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[Install Game Engine]

Install Game Engine
- Install game engine

Importing from SVN
- Open eclipse. Make sure you're in the same workspace as the one you imported the engine in
- Go to File -> New -> Project
- Select SVN -> Projects from SVN
- Select the OpenWar repository
- Click "Next"
- Select "rpg" from the resource tree
- Click finish
- "Check out as project configured using the New Project Wizard"
- Pick "Java Project"
- Enter a project name, e.g. "TopDownRPG"
- Make sure it's using JDK 1.6
- Click "Finish"
- Wait for the SVN contents to get imported

Configuring the project to compile correctly
- Right click the project and click "Properties"
- Go to "Java build path"
- Remove the single folder in the tree
- Click "Add folder"
- Select "src" and click OK
- Next to the "default output folder" field, click Browse, select "bin" (create it if neccessary) and click OK
- Go to the tab "Projects"
- Click "Add", select the game engine project and click "OK"
- Close the properties by clicking OK

Running the game for the first time
- Go to "Run -> Run..."
- Double-click "Java Application"
- Give the configuration an appropriate name
- As main class, enter "org.openwar.rpg.Main"
- Click "Run" to save and run this configuration

Running the game again
- Select the launch configuration you created in the "Run" toolbar menu (green Play button in the toolbar) or in "Run -> Run History"

updated. the new way to load resources requires that the working directory is correctly set

I followed the instructions, but it said the game wouldn't run due to errors.  I'll give it another try a bit later.

I'll give it a try tomorrow.

what errors?

big update, i've splitted the engine and game into 2 projects

what errors?

Lots of them

they all involve generics (ArrayList<String>, that kind of stuff), so i'm guessing you're running/compiling it under java 1.4 (should work with 1.6 or 1.5, but i'm programming on 1.6)

I figured I'd updated everything though.  Still, that gives me an idea of where to look.

At the end, when I try to run the RPG, an error reading "Selection does not contain a main type" shows up when I double click 'Java application'.

Everything is installed according to the topics you made here at the OpenWar forums.
The projects I used are Game 2D 75 and TopDownRPG 76.

I noticed Game 2D 77, which I take is a newer version, just got available. Is there some way to quickly update the project? Or are the same steps required each time?

Edit: Found out how make an easy update, using "Replace with" -> "Latest from Repository" from the menu you get by right clicking the project.

Fixed the bug too. - No, it did not. I accidently tried to run the Game 2d engine.
Fixed... the svc folders I used were missing. The correct ones are listed in the Trunk folder.

Solinx

don't double click Java Application, click it once, then make a new configuration (button at the top) and enter the necessary data

I noticed Game 2D 77, which I take is a newer version, just got available. Is there some way to quickly update the project? Or are the same steps required each time?

right-click -> team -> update

Game engine link is broken.

Fixed