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	'''[[~~Gamedev~~:~~Main~~\|Building Recoil]]''' Installing Recoil and Configuration		'''[[Recoil:Building Recoil\|Building Recoil]]''' Installing Recoil and Configuration

	'''[[Gamedev:Main\|Game Development]]''' Lots of links to valuable Articles and forum threads regarding Game/Unit Development.		'''[[Gamedev:Main\|Game Development]]''' Lots of links to valuable Articles and forum threads regarding Game/Unit Development.

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	=== Content Development ===		=== Content Development ===

			'''[[Gamedev:Main\|Building Recoil]]''' Installing Recoil and Configuration

	'''[[Gamedev:Main\|Game Development]]''' Lots of links to valuable Articles and forum threads regarding Game/Unit Development.		'''[[Gamedev:Main\|Game Development]]''' Lots of links to valuable Articles and forum threads regarding Game/Unit Development.

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 {{Note|text=Recoil is a recent hard fork of [Spring](https://github.com/spring/spring) from the [105 tree](https://github.com/spring/spring/releases/tag/105.0.1), many references to it might and will be present. Overall most documented Spring API and tutorials are compatible with Recoil since they are based on the 105 tree.}}
-# Getting started
+<!--
-{{Note|This site is an early work-in-progress so content will mostly be references to Spring documentation until its own guides are written.}}
+=== Content ===
-Want to know if recoil is right for your project? Find out here!
+'''[[Maps]]''' All about maps for the Spring engine and where to get them.

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			<h2 data-notoc="">Recoil is a battle tested open-source RTS engine that, allied with a flexible Lua API, allows you to implement the perfect UI and mechanics for your game with the ability to support thousands of complex units simultaneously.</h2>
			</div>

	~~Welcome~~ to the ~~Recoil RTS engine wiki!~~		{{Note\|text=Recoil is a recent hard fork of [Spring](https://github.com/spring/spring) from the [105 tree](https://github.com/spring/spring/releases/tag/105.0.1), many references to it might and will be present. Overall most documented Spring API and tutorials are compatible with Recoil since they are based on the 105 tree.}}

	~~Recoil RTS engine is a continuation and significant extension of the original Spring RTS engine version 105.0: https://github.com/spring/spring/tree/105.0~~		# Getting started

	~~Recoil RTS changes and additions are listed here: https://beyond~~-~~all~~-~~reason.github~~.~~io/spring/changelogs~~		{{Note\|This site is an early work-in-progress so content will mostly be references to Spring documentation until its own guides are written.}}

			Want to know if recoil is right for your project? Find out here!
	~~---~~

	~~Recoil's focus as an engine is unit management and rendering. Pretty much everything else is up~~ to you. This can be... intimidating, like being asked to build a car that has just an engine. So, over the years, the community has accrewed a suite of Lua scripts that cover much of the low-level stuff. This is ~~where the idea of gadgets and widgets comes from; they are not actually part of the engine, but instead an abstraction over the bare bones of Recoil that the community developed.~~

	~~Eventually, it was rolled into the engine, and the VFS will fall back on these scripts if you do not override them. You can, of course, copy the scripts and modify them to suit~~ your ~~needs, as most games eventually do. You can find them at https://github.com/beyond-all-reason/RecoilEngine/tree/master/cont/base/springcontent.~~

	~~Basecontent is due to have a major reorganization at some point in the near future.~~

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			Welcome to the Recoil RTS engine wiki!

			Recoil RTS engine is a continuation and significant extension of the original Spring RTS engine version 105.0: https://github.com/spring/spring/tree/105.0

			Recoil RTS changes and additions are listed here: https://beyond-all-reason.github.io/spring/changelogs


			---

	Recoil's focus as an engine is unit management and rendering. Pretty much everything else is up to you. This can be... intimidating, like being asked to build a car that has just an engine. So, over the years, the community has accrewed a suite of Lua scripts that cover much of the low-level stuff. This is where the idea of gadgets and widgets comes from; they are not actually part of the engine, but instead an abstraction over the bare bones of Recoil that the community developed.		Recoil's focus as an engine is unit management and rendering. Pretty much everything else is up to you. This can be... intimidating, like being asked to build a car that has just an engine. So, over the years, the community has accrewed a suite of Lua scripts that cover much of the low-level stuff. This is where the idea of gadgets and widgets comes from; they are not actually part of the engine, but instead an abstraction over the bare bones of Recoil that the community developed.

