this shouldn't be a big problem)<P>
Alternative you could download the free graphic from the:<BR>
<A HREF="http://fgp.cjb.net">
http://fgp.cjb.net - FreeCraft Graphic Project</A>.<P>
The newest version of FreeCraft (formerly known as ALE Clone) could always
be found here:<BR><A HREF="http://FreeCraft.Org">
http://FreeCraft.Org - A free fantasy real time strategy game engine</A>.<P>
The development is coordinated with:<BR>
<A HREF="http://SourceForge.Net">
SourceForge: Breaking Down the Barriers to Open Source Development</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 craft 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 known bugs and what we plan in the future:
<A HREF="todo.html">todo.html</A>
<H2>Problems</H2>
Read this, if you have problems compiling, installing or playing FreeCraft:
<A HREF="faq.html">faq.html</A>
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