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# Bos Wars
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## About
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Bos Wars is a futuristic real-time strategy game featuring a dynamic
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rate-based economy. Resources are continuously produced while also being
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consumed by creating buildings and training new units. Bos Wars aims to
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create a completely original and fun open source RTS game.
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In a real time strategy game (RTS) the player must combat his enemies
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while running his war economy. Everything runs in so-called real-time.
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The player actions apply immediately (which is in opposition to
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turn-based games where the player always has to wait for his turn). The
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main difficulties in RTS games are to balance the effort put into
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building the economy, and building an army to defend and attack the
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enemies.
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Bos Wars has a dynamic rate based economy. Energy is produced by power
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plants, and magma gets pumped from hot spots. Buildings and mobile units
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are also built at a continuous rate. Control of larger parts of the map
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creates the potential to increase your economy throughput. Holding key
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points like roads and passages allow for different strategies.
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The newest version of Bos Wars can always be found at the
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[boswars.org](https://www.boswars.org) website.
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## Copyright and Licence
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This work, Bos Wars, is copyrighted in 2004-2023 by
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Tina Petersen Jensen, Francois Beerten et al.
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Read the file COPYRIGHT.txt for the detailed copyright notice.
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## Run Bos Wars
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Builds of Bos Wars can be obtained in different ways. The Download section
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on the [Bos Wars website](https://www.boswars.org) has packages for amd64/x86_64
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Linux systems. You will need to install a minimal set of dependencies.
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For example on Debian:
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sudo apt install libsdl2-2.0 libz libgl1-mesa
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And you can start the game:
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cd boswars-DATE
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./boswars
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The program has different command line options, which can be listed with:
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./boswars --help
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There is also the option to build from source code as explained in
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[INSTALL.md](INSTALL.md). That page also contains important tips for
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packaging Bos Wars for distribution.
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## Multiplayer Games
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Although Bos Wars supports multiplayer games over a LAN or the Internet, you
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should only run network games on networks with exclusively fully trusted
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parties. There are absolutely no security guarantees. Run at your own risk.
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To play multiplayer, find the hostname or the IP address of someone you
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want to play with and connect to him. There's currently no game server,
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meta server or lobby yet. It's on the long term roadmap. You can join
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our Matrix lobby room to find other players much more easily, and also
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the [Matrix Matchmaking
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room](https://matrix.to/#/#libregaming-matchmaking:tchncs.de) (after
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joining the Matchmaking room, enter `.add boswars` and you'll be
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notified if someone enters `.match boswars`).
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Bos Wars uses UDP with port 6660 by default, you may start boswars
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with '-Pxxxx' flag to use port xxxx instead.
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## Project
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For any more documentation, questions, constructive feedback,
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contributions or thanks, see the [Bos Wars
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website](https://www.boswars.org/). The website explains how to talk
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with team (like the [Matrix
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rooms](https://matrix.to/#/#boswars:matrix.org)) and how to help on the
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project with new maps, music, translations, patches, feedback
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[Known bugs](https://codeberg.org/boswars/boswars/issues) are listed on
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the trackers of the [Bos Wars](https://www.boswars.org) project pages.
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The bug tracker is for clear, precise issues with running or building
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the game. For all other issues, it's best to first talk with the team.
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Have fun,
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The Bos Wars team.
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