README
1 LinCity-NG
2 a city simulation game
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4 http://lincity-ng.berlios.de/
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6Contents:
71. Introduction
82. Building and Installation
93. Gameplay
104. Contact
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141. Introduction
15LinCity-NG is a city simulation game. It is a polished and improved
16version of the classic LinCity game. In the game, you are required
17to build and maintain a city. You can win the game either by
18building a sustainable economy or by evacuating all citizens with
19spaceships.
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252. Building and Installation
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272.1 Prerequisites
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29The game depends on some tools and libraries to be present, before
30you can start building it. Here's a list of them:
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32* normal gnu compiler and additional tools (g++ version 3.2 or later is
33 required at the moment)
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35* perforce jam 2.5 or later (used as build tool)
36 ftp://ftp.perforce.com/pub/jam
37
38* SDL 1.2.5 or later
39 http://www.libsdl.org
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41* SDL_mixer 1.2.4 or later (with ogg-support enabled)
42 http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/
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44* SDL_image 1.2.3 or later (with png support)
45 http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/
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47* SDL_ttf 2.0.8 or later
48 http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf/
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50* SDL_gfx 2.0.13 or later
51 http://www.ferzkopp.net/~aschiffler/Software/SDL_gfx-2.0
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53* PhysicsFS 1.0.0 or later (use stable, NOT development branch 1.1.0)
54 http://www.icculus.org/physfs/
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56* zlib 1.0 or later
57 http://www.gzip.org/zlib/
58
59* libxml 2.6.11 or later
60 http://xmlsoft.org/
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62If you use packages from you distribution pay attention that you need
63the header files in addition to the libraries. They are often in
64separate *-dev packages. Eg. for physfs you need libphysfs and libphysfs-dev.
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662.2 Building
67
68To build and install the game use the following commands:
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70 ./configure
71 jam
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73If you want to install the game, run as root:
74 jam install
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76(If you compile the svn version you have to run ./autogen.sh first.)
77
78The configure script also lets you set some more options like the installation
79directory (--prefix argument). You'll get a full list of these if you invoke
80"configure --help".
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822.3 Starting the game
83
84You can start the game by typing
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86 lincity-ng
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882.4 Exit the game
89
90If you are in the main menu, you can quit the program also by
91pressing 'ESCAPE' or '^c'. This might be a way to terminate the
92program even if the selected video-mode is not working as expected.
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963. Gameplay
97
98See the ingame help [F1] for more details.
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1013.1 Objective
102
103You can win Lincity either by building a sustainable economy or
104by evacuating all citizens with spaceships.
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1063.2 Controls
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108Mouse
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110any:
111 Click on Minimap shows the selected Area on mainscreen.
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113right:
114 Drag mainscreen with right mousebutton.
115 right click on mainscreen centers to tile under cursor.
116 select tool from menu root
117 show help on tool
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119middle:
120 middle click on mainscreen to show information about area under cursor.
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122left:
123 Perform action depending on selected tool. Bulldoze, show Information,
124 construct building.
125 open Tool-Selection-Menus
126 select tool from menus
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128wheel:
129 up: zoom in
130 down: zoom out
131
132Keyboard
133
134 ESCAPE switch to query tool
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136 KP_PLUS: zoom in
137 KP_MINUS zoom out
138 KP_ENTER zoom 100%
139
140 KP5 put middle of the map in the center of the main screen
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142 KP9 scroll main screen north
143 KP1 scroll main screen south
144 KP7 scroll main screen west
145 KP3 scroll main screen east
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147 KP2 scroll main screen se
148 KP4 scroll main screen sw
149 KP6 scroll main screen se
150 KP8 scroll main screen nw
151 same with cursor
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153use shift + direction to scroll faster
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155 h to hide high buildings. Press h again to show them.
156 v to cycle through MiniMap-overlay modes
157 b toggle between current tool and bulldoze mode
158 F1 Help
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160 F12 quick save
161 F9 quick load
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1654. Contact
166
167Bugs should be reported to the Lincity Wiki on Berlios:
168 http://lincity-ng.berlios.de/wiki/index.php/Bug_Reports
169 (press edit to add or modify bugreports)
170
171You can contact us at the lincity-ng-devel mailinglist at Berlios:
172 http://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/lincity-ng-devel
173or you might be able to catch us in irc at irc.freenode.net #lincity.
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175Visit our homepage: http://lincity-ng.berlios.de/
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