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authororudge <orudge@openttd.org>2007-06-24 20:41:24 +0000
committerorudge <orudge@openttd.org>2007-06-24 20:41:24 +0000
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downloadopenttd-0bad65bf78af4e3caa13f4f8473186a533295364.tar.xz
(svn r10310) -Fix: Trunk can now be built on OS/2 :)
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@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ To enable music, start OpenTTD with the command line:
If I hear enough responses that both music and sound work together (it might
just be my system), I'll have the defaults changed.
+Please note also that the GCC version does not currently support the MCI MIDI
+system.
+
+
A NOTE ABOUT DEDICATED MULTIPLAYER SERVERS
------------------------------------------
@@ -60,6 +64,8 @@ directly will result in the console not being displayed. You may
still pass any other parameters ('-D' is already passed) to
dedicated.cmd.
+You can find the dedicated.cmd file in the os/os2 directory.
+
=========================
BUILDING THE OS/2 VERSION
=========================
@@ -74,9 +80,17 @@ may help to set one up (although some of the links from that page are broken):
http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/gccsetup.html
+Alternatively, Paul Smedley's ready-to-go GCC build environment has been known to
+successfully build the game:
+
+ http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/index.php?page=build-environment
+
To build, you should, if your environment is set up well enough, be able to just
type `./configure' (or `sh configure' if you're using the OS/2 shell) and `make'.
+You may have to manually specify `--os OS2' on the configure command line, as
+configure cannot always detect OS/2 correctly.
+
A note on Open Watcom
---------------------
@@ -122,4 +136,4 @@ issues, see the Contacting section of readme.txt.
Thanks to Paul Smedley for his help with getting OpenTTD to compile under GCC on OS/2.
-- Owen Rudge, 8th January 2007
+- Owen Rudge, 24th June 2007