1 ________ __ __ __ __________ 2 / ___ \ /\ \ / \ / \ /\________ \ 3/\ /___/\_\ \ \ \ / \ / \ \/_______/\ \ 4\ \ \ \/_/_ \ \ \ _______ /\__/\ \ /\__/\ \ \/ / 5 \ \ \ /\__ \ \ \ \ /\______\ \/_/\ \ \ \/_/\ \ \ / / 6 \ \ \ \/_/\ \ \ \ \ \/______/ \ \ \ \ \ \ / / 7 \ \ \___\/ \ \ \ \_______ \ \ \ \ \ \ /\ \ 8 \ \________/ \ \________\ \ \_\ \ \ \ \ \_\ 9 \/_______/ \/________/ \/_/ \/_/ \/_/ 10 11 12GL-117 is an action flight simulator written in C++ and OpenGL. 13It is distributed unter the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL). 14 15+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 16MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: 17 18- Linux, MSWindows, MacOS 19- GL, GLU (or Mesa equivalents), GLUT 20- SDL, SDL_mixer (both optional but strongly recommended) 21 22+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 23MSWINDOWS INSTALLATION: 24 25You might have to install GL, GLU, GLUT, and SDL, SDL_mixer 26Look into your system directory, that is 27 \WINDOWS\SYSTEM for Win9x/ME 28 \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 for WinNT/2000/XP. 29You need the files opengl32.dll, glu32.dll, glut32.dll, and sdl.dll, 30sdl_mixer.dll stored there! If one is missing, search the internet. 31Now unpack the Windows version of the game and doubleclick gl-117.exe. 32 33+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 34UNIX/LINUX PACKAGE INSTALLATION: 35 36If you got a package for your system there is no more to do than 37installing it. Use "gl-117" to execute the game. 38However, you will need the packages 39 GL, GLU, GLUT, and SDL, SDL_mixer 40properly installed on your system. 41 42+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 43UNIX/LINUX COMPILE THE SOURCES: 44 45If you have to compile the sources, you will need the packages (as above) 46 GL, GLU, GLUT, and SDL, SDL_mixer 47and the -devel equivalents 48 GL-devel, GLU-devel, GLUT-devel, SDL-devel, SDL_mixer 49OR: mesa-devel, mesaglu-devel, mesaglut-devel, SDL-devel, SDL_mixer 50as well. 51 521. To compile gl-117, as root just execute 53 ./configure 54or as non-root, please use 55 ./configure --prefix=$HOME/gl-117 56to install gl-117 to your local folder without root permissions. 57 582. Then execute 59 make 60to compile the sources. 61The new binary is in the src directory and may there be executed using 62 ./gl-117 63 643. Finally, you can enter 65 make install 66to properly install all game files. 67Then start the game just executing 68 gl-117 69NEVER execute gl-117 as root!!! 70 71+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 72STARTUP CONFIGURATION: 73 74When starting the game, it will test for a valid screen resolution 75and save the startup settings in a file called "conf". 76All interface options are stored to "conf.interface". 77 78Where are these files? 79MSWindows: PATH/TO/GL-117/saves 80Unix/Linux: $HOME/.gl-117 81 82The configuration options are quite self-explanatory, feel free to 83adjust them to your system. 84 85If you lack a hardware accelerated video card, please set the 86quality option to 0 or 1. Further acceleration can be achieved 87negligating fullscreen mode and making the window smaller. 88 89Please look at the file FAQ for further questions. 90