MG/Project Structure

This page describes the folder structure of the MegaGlest's SVN.

Structure

Folder	Description
top level folder	Contains top level CMakeLists.txt which controls how the sub modules get built using cmake
data	Contains game data content like models, textures, xml files, etc which the game loads as required. This is where modders would play most of the time.
data/glest_game/data/core	Core game data such as menu textures and sounds
data/glest_game/data/lang	Language files translated into your native tongue (feel free to contribute)
data/glest_game/maps	Map files (these are the world definition to play the game in)
data/glest_game/scenarios	Scenario files (Lua scripting for story mode)
data/glest_game/screens	This is the folder where screenshots are saved when users press the E hotkey in game
data/glest_game/techs	Techtrees which contains selected faction definitions (XML, G3D, OGG, etc)
data/glest_game/tilesets	Tileset files (this defines how the terrain should look, grassy, sandy, forest, etc)
data/glest_game/tutorials	Tutorial files (this is where beginners should start to learn how to play)
docs	Contains various readme files, license agreements, etc. This is a good place to start reading for developers.
mk	This is where platform specific project files are kept. Currently there are folders for linux and windoze
mk/linux	Linux related files
mk/windoze	Windows project files (using Visual Studio 2008 Express)
source	All source code for the project lives inside here.
source/configurator	A deprecated tool used to modify game settings
source/g3d_viewer	A tool for G3D model and particle file viewing
source/glest_map_editor	A tool for editing *.gbm (Glest) and *.mgm (MegaGlest) map files
source/masterserver	PHP source code for our hosted masterserver
source/shared_lib	C / C++ shared library code used in Mega-Glest and some of the tools above
source/glest_game	C / C++ Mega-Glest game code
source/win32_deps	C / C++ dependencies for Windows Compilation

Linux Scripts

The following are miscellaneous scripts located in mk/linux:

Script	Description
makedata.sh	Creates a data ONLY archive containing game content for a new release.
makedata-diff.sh	Create a game data diff ONLY archive containing data that is different between two releases (usually very small). Edit the variable: OLD_VERSION=3.3.4 to determine which version to compare with)
makerelease.sh	Creates a source code archive for a new release.
setupBuildDeps.sh	Installs required linux dependencies (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and open SuSE based)

See Also

• MegaGlest