GCI Student Bootstrap

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Welcome

Welcome GCI students!

This page is to help you get set-up with Bitfighter. If you have any questions, please come by our IRC channel: #bitfighter

Preparation

You need the following software to build bitfighter:

  1. Mercurial
  2. CMake
  3. Compiling/editing environment
    • Windows: Visual Studio 2013/2010 are known to work
    • OSX: We only have an old Xcode 3 project, so you might want to use a different OS
    • Linux: Anything you want! you'll be using 'make' and GCC to compile
  4. Create server-side clone
  5. Check-out the code. See the 'Checkout' option in your server-side clone
    • Command-line command: hg clone <SOME_URL>
    • Using TortoisHG. Click 'clone'

Building

Steps to build Bitfighter. For more detailed information, see Building Bitfighter

Linux users, you will have to install dependecies found here: http://bitfighter.org/wiki/index.php/Building_Bitfighter#Detailed_Instructions

  1. Create project files for compiling
    1. Open a terminal and go into the 'build' sub-directory
    2. Run the appropriate 'cmake' command for your platform:
      • Linux command: cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ..
      • Windows command: cmake -G "Visual Studio 2010" ..
        • You can use "Visual Studio 2013" as well
      • OSX command: nothing to be done, use the Xcode 3 projects or run on a different OS.
  2. Compile!
    • Windows:
      1. Open the solution file created by the cmake command in Visual Studio (found in the 'build' directory)
      2. Select 'Debug' build
      3. Once open, right-click on the 'bitfighter' project and click 'build'
    • Linux:
      1. In the 'build' directory, type 'make'
      2. Change to the '../exe' directory
      3. Run this command to make resources available: for file in `ls -1 ../resource` ; do ln -s ../resource/$file ; done
    • OSX: Build the application target in the Xcode 3 project (or use another OS)
  3. Run the game! It is found in the 'exe' directory, as 'bitfighter' or 'bitfighter.exe'

Coding Standards

  • Whitespace: Indent 3 spaces (no tabs), two blank lines between functions.
  • Whitespace: No spaces around parens (e.g. if(x == 3), not if ( x == 3)).
  • Braces: Opening braces go on a new line
  • Line endings: Use Unix standard line endings (i.e. \n).
  • Comments: Prefer C++ comments (//) to C style (/* */).
  • Loop variables: For outer loops use i, for inner loops use j, unless there is good reason not to.
  • Do not use increment operators embedded inside an expression (e.g. x = ++y).
  • If you must use new, add a comment indicating how it is cleaned up.
  • Add a comment demarcating constructors and destructors to make searching easier (see code for examples).
  • Member variables in classes should start with "m" and should be private or protected. Use getters/setters for external access.
  • Avoid global variables.
  • Use parens to clarify complex expressions, even if not strictly required. (e.g. x = (y / z) + a)
  • Above all, make your code clear!
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