OldOgreInstallNotes

Commandline Parameters

• -n : disable sound (sound engine currently crashes on exit)
• -h 7777 : host (and participate) a game on port 7777
• -d 7777 : start a dedicated server
• -j localhost:7777  : connect to a game running on "localhost" on port 7777

when using none of the -h,-d and -j switches, a local game is started.

Controlls

• w : accelerate forward (main thrust)
• s : accelerate backwards (reverse thrust)
• a : accelerate left (strafe)
• d : accelerate right (strafe)
• mouseclick : fire instant-kill weapon (no graphic feedback yet, target simply disappears on hit)
• mouseclick : respawn
• q : debug : reset ship position and rotation to start
• e : debug : set speed to zero

Linux

• you need ogre3d (see below)
• nothing to install yet (TODO : svn path for anonymous access ??)

OGRE

here is what worked for me, (knoppix 4.0.2 debian installation, with 2.6.13 kernel)

# get Cg from http://developer.nvidia.com/cg, unpack to root "/" to install
cd /
tar xfz Cg-1.4.0-3_x86.tar.gz

# get zziplib source from http://zziplib.sourceforge.net
cd /usr/src
tar xfj zziplib-0.12.83.tar.bz2
cd zziplib-0.12.83
./configure
make && make check && make install

# get DevIL source from http://openil.sourceforge.net/
cd /usr/src
tar xfz DevIL-1.6.7.tar.gz
cd DevIL-1.6.7
./configure
make && make install

# install sdl with apt-get
apt-get install libsdl1.2-dev

# get ogre source from http://ogre3d.org
cd ogrenew
aclocal
./bootstrap
./configure
make
make install
# add a line "/usr/local/lib" to /etc/ld.so.conf
/sbin/ldconfig
cd Samples/Common/bin/
./SkyBox

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