[Create Package] Annex: Conquer the World

[Rohan "HEXcube" Villoth]

𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐱: 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 is a total modification of the popular Megaglest. Website - http://annexconquer.com . Uses the same engine as MegaGlest (MegaGlest Engine - GPLv3 Licensed) but different media (CC-BY_SA licensed as per https://libregamewiki.org/Annex:_Conquer_the_World ). Vaguely resembles WarZone2100, but feels brighter and more modern. The game is available for download from official website for Win, Mac and Linux (both 32&64bit builds) and also on Desura. Source on http://bitbucket.org/annexctw (Annex game source) & http://github.com/MegaGlest/megaglest-source (MegaGlest engine source).

[Christoph Korn (c-korn)]

Starting from scratch.

[Christoph Korn (c-korn)]

Are there any build instructions?

[Rohan "HEXcube" Villoth (hexcube)]

@c-korn I couldn't find any build instructions at the game homepage. Since the game is technically a 𝐌𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐆𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭 mod, the build process has to be similar to MegaGlest.
I tried to contact the developer on DeviantArt, but he has'nt responded yet. He seems to be busy with his upcoming game 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐢 , which is a single player campaign mod using the same 𝐌𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐆𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭 engine. The crowdfunding has started - https://www.patreon.com/terra . Previews of the new work can be seen at the dev's DeviantArt page (http://delphadesign.deviantart.com/ ) and Youtube Page (http://www.youtube.com/user/DelphaDesign ). The game's on ModDB/IndieDB too (http://www.indiedb.com/games/terra-centauri-last-stand).
@c-korn If it's very difficult to package the game, let's wait until the dev responds. Or when 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐢 is released, let's package that instead of Annex. Coz on the whole, 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐢 seems like a better game and a replacement for Annex. Its single player campaign mode looks interesting while Annex doesn't have a true singleplayer (only skirmish).

[Christoph Korn (c-korn)]

Ok, waiting then.

[Tom Reynolds (tomreyn)]

Technically, Annex CtW is really just a repackaged MegaGlest release. MegaGlest's executables are manually renamed and stored in 'binary' archives:

https://bitbucket.org/annexctw/annex/downloads

Also MegaGlest's wrapper script is renamed and platform specific glue added:

https://bitbucket.org/annexctw/annex/src/HEAD/os_dependent/linux/shared/?at=develop

Finally, both is combines with the game specific assets by a release packaging script:
https://bitbucket.org/annexctw/annex/src/HEAD/mk_release/linux/make-release.sh?at=develop

It's not certain but also not unlikely that there will be another Annex CtW release now that MegaGlest 3.12.0 was released.