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______________________ ______________________
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T H E W A R B E G I N S
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FreeCraft - A free fantasy real time strategy game engine
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What is FreeCraft?
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---- -- --- ------
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FreeCraft was formerly known as ALE Clone or Clone.
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It is a clone of a famous top one sold game for the PC and console.
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A realtime, fantasy strategy game for UNIX with X or Console or any Win32.
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It comes without graphics, sounds and documentation.
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You need the original game CD or the expansion CD to use FreeCraft.
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(With over 1 million sold copies this shouldn't be a big problem)
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What does FreeCraft?
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All graphics and sounds are supported, you can walk, build and collect
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resources and attack.
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What is new?
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Many bug fixes. (like always)
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Can I help?
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YES! I still need help! (No artists out there?)
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There are many open projects:
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Campain editor, Map editor, Sound editor, Ai editor.
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Network code, AI code. (very important to get a better playable versions)
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Make own graphics, music and sounds.
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Debugging the existing code.
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If you want to help, download it and contact me.
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What did FreeCraft need?
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Linux X11 with 16bit server or Win32 with 16bit videomode, libpng, libz and
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the original game CD or expansion CD.
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Optional libpthreads, svgalib and SDL.
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Copying-policy:
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GNU General Public License.
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Is there a home page?
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http://FreeCraft.Org
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http://FreeCraft.Com
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http://FreeCraft.Net
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Where download FreeCraft?
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ATTENTION: sunsite is renamed to metalab!
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I have uploaded the sources to ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/Incoming.
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It should go to ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/games/strategy.
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The name is freecraft-"DATE".tar.gz.
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(This version freecraft-000402.tar.gz)
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or from my home page:
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http://www.fourtytwo.de
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You find there also pre-releases of the next stable version.
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Much fun,
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The FreeCraft Project (aleclone@FreeCraft.org) and Johns (johns98@gmx.net)
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