+This is the basic Empire Client.
-This is the basic Empire Client version 2.8.
+Empire is a multi-player, client/server Internet based war game.
+Copyright (C) 1986-2008, Dave Pare, Jeff Bailey, Thomas Ruschak, Ken
+Stevens, Steve McClure
-See the "LEGAL", "LICENSE", "CREDITS" and "README" files for all the
-related information and legal notices. It is expected that any future
-projects/authors will amend these files as needed.
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License (in file
+`COPYING'), or (at your option) any later version.
-For questions and comments, please contact "wolfpack@wolfpackempire.com".
+The client is distributed as part of the complete source tarball and
+as a standalone client tarball. The instructions below apply to the
+client tarball. If you got the complete source, as tarball or from
+CVS, refer to ../../README instead.
-Note that this client is the same client that is shipped with the
-server. The only difference is the Makefile is copied from the
-"Makefile.standalone" for the standalone distributions, and
-from the "Makefile.server" for the server distributions.
+See file `INSTALL' for detailed compilation and installation
+instructions. Quick guide for the impatient: run configure; make;
+make install. The last step is optional; everything runs fine right
+from the build tree.
-If you are building this with the server, it is built automatically.
+The client connects to the Changeling blitz by default. Use
+environment variables EMPIREHOST and EMPIREPORT to connect to another
+game (see manual page for details).
-If you are building this standalone, continue reading to see how
-to build the client.
+The client tarball is not meant for development. Use the complete
+source for that.
-To make the program, edit ipglob.c and change empirehost[] to
-point at the machine where the game is running (although this is
-not necessary.)
+Please report bugs to <wolfpack@wolfpackempire.com> or via SourceForge
+http://sourceforge.net/projects/empserver (registration required).
-Also, if you are going to use "gcc", you need to change the Makefile
-line "CC=cc" to "CC=gcc".
+For more information or help, try rec.games.empire on Usenet, or send
+e-mail to <wolfpack@wolfpackempire.com> and we'll try to answer if we
+can. Also check out our web site at "http://www.wolfpackempire.com".
-To build for a Linux macihne, type "make linux".
-
-To build for a HP/UX machine, type "make hpux".
-
-To build for a DG/UX machine, type "make dgux".
-
-To build for a Solaris machine, type "make solaris".
-
-To build for a Windows machine, type "nmake win32".
- (Note that the Windows port was built with MSVC 5.0)
-
-For other machines, type "make".
-
-You can change hosts on-the-fly by using environment variables -- see
-the man page for details. But, for a short version, you can set the
-EMPIREHOST and EMPIREPORT environment variables to the host and
-port of the server you wish to connect to, and the client will
-automatically use them instead of the built in ones.
-
-Also note that pipes do not work on the Windows versions.
+Have fun!
+Wolfpack!
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