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This is the game engine source code repository.

ZetaGlest is a fork of MegaGlest, a libre software cross platform real-time strategy game.

ZetaGlest is an entertaining free (freeware and free software) and open source cross-platform 3D real-time strategy (RTS) game, where you control the armies of one of eight different factions: Tech, Magic, Egypt, Indians, Norsemen, Persian, Elves or Romans. The game is played in one of 17 naturally looking settings, which, like the unit models, are crafted with great attention to detail. A lot of additional game data can be downloaded from within the game at no cost.

System Requirements

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Open games and Server list

ZetaGlest forked from MegaGlest at v3.13.0

I noticed that there were some good feature requests in the MegaGlest forum, as well as some mods, but it seemed that implementing and testing had a pace that I was uncomfortable with. After talking about this with another player, I decided to fork the project and see if I could assemble regular contributors and players who had similar feelings about the speed of progress, adding artwork, promoting mods made by contributors, and code enhancements. I would like to encourage contributions, no matter how small, in the hopes of improving an already fun game and making the experience even more fun that it has been for me.

No binary packages of the ZetaGlest fork have been released yet. If you have no desire to compile software and would only like a binary (executable), we suggest trying the MegaGlest game; binary package downloads for various operating systems are available on their web site.

See Build instructions (not yet complete)

Use these commands:

mkdir ZetaGlest
git clone https://github.com/ZetaGlest/zetaglest-source.git
git clone https://github.com/ZetaGlest/zetaglest-data.git

Afterward, to build, change to the zetaglest-source/mk/ directory, select your operating system and run

./build-zg.sh

To execute the game:

./zetaglest

To run your own headless (dedicated) server:

Forward TCP ports 61357-61366
./zetaglest --headless-server-mode

To start a server and host a game:

Forward TCP ports 61357-61366
Enter the ZetaGlest lobby and click "Host Game"

When serving a running game, a headless ZG server uses almost the same amount of computer resources as a running game. Therefore, it is recommended not to try connecting your ZG client to a headless server running on the same computer.

If you'll be contributing code or changes to data, the procedures for forking and cloning are outlined in CONTRIBUTING.md

Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for extended, important instructions and guidelines for contributing.

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• email: [email protected]