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<TITLE>README: The FreeCraft (fka ALE Clone) Version 1.17</TITLE>
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<H1>README: The FreeCraft (fka ALE Clone) Version 1.17</H1>
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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 1998-2002 by The FreeCraft Project.
<BR>Distributed under the <A HREF="gpl.html">"GNU General Public License"</A>
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<H2>What is FreeCraft?</H2>
FreeCraft was formerly known as ALE Clone.<P>
It is 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) with the explicit exception of Windows XP.
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FreeCraft is distributed under the <A HREF="gpl.html">GNU General Public
License </A>, only version 2!
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Since FreeCraft doesn't provide graphics, sounds and documentation,<BR>
you'd need the <B>original game</B> so FreeCraft can extract the necessary
files.<BR>
The BNE version is currently not supported, you must own the old DOS
version.<BR>
(With over 1 million sold copies this shouldn't be a big problem)<P>
Alternative you could download free media (sounds and graphics) from the:
<BR><A HREF="http://FreeCraft.Net/fcmp/">
http://FreeCraft.Net/fcmp/ - FreeCraft Media 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 old known bugs and what we haved planned in the
future: <A HREF="todo.html">todo.html</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>.
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