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This is the game engine source code repository.
ZetaGlest is a fork of MegaGlest, a libre software cross platform real-time strategy game.
ZetaGlest is an entertaining free (freeware and free software) and open source cross-platform 3D real-time strategy (RTS) game, where you control the armies of one of seven different factions: Tech, Magic, Egypt, Indians, Norsemen, Persian or Romans. The game is played in one of 17 naturally looking settings, which, like the unit models, are crafted with great attention to detail. A lot of additional game data can be downloaded from within the game at no cost.
Download executable files
No binary packages of the ZetaGlest fork have been released yet. If you have no desire to compile software and would only like a binary (executable), we suggest trying the MegaGlest game; binary package downloads for various operating systems are available on their web site.
To Build (Compile) and Run
Dependencies
On Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Opensuse and even more Linux distributions, after you clone the source repository, you may use
cd mk/linux
sudo ./setupBuildDeps.sh
which will run your package manager and attempt to install the needed packages.
(These may vary based on your operating system or Linux distribution; we will attempt to document dependencies in more detail)
Below is a list of most dependencies you will need. This document needs to indicate better which are optional and which are required.
gcc gcc-c++ cmake libsdl2-dev libalut-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libvorbis-dev libx11-dev liblua-dev libjpeg-dev libpng-dev libcurl-gnutls-dev libircclient-dev libglew-dev libftgl-dev libfribidi-dev libcppunit-dev libminiupnpc-dev libfreetype6-dev libgnutls28-dev libkrb5-dev libkrb5-dev libnghttp2-dev libopenal-dev libldap2-dev libwxgtk3.0-dev librtmp-dev libvlccore-dev libvlc-dev
Additionally for map editor and model viewer:
libwxgtk3.0-dev libxml2-dev
Try the game without contributing
Use this command:
git clone --recursive https://github.com/ZetaGlest/zetaglest-source.git
Afterward, to build, change to the mk/ directory, select your operating system and run
./build-zg.sh
To execute the game:
./zetaglest
Contributing and Testing
If you would like to contribute to development, you will need to fork and clone these 3 repositories:
mkdir ZetaGlest
git clone https://github.com/ZetaGlest/zetaglest-source
git clone https://github.com/ZetaGlest/zetaglest-data
git clone https://github.com/ZetaGlest/zetaglest-masterserver
Afterward, to build, change to the zetaglest-source/mk/ directory, and run:
./build-zg.sh
To run the game, you will need to specify the data path:
./zetaglest --data-path=<path to data repository>zetaglest-data/
If you don't provide the data path, you will receive an error message when the game starts.
Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for extended, important instructions and guidelines for contributing.
Contact
- IRC: Freenode/#zetaglest-dev
- email: andy400-dev@yahoo.com
- (Suggest alternate methods of communication)