Requirements

xrick requires the Simple DirectMedia Layer library. If it is not already installed on your machine, you can get it from SDL's web site. Version 1.1.8 or later is required, and you will need 1.2.1 or later to compile under Cygwin on Windows.

xrick requires the zlib library. If it is not already installed on your machine, you can get it from zlib web site. Any recent version should do.

Unix (and Cygwin)

SDL and zlib should be installed, but that is usually not a problem. Note that the makefile relies on an executable named sdl-config to check the version of SDL. If you think you installed SDL but the makefile keeps telling you it is not, check that the directory containing sdl-config is in your PATH.

At the shell prompt, run make to produce an executable named xrick (yes, the old config shell script is gone).

Put the executable wherever you want. Put the data.zip data archive in the same directory, or use the -data command line option to indicate where the data archive resides.

With Cygwin, also put the SDL.dll DLL in the directory where you put the executable.

Microsoft Windows, Visual C++ 6

First you need to make sure you have the following files available: zlib.lib, zlib.h, SDL.dll, SDL.h and all SDL include files, SDL.lib and SDLmain.lib.

Open the xrick.dsp project. Add zlib.lib, SDL.lib and SDLmain.lib to the project. Add include paths to zlib.h, SDL.h and all SDL include files (menu Settings | C/C++ tab | Preprocessor | Additional include directories). Rebuild all, to produce an executable named xrick.exe.

Put the executable wherever you want. Put the data.zip data archive in the same directory, or use the -data command line option to indicate where the data archive resides. Also put the SDL.dll DLL in the directory where you put the executable.

Notes

The game is configured by default to use enhanced graphics based on the original Atari ST game, with sound and joystick and cheats support. You can disable things, or change graphics: edit config.h and change the relevant lines. Then rebuild all (Unix: do not expect makefile dependencies to work, they're broken. Use make clean).