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diff --git a/games/xu4/README-SBo.txt b/games/xu4/README-SBo.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..379033bc11 --- /dev/null +++ b/games/xu4/README-SBo.txt @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +Optional stuff: Music, enhanced graphics, and PDF manuals. + +Music +----- +To hear the in-game music, you'll need a set of MIDI patches, either the +eawpats or freepats package from slackbuilds.org (make sure you set up +timidity.cfg correctly). These can be installed after the fact (no need +to rebuild xu4 after installing them). The timidity package itself isn't +required (xu4 uses SDL_mixer to play back the music). + +Enhanced Graphics +----------------- +By default, the script will build a package that uses the graphics from +the original PC/DOS version of the game. If you'd like to use the +upgraded graphics from the Ultima IV Upgrade Project, download the file +u4upgrad.zip and place it in the same directory as the SlackBuild script, +before running it. The upgrade can be downloaded here: + +URL: http://www.moongates.com/u4/upgrade/files/u4upgrad.zip +md5sum: 4ce9c9cd9dab111275e0ebfde7a482c4 +Homepage: http://www.moongates.com/u4/upgrade/Upgrade.htm + +The graphics upgrade isn't listed in the .info file because it isn't +required to play the game, and also because some users will prefer the +original CGA-style graphics. + +PDF Manuals +----------- +Some of the documentation in this package is in Microsoft Word format. To +read it, you can use KWord... or just live with the text-only versions +(also included in this package). These are the manuals for the original +game, and unlike most modern games, you really do need to read them to +have any chance of completing Ultima IV. The text files and Word docs +contain all the information needed to play the game. + +However, the text and MS Word manuals don't really capture the +flavor of the original manuals: they're just the content, without the +presentation. If you want a more authentic retro-gaming experience, +you should install the PDF manuals. To do this, download the file +ultima4_scanned_docs.zip and place it in the SlackBuild directory, +before running the script. + +URL: http://urchlay.naptime.net/slackstuff/src/ultima4_scanned_docs.zip +md5sum: c6be37b7028d6f7b56843a73517a5c31 + +The PDF docs aren't listed in the .info file because they're fairly large, +and not needed just to play the game. |