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	This article is a stub. You can help by expanding it.		{{stub}}

	Recoil's focus as an engine is unit management and rendering. Pretty much everything else is up to you. This can be... intimidating, like being asked to build a car that has just an engine. So, over the years, the community has accrewed a suite of Lua scripts that cover much of the low-level stuff. This is where the idea of gadgets and widgets comes from; they are not actually part of the engine, but instead an abstraction over the bare bones of Recoil that the community developed.		Recoil's focus as an engine is unit management and rendering. Pretty much everything else is up to you. This can be... intimidating, like being asked to build a car that has just an engine. So, over the years, the community has accrewed a suite of Lua scripts that cover much of the low-level stuff. This is where the idea of gadgets and widgets comes from; they are not actually part of the engine, but instead an abstraction over the bare bones of Recoil that the community developed.

	Eventually, it was rolled into the engine, and the [VFS~~]({{% ref "/docs/guides/getting-started/vfs-basics" %}})~~ will fall back on these scripts if you do not override them. You can, of course, copy the scripts and modify them to suit your needs, as most games eventually do. You can find them ~~[here](~~https://github.com/beyond-all-reason/RecoilEngine/tree/master/cont/base/springcontent).		Eventually, it was rolled into the engine, and the VFS will fall back on these scripts if you do not override them. You can, of course, copy the scripts and modify them to suit your needs, as most games eventually do. You can find them at https://github.com/beyond-all-reason/RecoilEngine/tree/master/cont/base/springcontent.

	~~> [!WARNING]~~		Basecontent is due to have a major reorganization at some point in the near future.
	> Basecontent is due to have a major reorganization at some point in the near future. Also, the basecontent for LuaUI is [here](https://github.com/beyond-all-reason/RecoilEngine/tree/master/cont/LuaUI) for some reason. See [This issue](https://github.com/beyond-all-reason/RecoilEngine/issues/1483#issuecomment-2863792961).

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	~~Needs updating~~! ~~Placeholder~~.		This article is a stub. You can help by expanding it.

			Recoil's focus as an engine is unit management and rendering. Pretty much everything else is up to you. This can be... intimidating, like being asked to build a car that has just an engine. So, over the years, the community has accrewed a suite of Lua scripts that cover much of the low-level stuff. This is where the idea of gadgets and widgets comes from; they are not actually part of the engine, but instead an abstraction over the bare bones of Recoil that the community developed.

			Eventually, it was rolled into the engine, and the [VFS]({{% ref "/docs/guides/getting-started/vfs-basics" %}}) will fall back on these scripts if you do not override them. You can, of course, copy the scripts and modify them to suit your needs, as most games eventually do. You can find them [here](https://github.com/beyond-all-reason/RecoilEngine/tree/master/cont/base/springcontent).

			> [!WARNING]
			> Basecontent is due to have a major reorganization at some point in the near future. Also, the basecontent for LuaUI is [here](https://github.com/beyond-all-reason/RecoilEngine/tree/master/cont/LuaUI) for some reason. See [This issue](https://github.com/beyond-all-reason/RecoilEngine/issues/1483#issuecomment-2863792961).

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	~~== History ==~~		Needs updating! Placeholder.
	~~The Spring engine is inspired by the game "Total Annihilation" (TA) by Cavedog Entertainment~~. ~~TA, released in 1997 is the best RTS ("Real Time Strategy") game "of all time" according to [http://archive.gamespy.com/top10/february04/rts/index11.shtml Gamespy].~~

	Stefan Johansson started the Spring project within the [[SY]] clan that had already made the [[XTA]] mod for the original TA engine. His goal was to make a engine that could replace the now ageing TA engine.

