The warnings you're seeing are because there were no Mods enabled in flare-engine by default. If you use the mods/mods.txt file from flare-game, it should clear up those warnings. That mods.txt file defines the default enabled mods. For flare-engine it's an empty file. For flare-game it uses fantasycore and alpha_demo.
The flare-engine repo is a "clean slate" for modders who want to make a new game, or keep their engine up to date by using that upstream repo.
You could package flare (the game) by just using the flare-game repo, using the same techniques you used to package the old flare repo. If your main intent is to release the game, that's the way to go.
One day we might release the raw flare-engine with no mods enabled as the primary engine package, but we're not ready for that yet.
mdwh, that looks like the terms of use for the site (e.g. forums, comments, etc) and not the game publisher's agreement.
Specifically, I'm looking at my copy of the Desura Application Store Terms and Conditions and it doesn't contain that language.
Here's the most similar clause; note it doesn't have the "with our without attribution" and the uses are much more fairly limited:
The licence permits Desura to make any use of the Publisher Content for an Application in the course of advertising or demonstrating the System or in the course of advertising or demonstrating the Application to third parties
1. I don't know if the terms of service are actually compatible with the GPL. Note that Flare is not owned by 1 person (all contributors keep copyrights to their work), so I can't give you additional permissions not already granted by the GPL. I'm not even sure that I can put the game on Desura. I think other GPL games have landed on Desura, so you'd want to talk to them about their license decisions (e.g. Wesnoth).
2. I didn't have time to support the Desura builds at the required level. E.g. I think the terms say that Desura needs to get builds on the same day that other systems get builds. I think there's some support requirements like same-day response time. I personally can't commit that kind of time.
3. We're still in Alpha on the Engine. We haven't started production on the actual game. I'm not sure an alpha tech demo belongs on Desura.
If anyone is able to grant permissions for Flare like this, it'll be me. I don't know you (yet), or your qualifications for taking this on. If I'm going to hand Flare off to Desura to someone, I need to know they're going to do it right. So drop me an email to talk further about this.
dorkster's sent in a patch for this. It's part of the v0.17.1 bugfix release.
For now we've just prevented the crash -- but binding those mouse buttons is a bit trickier (I think, with SDL). We'll look into it.
Any recommendations for a good 5(+?) button mouse for testing? I could stand to replace the crappy mouse I have now on my PC.
That screenshot looks correct to me.
If it's not saving, that means for some reason it's not able to create a "saves" folder inside the flare folder. Check permissions etc.
There's not a lot of good error checking in the data files yet (plenty of that coming during Beta).
So in the meantime, can you post a copy of your tile set def, map file, and tile set image file? We can help debug it easier that way.
Thanks!
Thanks to feillyne, Flare is now on Desura!
Flare blog post: http://flarerpg.org/blog/20120926
Flare on Desura: http://www.desura.com/games/flare/
Hm. I can't figure out what's going on.
When you run the game, I assume you're getting the "default" mod at least? Are the title screen buttons a plain grey style?
Try opening the Configuration menu, the Mods tab. What does it show for available mods and enabled mods?
Does the mods folder actually contain the fantasycore and alpha-demo mods? Those are in flare-game.
The warnings you're seeing are because there were no Mods enabled in flare-engine by default. If you use the mods/mods.txt file from flare-game, it should clear up those warnings. That mods.txt file defines the default enabled mods. For flare-engine it's an empty file. For flare-game it uses fantasycore and alpha_demo.
The flare-engine repo is a "clean slate" for modders who want to make a new game, or keep their engine up to date by using that upstream repo.
You could package flare (the game) by just using the flare-game repo, using the same techniques you used to package the old flare repo. If your main intent is to release the game, that's the way to go.
One day we might release the raw flare-engine with no mods enabled as the primary engine package, but we're not ready for that yet.
mdwh, that looks like the terms of use for the site (e.g. forums, comments, etc) and not the game publisher's agreement.
Specifically, I'm looking at my copy of the Desura Application Store Terms and Conditions and it doesn't contain that language.
Here's the most similar clause; note it doesn't have the "with our without attribution" and the uses are much more fairly limited:
The licence permits Desura to make any use of the Publisher Content for an Application in the course of advertising or demonstrating the System or in the course of advertising or demonstrating the Application to third parties
In that case, based on your clarifications, it sounds like Flare could be a candidate for Desura.
I'll drop you a private email to discuss further.
I've been asked before to put Flare on Desura.
I declined in the past for several reasons.
1. I don't know if the terms of service are actually compatible with the GPL. Note that Flare is not owned by 1 person (all contributors keep copyrights to their work), so I can't give you additional permissions not already granted by the GPL. I'm not even sure that I can put the game on Desura. I think other GPL games have landed on Desura, so you'd want to talk to them about their license decisions (e.g. Wesnoth).
2. I didn't have time to support the Desura builds at the required level. E.g. I think the terms say that Desura needs to get builds on the same day that other systems get builds. I think there's some support requirements like same-day response time. I personally can't commit that kind of time.
3. We're still in Alpha on the Engine. We haven't started production on the actual game. I'm not sure an alpha tech demo belongs on Desura.
If anyone is able to grant permissions for Flare like this, it'll be me. I don't know you (yet), or your qualifications for taking this on. If I'm going to hand Flare off to Desura to someone, I need to know they're going to do it right. So drop me an email to talk further about this.
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