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https://github.com/shadowapex/spacebase-df9

Space simulator video game originally developed by Double Fine Productions.
https://github.com/shadowapex/spacebase-df9

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Space simulator video game originally developed by Double Fine Productions.

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Spacebase DF-9 v2 - Space station building game



This is a community maintained fork of DoubleFine's original game, which

was open sourced May 12, 2015 under the Common Public Attribution

License (CPAL-1.0: http://opensource.org/licenses/cpal_1.0).  (See

Licensing History below for more discussion).



Installation

============



Linux: 



  $ ./linux_install.sh



This will copy the modified game files on top of your Steam installation

of the game (after backing it up of course!)  This assumes you let Steam

install to its default location (i.e. under ~/.steam/).  If you need to

override the Steam path, this can be done with the STEAM_COMMON env

variable:



  $ STEAM_COMMON="~/Foo/steam/steamapps/common/" ./linux_install.sh



To restore the original game, just run:



  $ ./linux_install.sh restore



Or else just direct Steam to re-install Spacebase DF-9.  Note that save

files won't necessarily be backwards compatible!



Bugs

====

If you need to report a bug, please send us an email at spacebasehub at

gmail dot com, including a description of what you were doing, your log

file and a screenshot of the bug - whatever you think would best help us

understand the problem.



You can find your game log at:



  Windows

  :\Program Files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\SpacebaseDF9\moai_log_space.txt 



  Linux

  ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/SpacebaseDF9/moai_log_Space.txt



If you can, also attach the save game located at:



  Windows

  :\Users\\Documents\SpacebaseDF9\saves\ 



  Linux

  ~/.local/share/doublefine/spacebasedf9/Saves/



Debugging

=========

To test events more quickly you can toggle the dev debug stuff so you

can generate a new list of events and activate them at your

will. There’s a good amount of info on debugging on the wiki.



  http://spacebasedf9.gamepedia.com/Source_Documentation



See DebugMenu.lua for how to implement new debugging operations.



Contributing

============

Derelict Games is at heart a collaborative open source project, and

as such welcomes community contributions.  You're welcome to send

new art, one-off patches, content suggestions, and good ideas via the

usual bug reporting instructions outlined above.



Those wishing to do more substantial code contributions may wish to look

at our repository on gitlab.  Send us a pull request if you have

something cool to include.



If you'd like to participate more deeply and directly, that's great!

We've got a "2 contributions" rule as an entry requirement, so get a

couple patches accepted, or thumbs up from the art crew on a couple

pieces of art or sound or whatnot.  Then, just ask one of the current

team and we'll get you hooked in!



What skills do you need?  Most of the code is written in Lua, and as

it's a big established codebase it overall requires Patience and

Persistence.  Artwork requires 3D modeling skills and a good eye for

design, texturing is a plus; exports need to be in OBJ.  Content

production requires a sense of humor and experience with standard Sci Fi

tropes.  Translation work requires being able to write coherently in

more than one language.  Packaging and porting requires depth of

knowledge in how your operating system works.  Even more critical are

skills like, "Good teammanship," and "Having time to commit."



Code Style

==========

The code uses 'hungarian notation'.  For an explanation, see



  http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2003/09/12/52989.aspx



We believe the meaning is:  n is Number, b is Boolean, t is Table, r is

Reference, e is Enum.

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== Licensing History ==



Path v1.07 Unofficial - Sep 27, 2015

    The official Unofficial Patch of v1.07 was released. A few bugs were recorded in emails, in forums and between us in the Slack system.

    Cxsquared has given us access to his server setup to be ready for a new website that has emails, forums and other various things.

    Patch v1.07.01 will be released Oct 6 or 7, 2015.



Resoration Code - Sep 20, 2015

    We have a Slack messaging system room. Similar to IRC, sbrs.slack.com under the #Dev room 

    to come and chat with us about what we're all doing.



MOTD - May 12, 2015

    Open source license available at: http://opensource.org/licenses/cpal_1.0



    -- https://web.archive.org/web/20150512113236/http://blog.spacebasedf9.com/motd/motd.txt



JP - Sept 17, 2014

    We’re also pleased to announce we’ll be releasing the game’s full

    Lua source code a short time after 1.0, which will allow the

    community to create potentially far-ranging mods that add content,

    new features, and change some fundamental game behaviors.



    -- http://store.steampowered.com/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/521612880954244703



JP - Oct 27, 2014

    The game’s Lua source code is now available in the game’s install

    directory on all platforms. Usually this will be in your Steam

    directory, under SteamApps\common\SpacebaseDF9\Data\Scripts. If you

    own the game you can modify these files and distribute your

    modifications to other users as you like. A large portion of

    Spacebase is written in Lua, so there are relatively few limits on

    what you can do with this.



    -- http://steamcommunity.com/games/246090/announcements/detail/216497448170557993