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********************************************** Commander Genius (CloneKeenPlus) (c)2008-2012 Gerstrong (c)2009-2012 Albert (c)2009-2012 Tulip Porting: (c)2009-2012 Pizza2004 (MacOs X) (c)2010-2012 Pelya (Android) Released under GNU/GPL Release v0.4.0-Beta4 Build: LINUX32 ********************************************** Welcome to Commander Genius! Commander Genius is an open-source clone of Commander Keen which allows you to play the games, and a majority of the mods made for it. All of the original data files are required to do so, however, we convienently include Episode 1 and 4 for your enjoyment. So far Commander Keen 1-4 are supported. Keen 1-3 have full support. Keen 4 has partial support, it's entire gameplay is there, but some things are missing, but are being added Commander Genius runs on Linux/X11, Windows, MacOS X, Wiz, GP2X and the iPhone, with plans to release on other platforms in the future. If you think you would like to port it, please send us a message and we will do our best to help you. The main goal of Commander Genius is to copy the original gameplay feeling as much as possible, although there're also a number of improvements like: - Mod Support - OpenGL Acceleration - Better graphical Effects - Multiplayer Support - High Quality Packs which make the game look better and provide better sounds and even music you might never have heard in this game before - Ingame Menu - Named Save Slots - Unrestricted Joystick Support - and many more! - History - =========== The first engine was CloneKeen by developer named Caitlin Shaw. Since the engine was left abandonned for most of the part, Gerstrong took it and created the fork called CloneKeenPlus and fixed some problems CloneKeen had. This fork comes from the 0.83 Version. A 0.84 version has been released since. After CloneKeenPlus, Commander Genius was born. It is a complete rewrite of the engine in C++. The transition to Commander Genius means a transition from C to C++ code mostly using OOP. After all this coding, we have retained only a small portion of the original CloneKeen code. - License - =========== The Commander Genius source code may be freely distributed and modified as per the GPL, just please remember to give credit to the original authors. We worked very hard on it! - Setup - ========== We suppose you already have installed the copy of your game, so what's next, well? Setting up the data of the game: * Copy the directory of the games to the "games" subdirectory of CG. If you own the registered versions, you can play all episodes, otherwise download the shareware version and copy them there. You also can use mods. If you have a bundled version, you already should be able to play episode 1, as it is in that directory. * If you want to use some patched mods just copy them as separate games. * Go into the root directory and start the interpreter. If you have downloaded the binary version of Commander Genius (for Windows, Linux32/64), then you will find the executable in the root directory of the extracted game. Under Linux it is called "CGenius", under Windows "CGenius.exe". * If you want improved sounds and music, just download the High Quality Pack (HQP). Read that readme of HQP for more information in how to use those resources. Using HQP you might have to copy some resources to the specific game directory so CG would detect it. For example you might want to copy ck1tiles.bmp to ./games/keen1/ How to launch Commander Genius (If you didn't compile it): * Go to the program's directory. * Under Windows you start "CGenius.exe", under Linux "./CGenius" Getting the most recent Source Code: * Well, as many projects it is hosted on GitHub. * From the Linux Console type: "git clone git://github.com/gerstrong/Commander-Genius.git" (without the double quotation marks) How to compile it under Ubuntu: * This is based on the source code that we provide on our website * As we know which packages are needed, because we use Ubuntu, here is an extra guide. * Install through Synaptic or "sudo apt-get install" following packages: - build-essential - libvorbis-dev - libsdl1.2-dev - libgl1-mesa-dev * extract my source code into "CGenius". * cd into the source directory "CGenius" * Run "cmake -DBUILD_TYPE=LINUX32" or "cmake -DBUILD_TYPE=LINUX64" depending on what system you have. * Run "make". * Then, you can run "CGenius". Copy the files, wherever you want them together with the data directory. "make install" does not work though. Compiling CG on any Linux/UNIX (other than Ubuntu): * If you want to compile the game, you need to have all the standard development libraries and GNU C Compiler (at least version 4) installed on your system. * You need to install the "vorbis", "SDL" and "Mesa/OpenGL" development libraries to get it successfully compiled. * extract my source code to "cgenius". * cd into the "cgenius" subdirectory. * Run "cmake -DBUILD_TYPE=LINUX32" or "cmake -DBUILD_TYPE=LINUX64" * Run "make". * Then, you can run "CGenius". Copy the files, wherever you want them together with the data directory. "make install" does not work though. We also provide CMake for wiz. If you want to compile it for embedded systems. We