Hi!
Rick was able to download and test things quite recently, so I guess it's not all completely screwed.
PPARPG is completely different project in terms of codebase.
If you have any problems - please make sure you have installed subversion. There is some heavy magick involved in hooking things together and subversion was used.
Finally try to bog someone on IRC for help.
I was never a master of installation, so I may be completely wrong.
The wiki is confusing, at first it stays about subversion and then it says about moving to mercurial, can somebody tell me which is the right thing. I have all the three installed, subversion, mercurial/hg as well as git and have no issues using either one.
About the fife-engine, there is something called python-fife which is now in Debian unstable, is that good enough ?
$ aptitude show python-fife
Package: python-fife
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 0.3.3+r2+dfsg1-1
Priority: optional
Section: python
Maintainer: Christoph Egger <christoph@debian.org>
Uncompressed Size: 13.4 M
Depends: libboost-filesystem1.46.1 (>= 1.46.1-1), libboost-regex1.46.1 (>= 1.46.1-1), libboost-system1.46.1 (>=
1.46.1-1), libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1, libguichan-0.8.1-1,
libguichan-opengl-0.8.1-1, libguichan-sdl-0.8.1-1, libogg0 (>= 1.0rc3), libopenal1, libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4),
libpython2.6 (>= 2.6), libpython2.7 (>= 2.7), libsdl-image1.2 (>= 1.2.10), libsdl-ttf2.0-0, libsdl1.2debian
(>= 1.2.10-1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.6), libtinyxml2.6.2, libvorbis0a (>= 1.1.2), libvorbisfile3 (>= 1.1.2),
libxcursor1 (> 1.1.2), python2.7 | python2.6, python (>= 2.6.6-7~), python (< 2.8)
Description: FIFE is a multi-platform isometric game engine
FIFE stands for Flexible Isometric Free Engine and is a cross platform game creation framework written in C++. It
provides you with the ability to create a game using Python interfaces. FIFE also comes as a DLL or static library so
you can use C++ as well.
Homepage: http://fifengine.de
Also see this :-
$ dpkg -L python-fife
/.
/usr
/usr/lib
/usr/lib/python2.7
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/ext
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/serializers
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/_fife.so
/usr/lib/python2.6
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/ext
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/serializers
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/_fife.so
/usr/lib/pyshared
/usr/lib/pyshared/python2.7
/usr/lib/pyshared/python2.7/fife
/usr/lib/pyshared/python2.6
/usr/lib/pyshared/python2.6/fife
/usr/share
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/python-fife
/usr/share/doc/python-fife/copyright
/usr/share/doc/python-fife/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/python-fife/changelog.gz
/usr/share/pyshared
/usr/share/pyshared/fife
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/fife.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/__init__.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/fife_timer.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/filebrowser.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/loaders.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/fife_settings.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/basicapplication.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/__init__.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pythonize.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/savers.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/fife_compat.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/fife_utils.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/soundmanager.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/fifelog.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/autoposition.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/fonts.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/properties.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/dialogs.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/exceptions.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/tools.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/__init__.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/attrs.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/internal.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/events.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/compat.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/buttons.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/scrollarea.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/slider.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/checkbox.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/containers.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/basictextwidget.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/radiobutton.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/widget.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/__init__.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/common.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/label.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/listbox.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/textbox.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/icon.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/dropdown.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/percentagebar.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/textfield.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/layout.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/ext
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/ext/__init__.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/serializers
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/serializers/xmlmap.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/serializers/simplexml.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/serializers/__init__.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/serializers/xmlanimation.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/serializers/xml_loader_tools.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fife/extensions/serializers/xmlobject.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/ext/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/layout.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/textfield.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/percentagebar.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/dropdown.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/icon.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/textbox.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/listbox.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/label.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/common.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/widget.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/radiobutton.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/basictextwidget.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/containers.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/checkbox.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/slider.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/scrollarea.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/buttons.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/compat.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/events.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/internal.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/attrs.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/tools.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/exceptions.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/dialogs.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/properties.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/fonts.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/autoposition.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/serializers/xmlobject.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/serializers/xml_loader_tools.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/serializers/xmlanimation.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/serializers/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/serializers/simplexml.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/serializers/xmlmap.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/fifelog.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/soundmanager.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/fife_utils.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/fife_compat.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/savers.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pythonize.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/basicapplication.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/fife_settings.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/loaders.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/filebrowser.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/extensions/fife_timer.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fife/fife.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/ext/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/layout.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/textfield.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/percentagebar.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/dropdown.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/icon.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/textbox.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/listbox.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/label.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/common.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/widget.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/radiobutton.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/basictextwidget.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/containers.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/checkbox.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/slider.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/scrollarea.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/widgets/buttons.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/compat.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/events.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/internal.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/attrs.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/tools.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/exceptions.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/dialogs.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/properties.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/fonts.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pychan/autoposition.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/serializers/xmlobject.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/serializers/xml_loader_tools.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/serializers/xmlanimation.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/serializers/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/serializers/simplexml.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/serializers/xmlmap.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/fifelog.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/soundmanager.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/fife_utils.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/fife_compat.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/savers.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/pythonize.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/basicapplication.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/fife_settings.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/loaders.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/filebrowser.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/extensions/fife_timer.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/fife/fife.py
/usr/lib/pyshared/python2.7/fife/_fife.so
/usr/lib/pyshared/python2.6/fife/_fife.so
While I'm on IRC atm I don't know for how much long and whom to connect with, any names would be good.