@@ -67,14 +67,28 @@ and then add the neccessary data files. The steps are:
6767 [ levels] ( https://github.com/swfans/swars-levels/releases ) .
68684 . Now we finally get to this code repository. Download and unpack the source
6969 tarball or clone git repo. You can also try downloading the prebuilt * patch*
70- release, in which case you should skip the next step; but that will only
71- work if your Linux environment happens to be compatible to the one where
72- the release patch package was built.
73- 5 . Follow [ building instructions] ( #general-building-instructions ) below to get
74- a compiled executable.
75- 6 . After the build succeeded, do ` make DESTDIR=<TARGET> install ` in the
76- directory where build commands were executed, to copy built files into the
77- * \< TARGET\> * installation folder you've chosen.
70+ release; but that will only work if your Linux environment happens to be
71+ compatible to the one where the release patch package was built.
72+ Depending on what you've chosen, follow further steps:
73+
74+ Route "a" - compiling the game by yourself.
75+
76+ 7.a. Follow [ building instructions] ( #general-building-instructions ) below to get
77+ a compiled executable and configuration files.
78+ 8.a. After the build succeeded, do ` make prefix=<TARGET> install ` in the
79+ directory where build commands were executed, to copy built files into the
80+ * \< TARGET\> /swars* installation folder you've chosen. If you've built the
81+ binary yourself, you already have all the tools neccessary for that install
82+ command to work. After installation, verify the folder to make sure you
83+ didn't installed these files to ` swars/swars/ ` directory; you can just
84+ move them one dir higher if that's the case.
85+
86+ Route "b" - using the prebuilt * patch* release.
87+
88+ 7.b. Extract the downloaded patch file.
89+ 8.b. Move all extracted files and folders to the selected installation folder.
90+ Place them all in one folder, so that sub-olders ` conf ` , ` data ` , ` levels `
91+ and the executable file ` swars ` are all next to each other.
7892
7993If all went well, you can now [ start the game] ( #starting-the-game ) .
8094
@@ -140,17 +154,27 @@ If you've decided on the hand-compilation option, proceed with the following ste
1401545 . * [ optional] * Create a ` music ` directory inside your chosen installation
141155 folder, and place the previously encoded ` .ogg ` files there.
1421566 . Now we finally get to this code repository. Download and unpack the source
143- tarball or clone git repo. You can also download the prebuilt * patch*
144- release, in which case you should skip the next step.
145- 7 . Follow [ building instructions] ( #building-on-windows ) below to get
146- a compiled executable and configuration files.
147- 8 . After the build succeeded, do ` make prefix=<TARGET> install ` in the
148- directory where build commands were executed, to copy built files into the
149- * \< TARGET\> /swars* installation folder you've chosen. If you've built the
150- binary yourself, you already have all the tools neccessary for that install
151- command to work. After installation, verify the folder to make sure you
152- didn't installed these files to ` swars/swars/ ` directory; you can just
153- move them one dir higher if that's the case.
157+ tarball or clone git repo. Or you can instead download the prebuilt * patch*
158+ release. Depending on what you've chosen, follow further steps:
159+
160+ Route "a" - compiling the game by yourself.
161+
162+ 7.a. Follow [ building instructions] ( #building-on-windows ) below to get
163+ a compiled executable and configuration files.
164+ 8.a. After the build succeeded, do ` make prefix=<TARGET> install ` in the
165+ directory where build commands were executed, to copy built files into the
166+ * \< TARGET\> /swars* installation folder you've chosen. If you've built the
167+ binary yourself, you already have all the tools neccessary for that install
168+ command to work. After installation, verify the folder to make sure you
169+ didn't installed these files to ` swars/swars/ ` directory; you can just
170+ move them one dir higher if that's the case.
171+
172+ Route "b" - using the prebuilt * patch* release.
173+
174+ 7.b. Extract the downloaded patch file.
175+ 8.b. Move all extracted files and folders to the selected installation folder.
176+ Place them all in one folder, so that sub-olders ` conf ` , ` data ` , ` levels `
177+ and the executable file ` swars.exe ` are all next to each other.
154178
155179You can now [ start the game] ( #starting-the-game ) .
156180
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