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1 This is the source for the Roguelike Gallery's versions of Rogue and other
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2 early roguelike games.
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4 The code was obtained from the Roguelike Restoration Project
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5 (rogue.rogueforge.net). Modifications have been made mainly for compatibility
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6 with the dgamelaunch online play system. Some bugs have also been fixed, and
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7 the build process slightly improved. The essential flavor of a codebase half
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8 as old as stored-program computing machinery remains unchanged.
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10 To install on Unix (including OS X):
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12 If you checked out the source from Mercurial, run 'autoreconf' first.
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14 Build by running './configure' and then 'make'. If you just want to play the
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15 game from your own user account, 'configure' won't need any options. The
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16 games will keep the high score lists in whatever directory you run them from.
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18 For a multi-user installation, you will need to set the '--enable-setgid',
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19 '--enable-savedir', '--enable-scorefile', and '--enable-logfile' options. Run
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20 'make install' after building.
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22 There are other possible options; run './configure --help' for a full list.
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24 To install on Windows:
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26 Visual Studio solution and project files are included. They are still being
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27 tested but should work with Visual Studio 2015 on Windows 8.1.
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29 You will need pdcurses before you can build. Create a folder called 'pdcurses'
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30 in this folder and copy into it curses.h, term.h, and pdcurses.lib from the
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31 pdcurses distribution.
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33 You can also build on Windows using MinGW. Make sure pdcurses is installed.
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34 You will have to go into the '/lib' folder and copy 'libpdcurses.a' to
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35 'libcurses.a', and 'libpdcurses.dll.a' to 'libcurses.dll.a'; this should get
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36 fixed soon.
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38 It is recommended to run 'configure' with the '--disable-logfile' option, and
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39 'make' with the 'LDFLAGS=-static' option.
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41 See the individual games' subdirectories for further documentation. Some of
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42 the manpages may be outdated, but the guides to playing should be accurate.
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44 The games can be played via SSH or the Web at rlgallery.org.
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46 Bugs:
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48 The original authors claimed that the list of bugs was "probably infinite". If
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49 you encounter one of these, please report it on the bug tracker at
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50 https://bitbucket.org/ElwinR/rl.