	The original TA engine was very advanced but still had some hard limits. Cavedog went bankrupt some years after it released TA. Before it went under it had released TA:Kingdoms but despite it had a more advanced engine it did not get very popular. So the community kept using the original TA engine.

	Atari the current owner of the TA franchise, showed little intention to make a sequel. And Chris Tailor the lead developer of the original TA game was hard at work with his new company "Gas Powered Games" to make the "Dungeon Siege" games.

	After some years of private development within the [[SY]] Stefan and the others decided to release Spring under the GPL. I was not around but I do understand that this was difficult choice as Spring represented a lot of work. The [https://springrts.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=680 first version of TA Spring] was released on 26 Apr 2005.

	With this the Spring Project managed to attract attention from people that would otherwise not be interested. David Anderson was one of them, he started the multi platform port of Spring. Which now after a difficult start will replace the existing Windows only branch. Stefan Johansson was hired by ''Massive Entertainment'' and therefore stopped active Spring engine development. Still he is around and keeps [[XTA]] up to date.

	With the releases of games such as [https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/04/27/free-total-annihilation-like-rts-zero-k-lands-on-steam/ Zero-K] and [https://store.steampowered.com/news/12889/ Evolution RTS] on Steam, the legacy and spirit of Cavedog is continuing, while always looking for new volunteers to keeping Spring Engine in shape.

	~~=== History Links ===~~
	* "[http://www.tauniverse.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=435289#post435289 Latest info about TA 2 & TA sequels + a little history of TA :]" entry in the [http://www.tauniverse.com tauniverse.com] forum
	* [[Press]]

	~~== See also ==~~
	* [[Wikipedia:Total Annihilation]]
	* [[Wikipedia:Cavedog Entertainment]]
	* [[Wikipedia:TA Spring]]

	~~[[Category:Spring]]~~

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	~~Needs updating! Placeholder~~.		== History ==
			The Spring engine is inspired by the game "Total Annihilation" (TA) by Cavedog Entertainment. TA, released in 1997 is the best RTS ("Real Time Strategy") game "of all time" according to [http://archive.gamespy.com/top10/february04/rts/index11.shtml Gamespy].

			Stefan Johansson started the Spring project within the [[SY]] clan that had already made the [[XTA]] mod for the original TA engine. His goal was to make a engine that could replace the now ageing TA engine.

			The original TA engine was very advanced but still had some hard limits. Cavedog went bankrupt some years after it released TA. Before it went under it had released TA:Kingdoms but despite it had a more advanced engine it did not get very popular. So the community kept using the original TA engine.

			Atari the current owner of the TA franchise, showed little intention to make a sequel. And Chris Tailor the lead developer of the original TA game was hard at work with his new company "Gas Powered Games" to make the "Dungeon Siege" games.

			After some years of private development within the [[SY]] Stefan and the others decided to release Spring under the GPL. I was not around but I do understand that this was difficult choice as Spring represented a lot of work. The [https://springrts.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=680 first version of TA Spring] was released on 26 Apr 2005.

			With this the Spring Project managed to attract attention from people that would otherwise not be interested. David Anderson was one of them, he started the multi platform port of Spring. Which now after a difficult start will replace the existing Windows only branch. Stefan Johansson was hired by ''Massive Entertainment'' and therefore stopped active Spring engine development. Still he is around and keeps [[XTA]] up to date.

			With the releases of games such as [https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/04/27/free-total-annihilation-like-rts-zero-k-lands-on-steam/ Zero-K] and [https://store.steampowered.com/news/12889/ Evolution RTS] on Steam, the legacy and spirit of Cavedog is continuing, while always looking for new volunteers to keeping Spring Engine in shape.

			=== History Links ===
			* "[http://www.tauniverse.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=435289#post435289 Latest info about TA 2 & TA sequels + a little history of TA :]" entry in the [http://www.tauniverse.com tauniverse.com] forum
			* [[Press]]

			== See also ==
			* [[Wikipedia:Total Annihilation]]
			* [[Wikipedia:Cavedog Entertainment]]
			* [[Wikipedia:TA Spring]]

			[[Category:Spring]]

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