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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.
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.<BR>
It is a clone of the real-time fantasy strategy game W*rCr*ft II.<P>
FreeCraft is a free cross-platform real-time strategy gaming engine.
It is possible to play against human opponents over LAN, internet, or
against the computer. The engine can be used to build C&C, WC2, SC and
AOE-like real-time strategy (RTS) games. It successfully runs under Linux,
BSD, BeOS, MacOS/X, MacOS/Darwin and MS Windows (Windows XP is not
supported).
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Since the FreeCraft engine 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 the 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 (old)</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>.
<H2>Copyrights</H2>
FreeCraft is distributed under the <A HREF="gpl.html">GNU General Public
License </A>, only version 2!<P>
SIOD see <A HREF="SIOD.txt">SIOD.txt</A><P>
SDL see <A HREF="README-SDL.txt">README-SDL.txt</A><P>
ZIP see <A HREF="ZIP-LICENSE">ZIP-LICENSE</A><P>
libmodplug v0.7 - A library for decoding MOD-like music formats.<BR>
Based on the ModPlug sound engine by Olivier Lapicque<BR>
Ported to Unix by Kenton Varda<BR>
Additional modifications by Markus Fick and Adam Goode<BR>
Converted to pure C by Lutz Sammer<BR>
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