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### Requirements

Blob Wars : Blob And Conquer requires the following,

- SDL
- SDL Image
- SDL Mixer
- SDL TTF
- Zlib
- OpenGL

    Screen Resolution : Miniumum 800 x 600 (up to 1280 x 1024 supported)
    Processor         : Unknown
    Color Depth       : 24 bit or greater
    Harddrive         : 85  MB
    Graphics          : Hardware Accelerated 3D with OpenGL support
    Texture Memory    : Unknown
    Controls          : Keyboard and Mouse / Joystick

Most Linux users will find that the required SDL libraries came with their system and are probably already installed. If not, click the name of the library above to go to the relevant homepage. OpenGL drivers are generally provided by your graphics card's vendor (for example ATI or Nvidia). These can be downloaded from your vendor's homepage. Blob and Conquer does not support software OpenGL and it is NOT recommended that you attempt to play the game with no hardware acceleration.

### Installation

(Note - These instruction refer to Linux / Unix environments. Other operating systems may vary)

There are two main methods of installation available - Installing using a binary RPM and compiling the game from source.

#### Installing using an RPM

This is the easiest and most likely the preferred method of installation for most users. Depending on your desktop environment (eg - KDE, Gnome) you may be able to install the game by double clicking on the RPM file icon and following the onscreen instructions. You can also install the game by using the command line (remember to change the filename to match the name of the package you are installing),

rpm -U blobAndConquer-x.x-x.i586.rpm

Provided you have all the required libraries installed the game should install without problems. Be aware that in order to perform the above command you will be required to have root user access.

#### Installation from Source

If you choose this method you will need to build the game from source. This will require all the appropriate development libraries (see Requirements) and some knowledge of building an application using the source code. Open a terminal and use the following commands to extract, compile and install the game (again remember to change the filename to match the name of the download),

tar xzf blobAndConquer-x.x-x.tar.gz
cd blobAndConquer-x.x-x
make
make install*

Depending on the speed of your computer (and other factors that may limit the compiler time), you may have to wait a few minutes for the initial "make" command to complete whilst the game's source code is compiled. Once this has [successfully] completed you can run the "make install" command. If whilst running either of these steps the process aborts check the error message to see if you are missing any development files or check the Trouble Shooting section for more help.

* - Root access is required to perform this step

### Running the Game

Both and KDE and Gnome desktop environments (and maybe others) should have a new menu entry called Blob And Conquer. This can be found under Games / Tactics & Strategy (or there abouts). You can also run the game from a terminal prompt by typing,

blobAndConquer

Additional commands for running the game are available when running the game from the command prompt. See the section on Additonal Command Line Options for more details.

### Root Access

In order to install the game using either of the above methods you be required to have root access rights to the machine. You can temporarily switch the the root user by typing,

su

and providing the root password. You will then be able to install the game. Remember to exit from the root user mode by typing,

exit

It is NOT recommended you be the root user for any longer than you need be.

### Misc Installation Information

The game is installed using the following directory structure. If you experience problems getting the game to run, please check your paths are correct.

/usr/games/blobAndConquer
/usr/share/games/parallelrealities/blobAndConquer.pak
/usr/share/doc/blobAndConquer/*

Saved games and configuration data are saved to,

{USER_HOME}/.parallelrealities/blobAndConquer/

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