had support for Linux and Win32, but since there is a bug when build, for different Linux build (32-bit or 64-bit) we only use it for embedded systems. Also check out the CMakeLists.txt for more information. - VIDEO SYSTEM - ================ Being cross-platform, there are many methods to detect different resolutions on a system. Generally it is not necessary, because many resolutions are already supported, but if you want to support other resolutions that you don't find in the options list just modify the "cgenius.cfg" file by hand. CG always reads this file and checks whether your card and monitor support it and if possible use it. But, use it at your own risk. CAUTION: This is recommended for advanced users who know what they do. The team won't take any responsibility if you use a wrong configuration. If you want to see other resolutions to in future versions of CG, mail us ;-). - GAME PLAY - ============= Before you play the game, you should take a look at the controls. Normally LAlt, Ctrl, Space and Enter are the action keys. You can also assign joystick buttons, axes and hats to those actions. - CHEAT CODES - =============== There are a full assortment of cheat codes available. Some cheats must first be enabled with -cheat or through the options->game menu. C+T+SPACE and G+O+D will always work. Vorticon Keen (1-3): KEY ACTION DESCRIPTION G+O+D godmode In god mode you are invincible! C+T+SPACE All Items Gives all items, similar to the original. F+I+X Restore Restores the settings as they were in the first time. Use this if CG doesn't display anything Galaxy Keen (4): KEY ACTION DESCRIPTION F10+G godmode In god mode you are invincible! F10+I All Items Gives all items, similar to the original. F10+J Fly This will make Keen fly at any time F10+N No Clip With this cheat you will go through walls. Be careful, you might also fall through the floor sometimes F+I+X Restore Restores the settings as they were in the first time. Use this if CG doesn't display anything - SAVE/LOAD GAME - ================== The game can be saved from the menu at any time. Keen will be saved at the exact position it was left. (unlike in the original game which only allowed save on the map). In Keen 4 this feature is not avaalable - FAQ - ======= Q: Commander Genius is slow? Please help! A: You can decrease the fps under settings->video. OpenGL may also help on some systems with ScaleX disabled. Try to lower the resolution, a lower filter, or decrease some stuff in the sounds section. Stereo sound requires additional calculations than mono sound. There are many things you can do, to speed up the program. Also HQP requires more resources. Take that into the mind. Q: When can I play Keen 4, 5 and 6 on CG? A: Well, Keen 4 is mostly playable, but some enemies are missing as also other features, like cutscenes and help screen. We are working very hard on that. When Keen 4 is fully playable with everything cramed, Keen 5 and 6 are next We also want to support Mods here, like Keen 7, 8 and 9. As the Duke authors said: "when it's done". - BUG! - ======== So you really found one or more bugs? Please report us those at GitHub issues and they might get fixed. Depending on the priority, we are going to fix them as soon as possible. Sending us the "CGLog.html" or "stdout.txt" file might help tracking the error. Also remember to test the lastest version from the testing repo we sometimes provide. Your error might have been already fixed there. If there is no testing version after the release, just report it. ;-) http://github.com/gerstrong/Commander-Genius/issues - ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - ==================== Many thanks to people who has helped me so far in this project with their suggestions: Retired Team Members: --------------------- Pickle Contributors: ------------- Sciz CT Lemm DSL (Nice icon contribution) Motorfingers Chrisfischtopher Commander Spleen Dreams Napalm (More Keen Data Structure Information) Malvineous Hans de Goede Levellass (Keen EXE-Information) ZidaneA (For his music tracks!) Iv4n Also many special thanks to Martin Hauber (Tulip) who has been supporting me all the time in testing the Windows version of CKP and giving me access to a lot of information about the games. Without you it wouldn't be that great! And also special thanks to Chad Ian Anderson (Pizza2004) in helping us so much in many points of the game. Even in difficult times he always supported us. Furthermore special thanks to Scott (Pickle) and Albert Zeyer for his changes. They helped out a lot on the quality of the code and performance incrate. Also special thanks to ny00123 for helping to test the most recent 0.4 version. I'm sure, there were more people who helped us and we forgot to mention, but many thanks to them also. And many thanks to all of you, the project has become that awesome! **************************************************************************** For questions, comments, or updates to the source tree please contact: gerstrong@gmail.com or go through SourceForge at http://clonekeenplus.sourceforge.net/ ****************************************************************************
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