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describe new directory system and mention recursive mission searching

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2005-06-23 Chris Taylor <chris@icculus.org>
* installation.txt: describe new directory system
and mention recursive mission searching
2005-06-22 Chris Taylor <chris@icculus.org>
* main/editor/kgame.c: load .rl2 files instead of .lvl files

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In addition to d2x, you need some data files to play.
In Windows or DOS, they go in the same directory as the d2x binary
(C:\GAMES\DESCENT2 by default).
(C:\GAMES\DESCENT2 by default). Similarly for Mac OS 9.
This can be overridden (see below).
On unix, these files usually go into a shared data directory
(/usr/local/share/games/d2x by default).
They can also go in $HOME/.d2x, or in an arbitrary directory specified
with the -hogdir option on the d2x command line.
They can also go in $HOME/.d2x.
Files created by D2X (eg. saved games) can go in an arbitrary user
directory, set with the -userdir option on the command line or in a
settings file (d2x.ini by default). Data files are searched for in this
directory first. For Unix, the user directory defaults to $HOME/.d2x.
The settings file goes in the same directory as the binary, but an
additional one with more options can go in the user directory. An
additional settings file cannot override settings in the first, however
this settings file only complements the original Descent preferences file.
Data files can go in an arbitrary directory specified with the -hogdir
option.
The base install depends on which version of the datafiles you have.
d2x currently supports just about any version of Descent II, and can
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Version", the "OEM Version", or the "Mac Shareware" version.
To install an additional mission, just place the .hog and the .msn or
.mn2 file into your missions directory. The missions directory can be
inside the system-wide data dir, or your $HOME/.d2x dir. d2x will
look in both places.
.mn2 file into your missions directory. d2x will search recursively for
missions (i.e. there can be folders within folders, containing missions).
The missions directory can be inside the system-wide data dir, or your user
dir. d2x will look in both places.
To install the original Descent I mission:
Place descent.hog into your data dir.