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| - | ====== Compiling Maps for Ca3DE ====== | + | ====== Compiling Maps at the Command-Line ====== |
| When you have finished editing a map in CaWE, you'll want to run it with Ca3DE. | When you have finished editing a map in CaWE, you'll want to run it with Ca3DE. | ||
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| turn your map into a fully precomputed world file. | turn your map into a fully precomputed world file. | ||
| - | In order to run CaBSP, CaPVS and CaLight, you need to know how to use the **cmd.exe** (for windows users)because the programs are //command line driven// and cannot be started by clicking on them. | + | In order to use CaBSP, CaPVS and CaLight "by hand" (rather than [[mapping:compiling_new|from within CaWE]]), you should be familiar with the command-line interface of Windows or Linux, because these programs just cannot be started by a simple double-click on them. |
| - | You have to open cmd.exe by clicking in windows on start -> execute. Type in **cmd** and press enter. A window will open. It shows the directory you are currently in. You can browse into the parent directory by typing **cd..** and you can enter a directory by typing **cd directoryname** (replace directoryname with the name of the directory that you want to open). Other useful commands are **dir** that shows all files that are in the directory you are currently in and **e:** (for example) to change the hard drive. | + | Under Windows, you can open the command-line window by opening "Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt" (in German: "Programme -> Zubehör -> Eingabeaufforderung") from the Start menu. Initially, the window shows the directory you are currently in. You can browse into the parent directory by typing ''cd ..'', as for example in |
| + | C:\Windows> cd .. | ||
| + | C:\> | ||
| + | and you can enter a directory by typing | ||
| + | C:\> cd directoryname | ||
| + | C:\directoryname> | ||
| + | (Replace "directoryname" with the name of the directory that you want to open.) Other useful commands are ''dir'' that shows all files that are in the directory you are currently in and ''e:'' (for example) to change the current hard drive. | ||
| - | In order to run the programs with the commands that you will get to know later in this tutorial, you have to browse into the directory they are in (which is the **Ca3D-Engine** directory). | + | In order to run the programs with the commands presented below, you'll first have to browse into the directory they are in (which is the ''Ca3D-Engine'' directory). |
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