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Updated the ApplicationBase settings to use the new and improved fife_setting extension. I was able to remove all the setting related functions from the demos and editor so that the ApplicationBase now takes care of all the FIFE related settings.
author prock@33b003aa-7bff-0310-803a-e67f0ece8222
date Tue, 18 May 2010 19:37:31 +0000
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1 == Building, Installing and Running FIFE ==
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3 === Notes ===
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4 We are finally able to provide install targets for most platforms. There may be a few minor issues left over to work out but for the most part the install targets work as advertized.
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7 === Dependencies ===
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8 A list of all dependencies (including accurate version numbers) that you'll need to obtain to build FIFE on your platform can be found at the project wiki:
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9 * http://wiki.fifengine.de/index.php?title=Build_dependencies
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12 === SCons Build System Notes ===
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13 FIFE utilizes the SCons (http://www.scons.org) build system. Here is a quick list of scons commands that can be important for building FIFE on your platform:
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14 * 'scons -h' will list additional compile options.
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15 * 'scons -c' deletes any compiled objects (scons equivalent of 'make clean').
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16 * 'scons' will build FIFE (default target is fife-python).
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18 Valid targets include:
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19 * ext : builds the external dependencies (only REQUIRED in Linux)
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20 * tests : builds unittests (needed for test_fife.py)
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21 * fife-shared : builds a shared library (DLL on Windows)
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22 * fife-static : builds a static library
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23 * fife-python : (default) builds a python module (uses swig)
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24 * fife-swig : build the swig python wrappers
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25 * fife : builds fife-shared, fife-static and fife-python
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26 * install-shared : installs the shared library
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27 * install-static : installs the static library
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28 * install-python : installs the python module and library
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29 * install-dev : installed the shared, static and header files
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30 * install-all : installs the shared, static and python libraries
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31 * projects : build msvc, msvc9 and code-blocks (win32 and linux) project files
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33 Build options:
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34 * --release : builds the release versions of the binaries
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35 * --disable-opengl : removes opengl support
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36 * --disable-zip : removes ZIP archive support
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37 * --disable-log : disable engine logging support
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38 * --enable-rend-camzone : enables camera zone renderer
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39 * --enable-rend-grid : enables camera grid renderer
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40 * --enable-profile : build with profiling information
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41 * --prefix : installation prefix for the shared and static libraries
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42 * --python-prefix : installation prefix for the python library
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45 == Platform specific details ==
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47 === Linux ===
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48 Detailed information how to build FIFE on Linux-based distributions can be found at the project wiki:
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49 * http://wiki.fifengine.de/index.php?title=Building:Linux:SCons
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51 After FIFE has been built successfully move into the <FIFE>/demos/rio_de_hola directory and run: 'python run.py'
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53 === OS X ===
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54 Detailed information how to build FIFE on OS X systems can be found at the project wiki:
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55 * http://wiki.fifengine.de/index.php?title=Building:Mac:Scons
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57 After FIFE has been built successfully move into the <FIFE>/demos/rio_de_hola directory and run: 'python run.py'
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60 === Win32 ===
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61 The Win32 package ships with precompiled binaries. Simply unpack the package to location of your choice. After that you'll need to install ActivePython 2.6:
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62 * http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePython/windows/2.6/ActivePython-2.6.4.8-win32-x86.msi (for 32bit Windows systems)
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63 * http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePython/windows/2.6/ActivePython-2.6.4.8-win64-x64-nopywin32.msi (for 64bit Windows systems)
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65 Move into the <FIFE>\demos\rio_de_hola directory and start the run.py script. You can simply double-click with your mouse on it. It should be automatically associated with the Python interpreter after installing ActivePython.