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|        GLAXIUM          |   
|          --             |
|   Used to be Glaglaxian |
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========= i810/i815 ==========

I don't know if it's a driver bug or a hardware
limit but many things are ugly on this hardware.
It may be me who doesn't use openGL as it should.

========= To do ==============

At  the moment, in this game, there is not even the minimum 
a shoot'em up  needs (no big boss, no bonus stage).
But you can give it a try, and send me your patches or your 
remarks.
See TODO file for more information.

Don't hesitate to send me an email to encourage me ;-)

========= Description ==============

Glaxium is an OpenGL-based space-ship "shoot-em-up" styled game. 
It is designed to provide the same feel as the old 2D games 
of that type, but with 3D for the special effects.

Glaxium is under GPL so it's free.

========= Requirement ==========

Hardware:
You'll  need  a 3D  accelerator and opengl working.
My 2 test configs are  :
- K6-2 475 + Geforce 2 MX (at home)
- PIII 550 + TNT2 Ultra (at work)
There are are absolutly no problem with that kind of config.
However, the FPS can go down to ~30FPS when there are lots 
of explosions... 
So i think that can be ennoying for slowler configs. 
If some people want a light version tell me, i'll
do something.
(I see it running at 515Fps on a quadro 2/pentium 4 1,5Ghz config.
 The games was too fast (sync problem).)


Libraries :
Since v0.3 Glaxium requires SDL  for fullscreen, and to manage 
the joystick.

If  you  want sound, compile and install mikmod. Glaxium 
initialize the OSS driver (works with alsa oss emulation).
Glaxium can also use SDL_mixer... but it sounds in mono.


 openGL/mesa3d <http://mesa3d.sourceforge.net/>
 SDL : <http://www.libsdl.org>
 libpng <http://www.cdrom.com/pub/png/>
 The mikmod library <http://mikmod.darkorb.net>


========= How to play ===========

Type './configure', 'make' and './glaxium' 
or './glaxium -f' for fullscreen...

Keys :
	4 arrows to move - or a good joystick
	'w' or 'z' to fire
	'x' for the special weapon
	'p' to pause
	'q' to quit
	'd' displays the FPS


========= Web & contact ===================

http://www.multimania.com/hosxe/glaxium.html
Xavier HOSXE - xhosxe@free.fr 
