So I typed in git submodule update --init....

[suird]

And what do i do next? None of the commands in "how to do stuff" section don't work for me. I am pretty new to git, so it might get expected.

[fabianschuiki]

After the submodules are initialized, type mkdir build to create a build directory, type cd build to switch into it and use CMake to generate the Makefiles for the project via cmake ... You probably need to install CMake, as it's not part of most distributions. Something like sudo apt-get install cmake or the like will do.

With the Makefiles generated, type make to build the program and use ./OpenSkyscraper to launch the game on Linux. On Mac OS X, a proper .app Bundle is generated, which you can launch as OpenSkyscraper.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenSkyscraper.

Hope this helps :)

[ShaklinSyed]

Hello,
I have created a directory and installed cmake, and yes sudo apt-get install cmake works on Ubuntu. Could anyone clearly explain how to go furthur, i.e how to generate Makefiles via cmake, and so on.

[fabianschuiki]

The steps in the post above should give you a usable executable: Inside the project directory, create a build directory, change into that with cd, run cmake to generate the Makefiles for you (cmake ..), and finally build the project by typing make. Then simply run the executable that make compile for you :)

[fabianschuiki]

Don't forget to put the SimTower executable SIMTOWER.EXE (or the compressed installer file SIMTOWER.EX_) in one of the following directories:

./data/
~/.OpenSkyscraper/
/usr/local/share/OpenSkyscraper/
/usr/share/OpenSkyscraper/

[ShaklinSyed]

-- The CXX compiler identification is unknown
CMake Error: your CXX compiler: "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER-NOTFOUND" was not found. Please set CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to a valid compiler path or name.
CMake Error at thirdparty/FindSFML.cmake:167 (message):
Could NOT find SFML (missing: SFML_AUDIO_LIBRARY SFML_GRAPHICS_LIBRARY
SFML_WINDOW_LIBRARY SFML_SYSTEM_LIBRARY)
Call Stack (most recent call first):
CMakeLists.txt:101 (find_package)

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "/home/thevira/Documents/OpenSkyscraper/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
See also "/home/thevira/Documents/OpenSkyscraper/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".

[fabianschuiki]

You are lacking a C++ compiler and the SFML libraries. Both can be installed via sudo apt-get install. Try sudo apt-get install g++ libsfml-dev. I'm not quite sure anymore what the exact name for SFML is in aptitude, Google should help you out though!

[ShaklinSyed]

There has been a few improvement, i have setup both g++ and SFML v1.6. I do believe i am near to completing the setup process. Lastly the updated report is :
theviralgriffin@thevira-300E4Z-300E5Z-300E7Z:~/Documents/OpenSkyscraper/build$ cmake ..
Found SFML: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsfml-audio.so;/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsfml-graphics.so;/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsfml-window.so;/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsfml-system.so
CMake Error at thirdparty/FindRocket.cmake:103 (message):
Could NOT find Rocket (missing: ROCKET_CORE_LIBRARY ROCKET_CONTROLS_LIBRARY
ROCKET_DEBUGGER_LIBRARY)
Call Stack (most recent call first):
CMakeLists.txt:111 (find_package)

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "/home/thevira/Documents/OpenSkyscraper/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
See also "/home/thevira/Documents/OpenSkyscraper/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".

[fabianschuiki]

The output tells you that you are missing the libRocket dependency, which is responsible for the user interface. There are three possible ways to install libRocket on your system (preferable solution on top):

• Install via aptitude (sudo apt-get install librocket or something similar).
• Install from a private package archive (PPA), e.g. the one maintained by Harald Sitter. The launchpad.net website or Google should be able to help you add a PPA to your Ubuntu setup.
• Compile the library from source, which is fairly involved to say the least.

Hope any of the above helps. I think on my development setup I built libRocket from its source, but a package that is being maintained is far superior than that. Tell me what solution worked for you.

[ShaklinSyed]

Tried the first two options, through sudo, it could find the package and when i tried adding from ppa, couldn't update the package. Since we are left with third option, fabianschuiki could you assist me with compiling from source, btw i have already downloaded the source. :)

[fabianschuiki]

This is a summary of the steps taken by the macosx_build.sh script:

1. Download and unpack the libRocket source. The build script uses release 1.2.1.
2. Change into the /Build directory in the source.
3. cmake -D BUILD_PYTHON_BINDINGS=OFF -D BUILD_SAMPLES=OFF -D BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="Release" .
4. make and sudo make install

Basically your regular build procedure when you compile something from source. The script might complain about missing dependencies, in which case you'll have to install them separately. These should be available from aptitude though, so you don't need to compile each dependency from scratch.

Hope this helps!

[ShaklinSyed]

It seems from our efforts, we have installed both sfml and librocket, the current output is as below,
theviralgriffin@theviralgriffin-300E4Z-300E5Z-300E7Z:~/Documents/OpenSkyscraper/build$ cmake ..
Found SFML: /usr/local/lib/libsfml-audio.so;/usr/local/lib/libsfml-graphics.so;/usr/local/lib/libsfml-window.so;/usr/local/lib/libsfml-system.so
Found Rocket: /usr/local/lib/libRocketCore.so;/usr/local/lib/libRocketControls.so;/usr/local/lib/libRocketDebugger.so
-- Could NOT find mspack (missing: MSPACK_LIBRARIES MSPACK_INCLUDE_DIRS) (found version "dev")
-- Configuring done
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:80 (add_executable):
Cannot find source file:
thirdparty/tinyxml2/tinyxml2.cpp
Tried extensions .c .C .c++ .cc .cpp .cxx .m .M .mm .h .hh .h++ .hm .hpp
.hxx .in .txx
-- Build files have been written to: /home/theviralgriffin/Documents/OpenSkyscraper/build

If i am right, i am missing mspack, i tried googling it, was of no use.

And also i am unsure of :
Don't forget to put the SimTower executable SIMTOWER.EXE (or the compressed installer file SIMTOWER.EX_) in one of the following directories:

./data/
~/.OpenSkyscraper/
/usr/local/share/OpenSkyscraper/
/usr/share/OpenSkyscraper/

Is there a link or a repo where i can download it ?

[fabianschuiki]

libmspack is actually not required. It is used to open the uninstalled version of SimTower, as if you opened it from the CD the game originally came on. At the moment, SimTower is available as abandonware at abandonia.com. This somewhat is legal gray area, so be aware that even though Maxis is not capitalizing on SimTower anymore, they still own the copyright to it and downloading the abandonware is theoretically a copyright violation.

The error about tinyxml indicates that the submodules are not initialized. Run git submodule update --init from the root directory of the project to checkout all submodules properly.

[ShaklinSyed]

This is what i get. Did i miss anything ?

[ShaklinSyed]

Checked the terminal and here is the log :
SimTowerLoader.cpp.115, load: Unable to load SimTower executable
Application.cpp.126, init: unable to load SimTower resources
And i did paste a copy of SimTower - The Vertical Empire in OpenSkyscraper Folder.

[fabianschuiki]

The log should show you the locations where OpenSkyscraper is looking for the SimTower executable. Probably in the working directory/build directory where you launched OpenSkyscraper from, some location in your home folder, and a few system locations.