I declare this bazaar open ! Vegatrek finally has been uploaded to svn !

The 0.3.5 version can be obtained from here as 3 packages:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=191689&package_id=225416

Please be aware that you need the main package (vt035.zip, in the vegatrek 0.3.5 release) as well as the textures.zip (same location) and the units.zip (in the vegatrek 0.3.5b release). Unzip units and texture folder into the main vegatrek directory, start setup, then start launcher and choose "start new pilot".
Any feedback is always welcome !
Or, you can get the latest dev version via svn.
Please notice, , the images below are PU-specific; need to be updated.



Where/how to download Vegatrek

Vegatrek is no longer a "monolithic download plus a patch", the way it used to be. We've gone SVN...

Always have the latest Vegatrek release via SVN!


Vegatrek is now on SVN!
In order to keep everybody always up-to-date, we've set up an SVN repo to allow tracking the latest progress. This page is meant to provide you with all info you need to download or update the latest revision of Vegatrek at any time you want.


What's SVN?
SVN stands for Subversion; a version control system like the old CVS, but better.
What it does is it allows synchronization to a repository. In plain English, each time you "SVN-Update" it checks what files are new or have changed in the server, versus your copy. If any files in your local repository are obsolete, it will automatically update them.
The main advantage for you, over a standard download, is that each time the version on the server is updated, you can put your own installation up to date in a matter of seconds, with just two mouse-clicks. Only the first time you "SVN-Checkout" you'll see a long download. From then on, all updates will be quick and painless. No more having to download the whole thing. No more having to download patches and follow instructions to install them.
The main advantage for us is that we can all commit changes to the repository without having to send patches to each other.
And there are other advantages: SVN keeps records of all changes, for example; so we don't need to keep backups of files everywhere "just in case...".

If you're real hardcore, you might want to use command line svn and ignore the rest of this post. Mortals are advised to get TortoiseSVN, a free, open source, portable and friendly gui wrapper for SVN, as explained below...


If you're on Linux, you'll need to compile the vegastrike executable.


How do I get to get the latest revision of Vegatrek?

1) Get and install TortoiseSVN. Tortoise integrates into the shell. In plain English, that means that you don't boot up Tortoise like a regular program; it rather becomes part of your operating system. You invoke it via context menus... --i.e.: by right-clicking on folders... Be sure to follow the installation instructions, like closing other applications before starting the installation; and after the installation is finished you'll need to reboot, as the SVN services are only started when your machine boots. Ahem... this applies to Windows; Unixes probably don't require reboot. It's always good to defrag your drive before and after installations, if you're in windooze.

2) After you've got Tortoise installed (and rebooting), you can create a folder anywherever you prefer, e.g. "C:\Games\vegatrek", or "H:\SVN\vegatrek" if you have many drives and partitions, or "C:\vegatrek" if you like pathnames short and sweet. We'll refer to this folder as your "vegatrek folder". Just please don't use a path with spaces in it... Thus, avoid putting your folder under C:\Program Files\... (Stupid bastards... like they couldn't have just named it C:\Programs\...)

3) Right-click on your vegatrek folder and, on the context menu, hit the green icon'ed SVN Checkout... command.



4) You'll see a window like the one below. Your checkout directory is already filled in. As "URL of repository", enter https://svn.wcjunction.com/vegatrek/trunk/ and hit the [OK] button.



NOTE: The image above is obsolete; will change it soon; don't forget the /trunk/ part...

5) The first time you do this, you'll be asked for a name and password. Username is username; password is password. Both the username and the password are lower case; be sure your caps-lock is not on. Now, download begins - though the status window is not quite informative, or perhaps too informative, or maybe just right... you be the judge-- eventually you'll see a message that the download is done.



6) Have a look at your folder. There should be many folders and files under it.
We update the repository very often, sometimes 5 or 6 times in a day; and the initial checkout can take a couple of hours or more, depending on your connection speed. Chances are high that by the time your initial checkout is complete, there might be new changes there. So we highly advice that after your checkout is finished, you right-click on the root folder and do an SVN-Update right away. It will only take seconds, this time.
Time to play the game! But first run setup.exe, from the \bin folder, to set your preferences. Then run the game by double-clicking on vegastrike.exe, also in the \bin folder.

7, 8, ...) Updates work pretty similarly; do it immediately after checkout, even if just to try it; won't hurt: Simply right-click your vegatrek folder again, and hit SVN Update. TortoiseSVN's Update command will only take the files which are new since your last previous update, so you don't waste your time or bandwith downloading files you already have. If nothing has been updated, it will say "update completed - 0 files", or something like that.
That's the beauty of SVN, always up to date, without having to download the whole shabang again and again.




Note: All Checkouts and Updates can be cancelled at any time, TortoiseSVN has "resume"; --i.e. it automatically remembers the
point were your download got (or was) interrupted last time, and takes it from there.


BTW, you can also browse the repository via secure http:
https://svn.wcjunction.com/vegatrek/trunk/


I see green icons on the files, but some have red exclamation marks... What does it all mean?
The green icons mean that those files are under SVN control, and are "OK".
The red exclamation marks appear when a file changes locally. It warns you that the next time you
do an SVN-Update, those files won't be updated, because they will be found "conflicted".

Examples: When you run setup.exe, setup saves your configuration changes to vegastrike.config; so this file
will be flagged as locally changed, and will have a red exclamation mark. Your savegames are also flagged
with exclamation marks, as well as files under \.vegatrek\generated_bsp and serialized_xml folders.

If you want to have the vegastrike.config file updated, and it's conflicted, you can
just delete it or rename it; and then do another SVN-Update. I suggest you do just that, whenever this file is
conflicted, as we may commit important changes to it, from time to time. You can re-run setup.exe afterwards, to
set your preferences again.


Update Often!
Usually the version in the repository is updated at least once a day. To follow the changes, check
the Vegatrek change-log announcement.


I got a further question
This topic is locked, please post your question in another thread or create a new one.
If we forgot vital information, we'll update this announcement.

In the vegatrek 0.3.6 release, you can find a new patch to patch the game to version 0.3.6 as well as a first draft of a minimal manual Version 0.1......
Both can be obtained here [url] http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=191689&package_id=225416
[/url] , at the bottom of the page..

I created a new release with the new bin. You can download it from sourceforge at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/vegatrek/

Enjoy !