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commandergenius (engine for Commander Keen games)
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Commander Genius is an open-source clone of Commander Keen which allows
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you to play the games, and some of the mods made for it. All of the
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original data files are required to do so, however the authors have
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provided convenient way to download some of the games (choose "Game
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Center" at the main menu). It's also possible to use the data files from
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an installed copy of one or more of the games.
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Supported games:
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Keen 1 - Version 1.33 [*]
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Keen 2 - Version 1.33
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Keen 3 - Version 1.33
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Keen 4 - Version 1.4 (EGA) [*]
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Keen 5 - Version 1.4 (EGA)
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Keen 6 - Version 1.4 (EGA) (version 1.5 known not to work!)
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Keen Dreams - Version v1.13 (EGA) [*]
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[*] = downloadable from Game Center
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Other versions might work, but there are no guarantees. For the games not
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available via the in-game Game Center, place the data files somewhere
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under /usr/share/games/commandergenius or ~/.CommanderGenius, and edit
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~/.CommanderGenius/games.cfg to tell the game where to find the files.
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commandergenius also has a HQP (High Quality Pack) with enhanced graphics
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and sound for Keen 1 through 4. For Keen 1 and Keen 4, choose "Keen 1
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Special" and "Keen 4 Special" from the Game Center, to get the HQP versions
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of the games. For Keen 2 and Keen 3, the HQP will automatically be used
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if the games are installed to ~/.CommanderGenius/games/keen2 and
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~/.CommanderGenius/games/keen3, with games.cfg entries like so:
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&Dir=games/keen2/keen2.exe
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/Name=keen2
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&Dir=games/keen3/keen3.exe
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/Name=keen3
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If you *don't* want the HQP to be used, use different directory names
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for the above (e.g. ckeen2 and ckeen3).
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commandergenius can be built with either SDL 1.2 or SDL 2.0. By default,
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SDL2 is used if SDL2 and SDL2_image are both found, otherwise SDL1 is
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used. To build with SDL1 even if SDL2 and SDL2_image are installed, set
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'SDL2=no' in the script's environment.
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