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Welcome

Beginnings

The project started as a list of all the relevant mapping resources i have discovered, placed inside my mapping discord server in a dedicated channel. Due to discord's limitations, and a few other factors, I decided it was not wise to lock my first draft of information up in a discord server, and so I added it to github. While gists was also an option, it did not have the complexity and collaboration element that i wanted this project to achieve.

Over time i have worked on the list, adding new entries and improving it's relevance by mentioning areas such as the World Altering Editor.

Since i frequently use linux as a daily driver, and have been since mid 2020, i realised there was relatively little formalised information about running WW 2.5D games on linux, and what there was tended to be un-coordinated. As with most linux users, I broke my build several times, and as a result got tired of having to dig out the same information each time in order to make a game somewhat run through trial and error. In 2023 I started my writeup, and as of October I pushed the first edition of my linux guide. I have since worked on expanding and simplifying the guide into the product that it is today.

After suggestions to move to ReadTheDocs i finally took on this task in December 2023, and a month on I have finished the transition, meaning all materials are now re-formated and are on this web page.

I hope you find the spectrum of information available to be useful.

Contributions

While this is currently a solo project, i am always up for collaboration if anyone wisahes to expand and contribute to this guide.
If you wish to have any input, you can reach me in most major CnC discords.

This project's raw documentation is hosted in this project's github page
if you spot any bugs, have a request or simply want to contribute, please open an issue and I can address it from there.

Credits

  • CatTanker, project lead.
    I also need to provide a special thanks to:
  • Kerbiter, for technical support and suggestions.
  • Doomguy, moral support.
  • Lylak and AlliedG for suggesting that i improve the guide when it was only in my discord server.
  • The developers of tools and resources linked, who without this project would be pointless.
  • SCIPCION for occasional input.

PDF Download

A downloadable PDF should be available here