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+Minetest-c55
+---------------
+An InfiniMiner/Minecraft inspired game.
+Copyright (c) 2010-2011 Perttu Ahola <celeron55@gmail.com>
+
+Further documentation:
+----------------------
+- Website: http://celeron.55.lt/~celeron55/minetest/
+- Wiki: http://celeron.55.lt/~celeron55/minetest/wiki/
+- Forum: http://celeron.55.lt/~celeron55/minetest/forum/
+
+This is a development version:
+------------------------------
+- Don't expect it to work as well as a finished game will.
+- Please report any bugs to me. That way I can fix them to the next release.
+ - debug.txt is useful when the game crashes.
+
+Controls:
+---------
+- See the in-game pause menu
+- Settable in the configuration file, see the section below.
+
+Map directory:
+--------------
+- Map is stored in a directory, which can be removed to generate a new map.
+- There is a command-line option for it: --map-dir
+- For a RUN_IN_PLACE build, it is located in:
+ ../map
+- Otherwise something like this:
+ Windows: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\minetest\map
+ Linux: ~/.minetest/map
+ OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/minetest/map
+
+Configuration file:
+-------------------
+- An optional configuration file can be used. See minetest.conf.example.
+- Path to file can be passed as a parameter to the executable:
+ --config <path-to-file>
+- Defaults:
+ - If built with -DRUN_IN_PLACE=1:
+ ../minetest.conf
+ ../../minetest.conf
+ - Otherwise something like this:
+ Windows: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\minetest\minetest.conf
+ Linux: ~/.minetest/minetest.conf
+ OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/minetest.conf
+
+Command-line options:
+---------------------
+- Use --help
+
+Compiling on GNU/Linux:
+-----------------------
+
+Install dependencies. Here's an example for Debian/Ubuntu:
+$ apt-get install build-essential libirrlicht-dev cmake libbz2-dev libpng12-dev libjpeg8-dev libxxf86vm-dev libgl1-mesa-dev
+
+Download source, extract (this is the URL to the latest of source repository, which might not work at all times):
+$ wget https://bitbucket.org/celeron55/minetest/get/tip.tar.gz
+$ tar xf tip.tar.gz
+$ cd minetest
+
+Build a version that runs directly from the source directory:
+$ cmake . -DRUN_IN_PLACE=1
+$ make -j2
+
+Run it:
+$ cd bin
+$ ./minetest
+
+- Use cmake . -LH to see all CMake options and their current state
+- If you want to install it system-wide (or are making a distribution package), you will want to use -DRUN_IN_PLACE=0
+- You can build a bare server or a bare client by specifying -DBUILD_CLIENT=0 or -DBUILD_SERVER=0
+- You can select between Release and Debug build by -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=<Debug or Release>
+ - Note that the Debug build is considerably slower
+
+Compiling on Windows:
+---------------------
+
+- You need:
+ * CMake:
+ http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html
+ * MinGW or Visual Studio
+ http://www.mingw.org/
+ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/default
+ * Irrlicht SDK 1.7:
+ http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/downloads.html
+ * Zlib headers (zlib125.zip)
+ http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll/index.html
+ * Zlib library (zlibwapi.lib and zlibwapi.dll from zlib125dll.zip):
+ http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll/index.html
+ * And, of course, Minetest-c55:
+ http://celeron.55.lt/~celeron55/minetest/download
+- Steps:
+ - Select a directory called DIR hereafter in which you will operate.
+ - Make sure you have CMake and a compiler installed.
+ - Download all the other stuff to DIR and extract them into there. All those
+ packages contain a nice base directory in them, which should end up being
+ the direct subdirectories of DIR.
+ - You will end up with a directory structure like this (+=dir, -=file):
+ -----------------
+ + DIR
+ - zlib-1.2.5.tar.gz
+ - zlib125dll.zip
+ - irrlicht-1.7.1.zip
+ - 110214175330.zip (or whatever, this is the minetest source)
+ + zlib-1.2.5
+ - zlib.h
+ + win32
+ ...
+ + zlib125dll
+ - readme.txt
+ + dll32
+ ...
+ + irrlicht-1.7.1
+ + lib
+ + include
+ ...
+ + minetest
+ + src
+ + doc
+ - CMakeLists.txt
+ ...
+ -----------------
+ - Start up the CMake GUI
+ - Select "Browse Source..." and select DIR/minetest
+ - Now, if using MSVC:
+ - Select "Browse Build..." and select DIR/minetest-build
+ - Else if using MinGW:
+ - Select "Browse Build..." and select DIR/minetest
+ - Select "Configure"
+ - Select your compiler
+ - It will warn about missing stuff, ignore that at this point. (later don't)
+ - Make sure the configuration is as follows
+ (note that the versions may differ for you):
+ -----------------
+ BUILD_CLIENT [X]
+ BUILD_SERVER [ ]
+ CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release
+ CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX DIR/minetest-install
+ IRRLICHT_SOURCE_DIR DIR/irrlicht-1.7.1
+ RUN_IN_PLACE [X]
+ WARN_ALL [ ]
+ ZLIB_DLL DIR/zlib125dll/dll32/zlibwapi.dll
+ ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR DIR/zlib-1.2.5
+ ZLIB_LIBRARIES DIR/zlib125dll/dll32/zlibwapi.lib
+ -----------------
+ - Hit "Configure"
+ - Hit "Generate"
+ If using MSVC:
+ - Open the generated minetest.sln
+ - The project defaults to the "Debug" configuration. Make very sure to
+ select "Release", unless you want to debug some stuff (it's slower)
+ - Build the ALL_BUILD project
+ - Build the INSTALL project
+ - You should now have a working game with the executable in
+ DIR/minetest-install/bin/minetest.exe
+ - Additionally you may create a zip package by building the PACKAGE
+ project.
+ If using MinGW:
+ - Using the command line, browse to the build directory and run 'make'
+ (or mingw32-make or whatever it happens to be)
+ - You should now have a working game with the executable in
+ DIR/minetest/bin/minetest.exe
+
+License of Minetest-c55
+-----------------------
+
+Minetest-c55
+Copyright (C) 2010-2011 celeron55, Perttu Ahola <celeron55@gmail.com>
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+Irrlicht
+---------------
+
+This program uses the Irrlicht Engine. http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/
+
+ The Irrlicht Engine License
+
+Copyright © 2002-2005 Nikolaus Gebhardt
+
+This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
+warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
+arising from the use of this software.
+
+Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
+including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute
+it freely, subject to the following restrictions:
+
+ 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you
+ must not claim that you wrote the original software. If you use
+ this software in a product, an acknowledgment in the product
+ documentation would be appreciated but is not required.
+ 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must
+ not be misrepresented as being the original software.
+ 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source
+ distribution.
+
+
+JThread
+---------------
+
+This program uses the JThread library. License for JThread follows:
+
+Copyright (c) 2000-2006 Jori Liesenborgs (jori.liesenborgs@gmail.com)
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
+IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+