README: The FreeCraft (fka ALE Clone) Version 1.17


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	   FreeCraft - A free fantasy real time strategy game engine

(C) Copyright 1998-2002 by The FreeCraft Project.
Distributed under the "GNU General Public License"


What is FreeCraft?

FreeCraft was formerly known as ALE Clone.

It is a clone of the real-time fantasy strategy game W*rCr*ft II.
FreeCraft is platform-independent and runs currently under UNIX or Linux or BSD or BeOS or MacOS with X11 or console or any Win32 (Win95, Win98, WinME, WinNT, Win2000) with the explicit exception of Windows XP.

FreeCraft is distributed under the GNU General Public License , only version 2!

Since FreeCraft doesn't provide graphics, sounds and documentation,
you'd need the original game so FreeCraft can extract the necessary files.
The BNE version is currently not supported, you must own the old DOS version.
(With over 1 million sold copies this shouldn't be a big problem)

Alternative you could download free media (sounds and graphics) from the:
http://FreeCraft.Net/fcmp/ - FreeCraft Media Project.

The newest version of FreeCraft (formerly known as ALE Clone) could always be found here:
http://FreeCraft.Org - A free fantasy real time strategy game engine.

The development is coordinated with:
SourceForge: Breaking Down the Barriers to Open Source Development

Our project page is:
FreeCraft real-time strategy game engine - Summary

Install

Read this to install or upgrade FreeCraft: install.html

Documentation

Read this for a little documentation about FreeCraft: freecraft.html

If you want to help develop FreeCraft read this: development.html

About the craft scripting language (Scheme, implemented with SIOD) read: siod.html

Changes

Read this for the history of FreeCraft: ChangeLog.html

To-do and known bugs

This file contains the old known bugs and what we haved planned in the future: todo.html

A complete list of known bugs and planned tasks.

Problems

Read this, if you have problems compiling, installing or playing FreeCraft: faq.html and try our help forum.
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The FreeCraft Project