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diff --git a/games/odamex/README b/games/odamex/README index b97c5c769a..548ac5bb2e 100644 --- a/games/odamex/README +++ b/games/odamex/README @@ -1,14 +1,18 @@ +odamex: odamex (Online Doom Multiplayer Experience) + Odamex (Online Doom Multiplayer Experience) is a modification of DOOM -to allow players to compete with each other over the Internet using the -client/server architecture. +to allow players to compete with each other over the Internet using +the client/server architecture. -To hear in-game music, install either eawpats or freepats, and make sure -the Options -> Sound Options -> MIDI System Backend option is set to -"SDL Mixer". +To hear in-game music, install either eawpats or freepats, and make +sure the Options -> Sound Options -> MIDI System Backend option is set +to "SDL Mixer". If this doesn't work, make sure you've updated to the +latest eawpats or freepats, and that the symlink at /etc/timidity.cfg +is valid (points to "timidity/eawpats.cfg" or "timidity/crude.cfg"). -Optional dependency: If portmidi is installed, odamex will be built with -it. This allows odamex's in-game music to be directed to a separate MIDI -synthesizer application, or a hardware MIDI synth. +Optional dependency: If portmidi is installed, odamex will be built +with it. This allows odamex's in-game music to be directed to a +separate MIDI synthesizer application, or a hardware MIDI synth. You'll also need the game data (WAD file) from one of the following: @@ -25,8 +29,3 @@ all lowercase (doom.wad) or all uppercase (DOOM.WAD). Optional dependency: miniupnpc (auto-detected at build time). This adds support for UPnP to odasrv (the odamex server). It has no effect on odamex (the client) or odalaunch (the launcher). - -Note: If you get compile errors relating to wxIntPtr not being defined, -upgrade your wxPython or wxGTK package to at least version 2.8.12.0. If -for some reason you don't want to do this, see the comments in the -SlackBuild for a dirty hack that might work instead. |