FreeOrion

Hi, I've known about this project for a while, so happy to see that it's picking momentum. Strange, it only occured to me recently that I could join the programming effort, since I've always been itching to write games.

Here's a bit about myself...

I'm a 4th year Computer Engineering student at University of New South Wales. I know C and Java quite well in terms of theory but I don't have a lot of experience, hopefully I'll get them here! I plan to learn C++. I'm not trying to brag, but I'm confident that I will learn quickly. My specialties are Robotics and Operating Systems, and I'm quite familiar with Linux and CVS etc. I run a Debian box and host my church youth group's website (www.cpccsf.org). Of course, I will be coding mainly in Linux.

While I'm mainly looking to do some serious coding, I'm also very happy to help maintain a set of updated documentation for things. When I get the code and start building, I will post a Programming start HOWTO, unless there is one already (I couldn't find such a thread so far, although there is something similar at http://www.freeorion.org).

Also, I'd like to make a comment - the documentation should be centralised. At the moment, half of it is at http://www.FO.org and the other half in the forums.

Admins - my SF login is iota-prime. Please add me to the developer's list, thanks!

edit: typo

Doh!

I can't compile the FO code on my desktop. It requires the SDL runtime and development libraries. On Debian, the development lib requires XFree 4.2.1 EXPLICITLY, I can't even use a newer version. Unfortunatelly, my graphics card (ATI Radeon 9100) must use XFree 4.3.0...

I'll try it on my laptop tonight.

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Sorry about not getting back to you sooner (I'm faster when you PM me). Anyways, welcome. The HOWTO idea sounds terrific. Let me know how that comes along.