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Advanced Rogue family: fix the "score" option. Changing the score file (when permitted) now works again, closing the old score file and opening the new one.
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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 Use the included Visual Studio solution files. Warning: they have not been
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27 tested recently.
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29 You can also build on Windows using MinGW. Make sure pdcurses is installed.
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30 You will have to go into the '/lib' folder and copy 'libpdcurses.a' to
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31 'libcurses.a', and 'libpdcurses.dll.a' to 'libcurses.dll.a'; this should get
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32 fixed soon.
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34 It is recommended to run 'configure' with the '--disable-logfile' option, and
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35 'make' with the 'LDFLAGS=-static' option.
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37 The games should all build with MinGW and run, but Super-Rogue has problems
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38 with restoring saved games.
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40 See the individual games' subdirectories for further documentation. Some of
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41 the manpages may be outdated, but the guides to playing should be accurate.
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43 The games can be played via SSH or the Web at rlgallery.org.
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45 Bugs:
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47 The original authors claimed that the list of bugs was "probably infinite". If
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48 you encounter one of these, please report it on the bug tracker at
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49 https://bitbucket.org/ElwinR/rl.