Oolite Read Me

Oolite Version 1.90 Installation Mac OS X Oolite requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later Drag the 'Oolite' folder (containing Oolite, this ReadMe, the License and the 'AddOns' folder) to any convenient place on your hard drive. If you are upgrading from a previous version of Oolite then drag the Oolite application from this disk's Oolite folder to your own Oolite folder. To run the game, double-click on the file 'Oolite.app' (the Oolite icon) in the 'Oolite' folder. Windows A folder called 'Oolite' has been created in Start -> Program Files. This folder has icons for running the game, the reference sheet, the link to the official Oolite website, the Advice for New Commanders guide, this ReadMe and an uninstall program. To run the game, choose the Oolite icon in the 'Oolite' folder. Linux (oolite.org package) (this section is not applicable for installed packages downloaded from Linux repositories) For all freedesktop.org-compliant desktops (e.g. GNOME, KDE, etc.) an 'Oolite (oolite.org)' entry has been created, under the 'Games' application category. Note that a plain 'Oolite' entry, instead of 'Oolite (oolite.org)', indicates an Oolite installation performed using a package downloaded from a Linux repository. Linux repositories often lag behind the latest official application releases. It is recommended to download and install the latest Oolite version available at http://www.oolite.org . To run the game, choose the 'Oolite (oolite.org)' entry. Oolite may also run from a terminal. For system-wide Oolite installations (i.e. Oolite installed as root), open a terminal and execute $ oolite while for home-folder Oolite installations, open a terminal and execute $ ~/GNUstep/Applications/Oolite/oolite To remove Oolite, for system-wide installations (i.e. Oolite installed as root), open a terminal and execute $ /opt/Oolite/uninstall while for home-folder Oolite installations, open a terminal and execute $ ~/GNUstep/Applications/Oolite/uninstall For more information, on the Oolite for Linux installation, check the README.TXT file located in the following folder: system-wide Oolite installation /opt/Oolite/doc/README.TXT home-folder Oolite installation ~/GNUstep/Applications/Oolite/doc/README.TXT Start Menu When starting Oolite, a menu with six options will be displayed. Start New Commander: Start a new commander. Three starting scenarios are available by default, though expansion packs may add more. New players may wish to start with the Tutorial scenario which introduces the basics of flight and combat. A commander started with the Strict Mode option will never have any expansion packs affecting the ga…