https://github.com/glouw/openempire

A multiplayer lockstep RTS engine compatible with the Age of Empires II Trial assets
https://github.com/glouw/openempire

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A multiplayer lockstep RTS engine compatible with the Age of Empires II Trial assets

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/glouw/openempire
• Owner: glouw
• License: other
• Created: 2019-05-13T04:34:14.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-07-11T23:39:44.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-04T02:51:05.536Z (9 months ago)
• Topics: age, empires, engine, kings, multiplayer
• Language: C
• Homepage:
• Size: 6.56 MB
• Stars: 535
• Watchers: 14
• Forks: 24
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Open Empire

Open Empire is an educational multi-player RTS engine which interfaces with the Age of Empires II Trial assets.

[![YouTube](https://img.youtube.com/vi/el8Brru8ZIU/maxresdefault.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el8Brru8ZIU)

## Dependencies

    Arch   : pacman -S sdl2 sdl2_net sdl2_ttf

    Ubuntu : apt-get install libsdl2-dev libsdl2-net-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev

## Building

    git clone https://github.com/glouw/openempire

    cd openempire

    make -C src

## Running

Get a copy of Age of Empires II trial version from the internet archive:

    https://archive.org/download/AgeofEmpiresIITheAgeofKings_1020/AoE2demo.zip

Unzip, and run the installation .exe with wine. The game's asset data folder

can be found in the root directory of the game's installation:

    "$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Games/Age of Empires II Trial/Data"

To play, first start the server by specifying the port and the number of users

who will be playing:

    ./openempire --path "$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Games/Age of Empires II Trial/Data" --port 1234 --users 3 --server

Keep note, that three users implies two human players and one anti-cheat bot

who spectates the game and detects and restores out of syncs.

Second, start these three clients (you, on your computer, a friend on their computer,

and the anti-cheat bot on a computer you trust). The anti cheat bot must be started last.

For instance, to start one client:

    ./openempire --path "$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Games/Age of Empires II Trial/Data" --port 1234 --host localhost --xres 1440 --yres 900

## Controls

Some small tweaks have been added to ease some of the controls:

    W A S D :

        Pans the camera

    Left shift + left click:

        Selects multiple of the same unit

    Left alt + Q W E R T ... Z X C V B:

        Selects a building to place, or a unit command to execute

## Legal

Open Empire was written from scratch with the highest regards of the

original copyright holders.

Open Empire is *NOT* a binary decompilation of Age of Empires II.

Data, art, and sound files from the Age of Empires II Trial are not supplied.

Age of Empires II is copyright (©) by Microsoft Corporation, Ensemble Studios, and SkyBox Labs.

Open Empire was created under Microsoft's Game Content Usage Rules:

    https://www.xbox.com/en-us/developers/rules

Open Empire uses assets from the Age of Empires II Trial, and it is not endorsed by

or affiliated with Microsoft, Ensemble Studios, or SkyBox Labs.

## Credits

Thanks to:

* SFTech OpenAge team for their fantastic documentation on the

  inner workings of the SLP and DRS file formats. See:

      https://github.com/SFTtech/openage

* The developers and artists from Ensemble Studios for the many

  gifted childhood memories

* Forgotten Empires for keeping the spirit of Age of Empires II alive

Dedicated to Ondrej whom I met hiking across England as he hiked from

Scotland to Spain, and to TheJoshMaster22; volare, my friend, wherever you are.