Developer Center

This page is intended to be the center of the developer community, i.e. people working with direct CVS access. The final code documentation should be written by doxygen into CVS in docsrc/ directory, but intermediate doc are welcomed here to be worked on.

Resources for developers

These are wiki resources usefull for developer:

• Changelog for players, source for release notes. Please update it when you commit a new feature or an important bug fix in the CVS.
• Cross compile glob2 - explains how to compile globulation2 for windows on Debian
• Compile glob2 with mingw - explains how to compile globulation2 on windows using mingw.
• The hierarchy of files in glob2's sources. Refer to CVS HEAD.
• GUI Theming
• Programming conventions used by source code. Please follow them if you want to contribute to source code. You can comment them in ther discussion page.
• Things to read if you want to enter into glob2's source code.
• Mistake often seen in C++. Please read this and check your code if you are new to C++.
• Resource growing description
• High level gradient usage description
• High level terrain description
• Road Map for things still to implement in Globulation 2
• Proposals for some actively supported issues
• Usability issues
• The New Echo AI System. Some early information about Echo design.
• Making An AI With Echo. Read this if you want to make an AI for Glob2.

Of course, Resources for contributors, savannah as well as IRC are also very usefull for developers.

Work in Progress

These sections are still being worked on. While you're welcome to comment on them, you shouldn't spend all day nitpicking on them, as they might be changed completely or removed before you're finished.

• AINicowar

Documentation in progress for Nicowar AI.

Request for comments

These files have been written up fully, but need to be peer-reviewed. Please read through these pages, edit and comment on them.

• nothing for now