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How to install and run Aepic.
1. Extract the archive into a main directory.
The main directory will contain scripts, executables,
and the global config file "password.txt".
There will be a src subdirectory, to compile into executables,
and an example subdirectory to show how a game could be set up.
2. To create a game, make a subdirectory for the game, eg "game".
Copy the game config file "aepic.ini" into the game directory,
and edit it. Run "make2" from within the game directory to create
the world and set up the game.
3. Run "start" to add players to the game.
4. Edit the global config file, adding a line for each game:
<id0>, <number of players incl NPC's>, <name of GM>, <name of game>, <full path to game>
Add a line for each player:
<id#>, <password>, <name>, <email>, <full path to game directory>
5. Arrange to have Aepic mail piped into the turnchecker.pl script,
with a single argument - the location of the global config file.
If you are on a unix system with "filter", then you can create a
.forward file in your home directory, and install the filter-rules
included in the archive.
6. Set up a cron job (or equivalent) to run the turn processing script
at regular intervals. The only argument to process.pl is the game
directory.