From 9f575a70c165a842db7dbfab583f4753da75377d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: withmorten Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:35:29 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] even more readme fixes --- README.md | 33 +++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 991bcbcc..cab6fae5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ## Intro -In this repository you'll find the fully reversed source code for GTA III ([master](tree/master) branch) and GTA VC ([miami](tree/miami) branch). +In this repository you'll find the fully reversed source code for GTA III ([master](https://github.com/GTAmodding/re3/tree/master/) branch) and GTA VC ([miami](https://github.com/GTAmodding/re3/tree/miami/) branch). It has been tested and works on Windows, Linux and FreeBSD, on x86, amd64, arm and arm64.\ Rendering is handled either by original RenderWare (D3D8) @@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ We cannot build for PS2 or Xbox yet. If you're interested in doing so, get in to - [Windows OpenGL 64bit](https://nightly.link/GTAmodding/re3/workflows/re3_msvc_amd64/master/re3_Release_win-amd64-librw_gl3_glfw-oal.zip) - [Linux 64bit](https://nightly.link/GTAmodding/re3/workflows/build-cmake-conan/master/ubuntu-latest-gl3.zip) - [MacOS 64bit](https://nightly.link/GTAmodding/re3/workflows/build-cmake-conan/master/macos-latest-gl3.zip) -- Copy the files from the `gamefiles` directory to your game root directory. (This is not strictly necessary but very much recommended) -- Move re3 executable to GTA 3 directory and run it. +- Extract the downloaded zip over your GTA 3 directory and run re3. The zip includes the gamefiles and in case of OpenAL the required dlls. ## Screenshots @@ -93,7 +92,9 @@ Sorry for the inconvenience. ## Building from Source -When using premake, you may want to point GTA_III_RE_DIR environment variable to GTA3 root folder, if you want executable to be moved there via post-build script. +When using premake, you may want to point GTA_III_RE_DIR environment variable to GTA3 root folder if you want executable to be moved there via post-build script. + +Clone the repository with `git clone --recursive https://github.com/GTAmodding/re3.git`. Then `cd re3` into the cloned repository.
Linux Premake @@ -103,13 +104,6 @@ For Linux using premake, proceed: [Building on Linux](https://github.com/GTAmodd
Linux Conan -Obtain source code. -``` -git clone https://github.com/GTAmodding/re3.git -cd re3 -git submodule init -git submodule update --recursive -``` Install python and conan, and then run build. ``` conan export vendor/librw librw/master@ @@ -128,19 +122,22 @@ For FreeBSD using premake, proceed: [Building on FreeBSD](https://github.com/GTA
Windows -Assuming you have Visual Studio: -- Clone the repo using the argument `--recursive`. +Assuming you have Visual Studio 2015/2017/2019: - Run one of the `premake-vsXXXX.cmd` variants on root folder. -- Open the project via Visual Studio - -**If you use 64-bit D3D9**: We don't ship 64-bit Dx9 SDK. You need to download it from Microsoft if you don't have it(although it should come pre-installed after some Windows version) +- Open the project with Visual Studio. + +Microsoft recently discontinued its downloads of the DX9 SDK. You can download an archived version here: https://archive.org/details/dxsdk_jun10 **If you choose OpenAL on Windows** You must read [Running OpenAL build on Windows](https://github.com/GTAmodding/re3/wiki/Running-OpenAL-build-on-Windows).
-> :information_source: There are various settings in [config.h](https://github.com/GTAmodding/re3/tree/master/src/core/config.h), you may want to take a look there. i.e. FIX_BUGS define fixes the bugs we've come across. +> :information_source: premake has an `--lto` option if you want the project to be compiled with Link Time Optimization. -> :information_source: **Did you notice librw?** re3 uses completely homebrew RenderWare-replacement rendering engine; [librw](https://github.com/aap/librw/). librw comes as submodule of re3, but you also can use LIBRW enviorenment variable to specify path to your own librw. +> :information_source: There are various settings in [config.h](https://github.com/GTAmodding/re3/tree/master/src/core/config.h), you may want to take a look there. + +> :information_source: re3 uses completely homebrew RenderWare-replacement rendering engine; [librw](https://github.com/aap/librw/). librw comes as submodule of re3, but you also can use LIBRW enviorenment variable to specify path to your own librw. + +If you feel the need, you can also use Codewarrior 7 to compile re3 using the supplied codewarrior/re3.mcp project - this requires the original RW33 libraries, and the DX8 SDK. The build is unstable compared to the MSVC builds though, and is mostly meant to serve as a reference. ## Contributing We have a [Coding Style](https://github.com/GTAmodding/re3/blob/master/CODING_STYLE.md) document that isn't followed or enforced very well.