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Role PlayingDB V2.0 by Deepwoods Software
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README - Read this file first!
Created by Robert Heller on Tue Jul 13 18:39:59 1999
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Modification History:
$Log: README,v $
Revision 1.1 1999/07/13 19:13:24 heller
Initial revision
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Contents:
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Role Playing DB -- A database package that creates and maintains
a database of RPG characters, monsters, treasures,
spells, and playing environments.
Copyright (C) 1995,1998,1999 Robert Heller D/B/A Deepwoods Software
51 Locke Hill Road
Wendell, MA 01379-9728
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
$Id: README,v 1.1 1999/07/13 19:13:24 heller Rel1 $
The Role Playing Database package consists of a collection of C++
classes that implement a series of structures that contain the various
data entities that represent the various aspects and features used in a
Role Playing Game, including the characters, monsters, spells,
treasures, tricks, traps, etc.
1. Installing.
If this archive contains a set of compatable shared libraries for your
system (in the Lib sub-directory), you can install things using the
INSTALL script. Just run this (with the proper priviledges) script.
The default installation directory is under /usr/local, but the package
can be installed anywhere. The INSTALL script prompts for three
things: the directory prefix where the machine dependent files (the
shared libraries and the startup scritpt, which contains this
directory) are to go, the directory prefix where the machine
independent files (the Tcl scripts, header file, documentation, and
help files) are to go, and the path to the wish executable. It is
possible to install this package such that the machine independent
files are on a common (NFS) directory and several *different* sets of
machine dependent files are installed in various machine dependent
directories.
If this archive does not contain a set of compatable shared libraries
for you system, you will need to build these libraries. You will need a
suitable C++ compiler (I used egcs-2.90.29 980515 (egcs-1.0.3 release)
on my RedHat 5.2 system). First you need to run the configure script:
./configure
The configure script *should* be able figure out everything it needs.
It will look for some additional packages that you don't actually need:
swig, doc++, latex/bibtex/makeindex/dvips, and dvidvi. You should not
need things unless you modify things. It does need to find your tclsh
binary and your tclConfig.sh file.
Let me know if you have trouble with configure (see #4: In case of
problems below).
Then you need to make things:
make
You should be able to test things like this:
(csh/tcsh)
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH `pwd`/Lib
setenv TCLLIBPATH "`pwd`/Lib `pwd`/Scripts"
/usr/bin/wish Scripts/Main.tcl
OR
(sh/bash/ksh)
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`/Lib
export TCLLIBPATH="`pwd`/Lib `pwd`/Scripts"
/usr/bin/wish Scripts/Main.tcl
If the GUI comes up with no problems, you should me read to install. By
default things are installed under /usr/local. This can be overriden
with options passed to configure or on the make install command line:
make prefix=/independent exec_prefix=/dependent install
2. Running.
The GUI is started up by executable the start script, named 'RPG', in
the machine dependent ../bin directory. There is on-line help available,
as well as a user manual (in both PostScript and PDF format) in the ../doc
directory.
3. Programming.
The GUI is implemented with a series of Tcl/Tk scripts -- these scripts
can be modified as needed, but be sure to keep a 'virgin' backup copy,
in case there are problems. The low-level C++ code can also be linked
into a C++ program of your own devising. There are three internals
documents -- one for the class libraries, one for the Tcl <=> C++
interface module, and one for the Tcl/Tk scripts themselves.
4. In case of problems.
If you have problems installing, building, running, or programming with this
package, feel free to drop me an E-Mail at Robert Heller
<heller@deepsoft.com> or visiting the RPGDB web site at
http://www.deepsoft.com/RolePlayingDB/. There is an on-line bboard
there -- your questions might in fact be already answered and on-line.
5. Full Contact information.
Robert Heller
D/B/A Deepwoods Software
51 Locke Hill Road
Wendell, MA 01379
+1-978-544-6933
heller@deepsoft.com
http://www.deepsoft.com/
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