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* C L O N E K E E N *
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* PLUS *
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* (Commander Genius) *
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* *
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* (c)2008-2009 Gerstrong *
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* (c)2003-2005 Caitlin Shaw *
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* Released under GNU/GPL *
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* *
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* Beta v0.2.6 *
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* *
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Welcome to CloneKeenPlus (Commander Genius)!
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CloneKeenPlus is an almost complete open-source clone of
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the old classic DOS game, Commander Keen: Invasion of the
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Vorticons by ID Software. CloneKeenPlus requires the original game
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data files to work. You can play all three episodes of the game and
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some fanmade mods.
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CloneKeenPlus currently runs under Linux/X11 and Windows with SDL.
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In Mac OS X it also might run, but this has not been tested.
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CloneKeenPlus tries to mostly replicate the original game,
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however there are also a number of improvements,
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including smoother scrolling, better graphic effects
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in some parts of the game, 2-player support, high quality
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packs, games menu, gamepad support (More than two joystick
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buttons) and more.
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To my knowledge this is the only released attempt at
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writing a third-party Keen game that has reached this
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stage of completedness.
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Commander Genius is a new edition of CloneKeenPlus.
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It will be the new game of the interpreter, but it is still
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not sure. This edition is compiled with GNU C++.
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The CloneKeen source may be freely distributed and
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modified as per the GPL, just please remember to give
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credit to the original authors.
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CloneKeenPlus has been developed by Gerstrong implementing
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mayor improvements basing on the original
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source code of CloneKeen by Caitlin Shaw. Many
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thanks to him, for bringing us this great program.
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Obviously it is not the original version of CloneKeen
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or any update. It is another version from a different
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author. Other guys and me had many improvements and
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I tried to post them to the author. However, until
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today he has not responded. It is also known, that there
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have not been updates of CloneKeen since 2005. It stayed
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in beta 0.83.
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I also would like to see those changes and improvements
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(or some of them) in his original project.
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So I hope he will contact me some day. Most of the code is
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based on his work and I acknow him a lot for that!
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Setting up the data of the game:
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* Copy all of the data files from the original game(s) into the
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"./data" folder. This means all of the files with the extension
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.ck?. If you have the registered versions, you can play the whole game,
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otherwise download the shareware version and copy the data from it.
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You also can use mods.
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* If you want to use some patched mods, you can put them into subdirectories.
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You only have modify the "games.cfg".
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* Only Linux/Unix Users: If you have many data files which are not lower-case,
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use "./data/renlower.sh" shell script to rename them.
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* Go into the "Release" folder and drop to the command line.
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* If you want better sounds and music, please download the high quality pack.
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Extract its contents to the "data" directory together with your game data.
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Howto use CloneKeenPlus (If you didn't compile it):
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* Under Windows you start "clonekeen.exe", under Linux "./clonekeen"
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Howto compile it under Ubuntu (testet on Intrepid):
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* As I know which packages are needed, because I use Ubuntu, here is an extra guide.
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* Install through Synaptic or "sudo apt-get install" following packages:
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- build-essential
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- libvorbis-dev
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- libsdl1.2-dev
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* extract my source code into "ckp".
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* cd into the "cpk/Release" subdirectory.
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* Run "make".
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* Then, you can run "clonekeen". Copy the files, wherever you want them together
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with the data directory. "make install" does not work though.
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Compiling CKP on Linux/UNIX (other than Ubuntu):
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* If you want to compile the game, you need to have all the standard .
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development libraries and GNU C Compiler (at least version 4) installed
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on your system.
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* You need to install the "vorbis" and "SDL" development libraries to get
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it successfully compiled.
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* extract my source code to "ckp".
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* cd into the "ckp/Release" subdirectory.
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* Run "make".
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* Then, you can run "clonekeen". Copy the files,
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wherever you want them together with the data directory.
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"make install" does not work though.
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HINTS & SECRETS
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- CHEAT CODES -
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There are a full assortment of cheat codes available. Some cheats must first
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be enabled with -cheat or through the options->game menu. C+T+SPACE and G+O+D will
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always work.
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KEY ACTION DESCRIPTION
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G+O+D godmode In god mode you are invincible!
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C+T+SPACE All Items Gives all items, similar to the original.
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LSHIFT+TAB Skip Level Holding down this key you can skip levels and walk through tiles
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on the map.
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TAB No clipping If you hold down this key you will disable clipping.
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However, you cannot fall though floors.
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- SAVE/LOAD GAME -
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The game can be saved by pressing F3 at any point during the game. The game will
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be saved in the exact position it was left (unlike the original which only
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allowed save at the map).
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- DEMO -
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Wait a while at the tile screen and the game will cycle through several
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demos, an added feature not found on the original game.
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- BUG! -
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So you really found one or more bugs? Please report me those per e-mail
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and they will be checked. If necesarry we are going to fix them as soon
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as possible.
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- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -
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Many thanks to people who has helped me so far in this project with their
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suggestions:
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Sciz CT
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Commander Spleen
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Malvineous
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Tulip
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Hans de Goede
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Levelass (Keen EXE-Information)
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ZidaneA (For his music tracks!)
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Iv4n
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Special thanks to Tulip, who has been supporting me all the time in testing
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the Windows version of CKP. Without you it wouldn't be so great now!
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I'm sure, there were more people who helped me and I forgot to mention, but
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many thanks to them, too.
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Many thanks to all of you, the project has gone farther, and will be a nice
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port to Commander Keen!
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For questions, comments, or updates to the source tree
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please contact: gerstrong@gmail.com or go thru
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SourceForge at http://clonekeenplus.sourceforge.net/
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