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The devs try to meet once a week, to discuss various changes in the engine. The logs of the meetings will be published to allow further discussions wi
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-hda qemu-armel.img -m 256 -append "root=/dev/sda" \
sudo apt-get install libglew1.6-dev libsdl1.2-dev libdevil-dev libopenal-dev \
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The Spring engine is highly complex; it is recommended that you use an IDE such as Code::Blo
...u won't be able to use them to build anything to work with the real Spring engine unless you install the MinGW compiler. In practice this is not too bad: usu
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The SpringRTS engine interacts with the Skirmish AIs through an "Interface". There are stable (1
...velopment:TheMaps|The mappings provided by the AI Interface]]''' - how the engine maps the game area and how the interface exposes those maps.
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...ethod will show up in the game's GUI but it will also end up logged in the engine's log file. In Linux, it will be: <code>~/.config/spring/infolog.txt</code>
== Write to the engine's log ==
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[https://springrts.com/mantis Spring Engine bugtracker (mantis)]
If a dev asks you for more information, please answer his questions. Try to avoid en
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= Spring Engine Version Explained =
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## maphelper.sdz (engine supplied)
## springcontent.sdz (engine supplied)
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The most common things can be done without ever looking at the engine. But sometimes there are some specifique questions where one wants more det
Fortunately, the engine is open source and thus some things can be figured out by looking at it. Wa
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===Engine Branching Model===
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| lot || lot || lot || few || Huge || engine tester
| lot || huge || lot || lot || Huge || become engine dev of a branch
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== ROAM terrain engine ==
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Additionally for significant contributions to the spring engine or the community, special gratitude goes to (in alphabetical order):
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To get people somewhat started into the mass of spring engine code, here is a small "walkthrough" of the game process.
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Skirmish AIs are not loaded by the engine directly, but through an interface library.
''briefly:'' AI Interfaces are plugins for the spring engine, while Skirmish AIs are plugins for AI Interfaces.
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The engine source code which reads this file from the map is viewable here:
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