Building from source
First you’ll need the source code:You can download the newest source code from our SVN repository:
svn co http://ta3d.darkstars.co.uk/TA3D ta3d
you can also access it through a web interface:
http://ta3d.darkstars.co.uk/websvn/
Last stable release:
TA3D 0.4.2
Previous releases are available in the Linux section
In order to build TA3D you need :
the GNU compiler mingw32 with C++ support the Allegro library (at least 4.2.2) the AllegroGl library (we recommend 0.4.3) zlib up to version 0.3.0, AllegroMP3 (for ingame music) for version 0.3.1 and above, FMOD
You will also need *.hpi and/or *.ufo files which contain units and maps (from the original game, the demo or a mod, but you can find maps on fans websites).
You can reuse the *.hpi files from the original game by using the hpiview executable after compilation.
Use the command:
hpiview path_to_totala3.hpi extract “install/totala1.hpi”
The totala2.hpi file can be copied directly from CDrom.
You can also extract these files from the CD with the installer: install.bat will extract everything for you
NB: TA3D is developped on linux 64bits with a GeForce, then it’s optimised for this hardware.
Here’s some tests with release 0.1.2/0.2.0:
Frame rate is given whith TA3D running with less than 10 units
Athlon 1.26 GHz, GeForce 2 MX ~120fps (linux) (with shadows ~95fps) Athlon 1.26 GHz, GeForce 4 Ti 4200 ~140fps (linux) (with shadows ~120fps) Athlon XP 2400+, GeForce 4 Ti 4200 ~200fps (linux) (with shadows ~170fps) Athlon XP 2600+, Ati Radeon 9800Pro ~230fps (linux) (tested with v0.2.1) Pentium 4 3GHz, GeForce FX 5900 Ultra ~300fps (linux) Athlon 64 3400+, GeForce Go 5700 ~450/250fps (linux/windows) (with shadows ~380fps) Athlon 64 3800+, GeForce 7600 GT ~500 (linux) (with shadows ~450fps)