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1. System requirements
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Hardware requirements:
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* >= 6th generation x86 CPU with 2.0 GHz or better
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(modern CPU series with at least two cores of at least 1.5 Ghz recommended)
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* 1.5 GB RAM
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(2.0 GB RAM recommended)
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* Graphics chip supporting OpenGL 1.3 with GL_ARB_env_crossbar and shader
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extensions (=OpenGL 1.4 or glUseProgramObjectARB etc.) or higher
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(dedicated video card with hardware 3D acceleration recommended)
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* 256 MB video memory (either dedicated or shared)
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* >= (2011) Intel Sandy Bridge x86 CPU with 1.6 GHz or higher frequency
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(modern multi-core CPU series, at least 2.0 GHz recommended)
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* 2.0 GB RAM
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(4.0 GB RAM recommended)
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* Graphics chip supporting OpenGL 2.1 or higher
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(dedicated/discrete video card with hardware 3D acceleration recommended)
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* 512 MB video memory
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* Audio chip supporting OpenAL
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Software requirements:
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The MegaGlest Team currently provides builds and installers for Linux and
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Windows. The Linux version is available in 32 and 64 bit variants which have
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been reported to run on Ubuntu 8.04 to 13.10, various versions of Debian,
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OpenSuSE 11.1 to 13.1, and many other distributions. The Windows version runs
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on 32 and 64 bit variants of Windows and has been reported to run on Windows
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versions up to and including Windows 8.1.
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been reported to run on any supported Ubuntu LTS releases, various versions of
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Debian, OpenSuSE 11.1 to 13.1, and many other distributions. The Windows
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version runs on 32 and 64 bit variants and has been reported to run on Windows
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versions up to and including Windows 10.
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There are also packages available for several Linux and BSD distributions and
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OS X, maintained by these distributions or the wider MegaGlest community.
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Please see the MegaGlest website, forums and wiki, as well as the package
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There are also packages available for several Linux and BSD distributions and
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OS X, maintained by these distributions or the wider MegaGlest community.
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Please see the MegaGlest website, forums and wiki, as well as the package
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directories these distributions provide for details.
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Graphics hardware and drivers:
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Current dedicated Nvidia and ATI hardware with up to date vendor-supplied
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Current dedicated Nvidia and AMD hardware with up to date vendor-supplied
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proprietary drivers installed usually provide the best experience. However, it
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is not unheard of that they may be difficult to get working on Linux and other
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open platforms (due to insufficient support by hardware vendors). If you
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open platforms (due to insufficient support by hardware vendors). If you
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experience such issues, open source 3D drivers are now becoming usable for both
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many current and legacy GPUs, and may help with the proprietary drivers'
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shortcomings.
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Next to standard dedicated gaming video cards, MegaGlest also runs fine on most
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integrated Intel GMA, Nvidia and AMD/ATI APUs, but you will feel an urge to
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reduce visual effects. See http://faq.megaglest.org for more hints.
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integrated Intel, Nvidia and AMD APUs, but you will feel an urge to reduce
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visual effects. See http://faq.megaglest.org for potential optimizations.
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To run MegaGlest in headless mode, neither video nor audio hardware and driver
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support are neccessary. For a good user experience, please ensure your system
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meets the other minimum hardware requirements, as listed above.
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meets all other minimum hardware requirements, as listed above.
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All you should need to do on Windows is to double-click the downloaded file.
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You may get to see a warning saying that this file you downloaded from the
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Internet may be unsafe. However, if you downloaded this file from a trusted
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source, i.e. megaglest.org (which currently forwards to GitHub, which then
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forwards to Amazon AWS S3), it should be safe to proceed. However, we can not
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make any guarantees. You are encouraged to scan the downloaded installer for
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source, i.e. megaglest.org (which currently forwards to GitHub, which then
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forwards to Amazon AWS S3), it should be safe to proceed. However, we can not
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make any guarantees. You are encouraged to scan the downloaded installer for
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viruses.
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Other platforms:
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Please refer to the packagers' installation guides.
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All platforms:
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We have lately started to cryptographically sign (OpenPGP) releases and also
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provide checksums, so please use these to iverify the authenticity of the files
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you have downloaded.
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We may cryptographically sign (OpenPGP) releases and provide checksums, so
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please use these to verify the integrity and authenticity of the files you
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have downloaded.
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and glestuserkeys.ini overwriting global defaults.
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On Linux, these files are located in ~/.megaglest/ (note the leading dot, this
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is a hidden directory).
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is a hidden directory).
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On Windows, these files are stored at %AppData%\megaglest. '%AppData%' is an
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environment variable which points to a different location depending on your
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megaglest --connect IPADDR[:PORT] => start game connecting to the server
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at the given IPv4 address
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For a complete list, run:
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For a complete list, run:
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megaglest --help
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http://forum.megaglest.org
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- Contact us on IRC:
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Network: irc.freenode.net
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Network: chat.freenode.net
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Channel: #megaglest
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Or use the webchat at http://chat.megaglest.org/
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