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C-Dogs SDL Port v0.4.1

(based on C-Dogs 1.06)

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[ http://icculus.org/cdogs-sdl ]

+----------+ | Contents | +----------+

1. Introduction
2. Tested Environments
3. Installation
4. Command line options
5. Contact

+---+--------------+ | 1 | Introduction | +---+--------------+

C-Dogs SDL is a port of a really fun old DOS game to modern operating systems, using the SDL media libraries for graphics, sound and input (hence the name).

For more information about the original C-Dogs read 'original_readme.txt'.

+---+---------------------+ | 2 | Tested Environments | +---+---------------------+

C-Dogs SDL has been ported with a Unix development environment. In theory, C-Dogs SDL could run on any system that is supported by SDL. See the SDL website - http://www.libsdl.org for more about SDL itself.

C-Dogs SDL runs on Linux, *BSD, Windows and Mac OS X.

There are also unofficial ports to GP2X, BeOS/ZETA/Haiku, MorphOS, Nintendo DS, and AmigaOS 4 to name a few.

See http://lumaki.com/code/cdogs/download for a more comprehensive list.

And of course, should you succeed in running C-Dogs SDL on a different operating system, platform or toaster please contact us! :-)

+---+--------------+ | 3 | Installation | +---+--------------+

To compile C-Dogs SDL you need to have the SDL libraries previously installed, the SDL_mixer libraries also installed if you want better sound (and music), and a compiler (gcc recommended) and the appropriate header files.

See 'INSTALL' for actual installation instructions...

+---+----------------------+ | 4 | Command line options | +---+----------------------+

The C-Dogs binary is called "cdogs-sdl". Below are some command line arguments:

Video Options: -fullscreen Try and use a fullscreen video mode. -scale=n Scale the window resolution up by a factor of n Factors: 2, 3, 4 -screen=WxH Set virtual screen width to W x H Modes: 320x200, 320x240, 400x300, 640x480, 800x600 -forcemode Don't check video mode sanity

Sound Options: -nosound Disable sound

Control Options: -nojoystick Disable joystick(s) -js1threshold=n Joystick 1 threshold. -js2threshold=n Joystick 2 threshold.

Game Options: -savecampaigns Save builtin campaigns as in the current directory. -wait Wait for a key hit before initialising video. -shakemult=n Screen shaking multiplier (0 = disable).

-help		Display command line options and version information.

These can be used in any order/combination:

$ cdogs-sdl -fullscreen -screen=400x300

Which will make the game try to run fullscreen at 400x300 resolution.

+---+---------+ | 5 | Contact | +---+---------+

If you have an questions, comments, bug reports (yes please), patches (even better) or anything else related to C-Dogs SDL email or IM (Jabber, MSN):

Lucas Martin-King <[email protected]>