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This package is under heavy development, the game itself is not yet playable, this version should only be seen as a demo version.
The really first playable game will have version number 1.0.0 - it's a long way to go...

Installing the binaries:

Unix:

Notice:  the binary has been statically linked to   , the portable games library by Steve Baker, because (on my system) the configure doesn't pop out dynamic libs - and you dont't have to download/compile plib yourself.
This will be changed some time.

untar the archive in a directory of your choice and cd into it
type

    ./tfleet.run
to start the startup Gui

If you don't want to use the Gui, type

    ./tuxfleet  fsf_two_vs_two
to play the skirmish mission 'fsf_two_vs_two' directly

    ./tuxfleet <skirmish-name>
to play one of skirmish missions located in directory 'mission'

The missions are yet only demo missions to demonstrate the future capabilities of TuxFleet.

The best missions to watch at this date are :
    planet4   level6              (featuring background levels taken from 'Tux') (slow!)
    fsf*                                 (featuring the ships from TuxFleet and the Free Stars Foundation)
    trigger*                          (the first trigger based events that can happen)
    fsf_tour*                        guided interactive Tour with Tux Iceswimmer as instructor

default keymap is:

[  ]            deccelerate/accelerate
t  y            target next/previous target
;  '             fire laser/missile
j l i m       steer the ship
p               pick target next to center of screen
Q              quit game

for more keys or to change the keymap, edit ./tuxfleet.conf


see also: playing TuxFleet  Startup Gui