Project built for Windows and Mac / osx.
Requires SFML v2.4.2 and protobuf v3.4.1 to be installed:
SFML 2.4.2: https://www.sfml-dev.org/download/sfml/2.4.2/
Google Protocol Buffers: https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/
- Note: Protobuf may need to be built from source in order to get the necessary include files and libs
This project is built in Visual Studio. In order to build, dependencies must be set up in project properties.
- In C/C++, General: Replace SFML and protobuf include paths
- In Linker, General: Replace SFML and protobuf lib paths
- Make sure the protoc executable is in your path
- In config.h, change PC to 1 and Mac to 0.
Debug:
- Use standard clean, build, and debug commands in visual studio
Release
- Build command will add a 'publish' folder to the project directory with everything needed to run the application.
Run:
- Run executable in publish folder.
Run with options:
- See available options below in unix description
- Create a shortcut to the executable. In the shortcut properties, change the target to:
"[path-to-executable]/cpp-asteroids.exe" [option]
For example:
"C:/publish/cpp-asteroids.exe" 192.168.0.6
or
"C:/Users/dev/Desktop/publish/cpp-asteroids.exe" local
In order to build, dependencies must be set up in the makefile.
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Replace SFML_PATH and PROTO_PATH
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In config.h, change PC to 0 and Mac to 1.
To build application:
make
To build and test:
make test
./test
Connect to default server:
./game.exe
To run locally:
./game.exe local
Connect to specific server:
./game.exe [ip-address]
For example:
./game.exe 127.0.0.1 or ./game.exe 192.168.0.6
To host:
./game.exe host
To run as a background process:
./host-daemon-linux