Game Install (was: Project Structure)

SDL Development
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Randi J. Relander wrote:

Does anyone have any links to sites or articles on good
project structure for games using automake and cvs?

After some searching I found the following site which answered a lot of my
Linux game install questions:

Linux Games Install And Directory Guide
Ingo Ruhnke
http://www.privat.schlund.de/g/grumbel/misc/install_dirs.html

This is definately a topic that could be expanded on. I have yet to find a
good discussion on cross-platform (Linux, Win32, MacOS, BeOS) game-specific
installation issues. We might be able to write SDL-based games that will
compile and run on any platform but we are going to have problems if we
can’t install them correctly.

  • Randi

Regimental Command
Generic Armored Combat System
http://regcom.sourceforge.net

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After some searching I found the following site which answered a lot of my
Linux game install questions:

Linux Games Install And Directory Guide
Ingo Ruhnke
http://www.privat.schlund.de/g/grumbel/misc/install_dirs.html

FYI, at Loki we use the “install to a single directory” method, because
it allows the users to easily remove the game by removing a single directory.
At some point we may move to a more LSB way of doing things (or at least
having the option to do so.)

See ya!
-Sam Lantinga, Lead Programmer, Loki Entertainment Software