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There's existing documentation for TerraGear in at least three places: in the source code tree when you fetch it, on the website, and [http://cvs.terragear.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/www/docs/scenery-tutorial/fg-scenery-tutorial.html?rev=1.3&cvsroot=TerraGear-0.0 in the CVS tree for the website]. The latter is the most current, and really needs to replace the version on the website; but all three are out of date in various ways. When I tried to use the most current documentation to use TerraGear, I ran into all sorts of problems: some I figured out on my own, and others various people helped me with (thanks especially Ralf and Frederic). I'm writing this stuff to detail what I had to do to use TerraGear to build scenery. I am not trying to rewrite the documentation; this should be considered an adjunct/supplement to the TerraGear docs, something you read along with the TerraGear docs. The docs can steer you wrong, or miss something; this is my effort to address those issues. | There's existing documentation for TerraGear in at least three places: in the source code tree when you fetch it, on the website, and [http://cvs.terragear.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/www/docs/scenery-tutorial/fg-scenery-tutorial.html?rev=1.3&cvsroot=TerraGear-0.0 in the CVS tree for the website]. The latter is the most current, and really needs to replace the version on the website; but all three are out of date in various ways. When I tried to use the most current documentation to use TerraGear, I ran into all sorts of problems: some I figured out on my own, and others various people helped me with (thanks especially Ralf and Frederic). I'm writing this stuff to detail what I had to do to use TerraGear to build scenery. I am not trying to rewrite the documentation; this should be considered an adjunct/supplement to the TerraGear docs, something you read along with the TerraGear docs. The docs can steer you wrong, or miss something; this is my effort to address those issues. | ||
So here I'll describe what you have to do to get TerraGear up and running; a separate page details [[ Using Terragear |how to use TerraGear]] to build the terrain for a particular area. A word of caution, however: I use Linux, so this description will be Linux-centric. I hope instructions for other OSes will be similar, but I really don't know. In particular, I don't have easy access to a Windows machine, so I don't know how what I say will differ for those on Windows. In fact, I don't even know if TerraGear can be built/used on Windows. Hopefully it'll work, under directions not too different from here. If not, hopefully someone else will edit this page to clarify how to do it (if it's possible). | So here I'll describe what you have to do to get TerraGear up and running; a separate page details [[Using Terragear|how to use TerraGear]] to build the terrain for a particular area. A word of caution, however: I use Linux, so this description will be Linux-centric. I hope instructions for other OSes will be similar, but I really don't know. In particular, I don't have easy access to a Windows machine, so I don't know how what I say will differ for those on Windows. In fact, I don't even know if TerraGear can be built/used on Windows. Hopefully it'll work, under directions not too different from here. If not, hopefully someone else will edit this page to clarify how to do it (if it's possible). | ||
== Building TerraGear == | == Building TerraGear == | ||
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I ran into no problems with the above -- everything built and installed OK. This was the most pain-free part of the whole experience. | I ran into no problems with the above -- everything built and installed OK. This was the most pain-free part of the whole experience. | ||
Hopefully, you now have a working copy of the TerraGear tools, and are ready to [[ Using Terragear | use TerraGear]] to make scenery! | Hopefully, you now have a working copy of the TerraGear tools, and are ready to [[Using Terragear|use TerraGear]] to make scenery! | ||
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{{Building}} | {{Building}} | ||