I got an e-mail asking about what you will need to download. I realized that we don't really document the initial steps anywhere. If you are developing then you want to learn how to build from source and you will need to get the right libraries.
What are you using?
If you are on windows, then get pw2-win-120b.exe form the download area if you want to simply play pw2. There is a link from the main site. Also, do you have a compiler for windows (if you run windows)? If not, contact woid, he might have uploaded a more upto date binary. If you are running windows, I don't think you will need to get SDL etc.
However, if you are compiling on windows, you probabaly need SDL and the SDL libraries. You probabaly need the same libraries as in linux.
If you are running linux, you will need to get the source and compile. You will need to get the SDL packages and SDL devel packages: base SDL, SDL_net, SDL_mixer, SDL_console, SDL_anim, SDL_image, SDL_ttf, maybe SDL_gui, maybe paragui, maybe SDLMappy, maybe SDL_sprite, maybe SFont. Do the maybes in that order and try to compile, If it works and the binary works then forget about whatever else garbage I told you to get. Also, if you are using linux, you should have your kernel set up right. I encountered a problem when my sound wasn't set up correctly.
-Neil
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I got an e-mail asking about what you will need to download. I realized that we don't really document the initial steps anywhere. If you are developing then you want to learn how to build from source and you will need to get the right libraries.
What are you using?
If you are on windows, then get pw2-win-120b.exe form the download area if you want to simply play pw2. There is a link from the main site. Also, do you have a compiler for windows (if you run windows)? If not, contact woid, he might have uploaded a more upto date binary. If you are running windows, I don't think you will need to get SDL etc.
However, if you are compiling on windows, you probabaly need SDL and the SDL libraries. You probabaly need the same libraries as in linux.
If you are running linux, you will need to get the source and compile. You will need to get the SDL packages and SDL devel packages: base SDL, SDL_net, SDL_mixer, SDL_console, SDL_anim, SDL_image, SDL_ttf, maybe SDL_gui, maybe paragui, maybe SDLMappy, maybe SDL_sprite, maybe SFont. Do the maybes in that order and try to compile, If it works and the binary works then forget about whatever else garbage I told you to get. Also, if you are using linux, you should have your kernel set up right. I encountered a problem when my sound wasn't set up correctly.
-Neil