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Trunk: Merged griatch-branch. This implements a new reload mechanism - splitting Evennia into two processes: Server and Portal with different tasks. Also cleans and fixes several bugs in script systems as well as introduces i18n (courtesy of raydeejay).

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@ -13,20 +13,20 @@ As far as operating systems go, any system with Python support should work.
* Windows (2000, XP, Vista, Win7)
* Mac OSX (>=10.5 recommended)
Of these, only Linux/Unix, Windows XP, and Windows 7 have actually been run by devs and shown to work at this time. Let us know.
Of these, Linux/Unix, Windows XP, and Windows 7 have been tested. If you use something else, let us know.
You'll need the following packages and minimum versions in order to run Evennia:
* Python (http://www.python.org)
o Version 2.5+ strongly recommended, although 2.3 or 2.4 may work. Obs- Python3.x is not supported yet.
o The default database system SQLite3 only comes as part of Python2.5 and later.
o Python is available in all modern operating systems (Linux, Mac, etc).
o Windows users are recommended to use ActivePython (http://www.activestate.com/activepython)
o Default database system SQLite3 only comes as part of Python 2.5 and later.
o Windows only: 2.7+ required for full server restart functionality.
o Windows only: Optionally use ActivePython instad (http://www.activestate.com/activepython)
* Twisted (http://twistedmatrix.com)
o Version 10.0+
o Twisted also requires:
+ ZopeInterface 3.0+ (http://www.zope.org/Products/ZopeInterface)
+ For Windows only: pywin32 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32)
+ Windows only: pywin32 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32)
* Django (http://www.djangoproject.com)
o Version 1.2.1+ or latest subversion trunk highly recommended.
o PIL library (http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil)
@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ Optional packages:
o Optional. Used for database migrations.
* Apache2 (http://httpd.apache.org)
o Optional. Most likely you'll not need to bother with this since Evennia
runs its own threaded web server based on Twisted. Other equivalent web servers with a Python interpreter
module can also be used.
runs its own threaded web server based on Twisted. Other equivalent web servers
with a Python interpreter module can also be used.
Installation and Quickstart
@ -84,18 +84,25 @@ Installation and Quickstart
* Run
> python evennia.py -i start
> python evennia.py
Note: Using -i starts the server in 'interactive mode' - it will print
This will launch a menu with options. You normally want option 1 for production
servers, whereas options 2-4 offers more or less debug output to the screen.
You can also start the server directly from the command line, e.g. with
> pythong evennia.py -i start
Note: Using -i starts the server and portal in 'interactive mode' - it will print
messages to standard output and you can shut it down with (on most systems)
Ctrl-C. To start the server as a background process (suitable for production
environments), just skip the -i flag. A server running as a process is
instead stopped with 'python evennia.py stop'.
instead stopped with 'python evennia.py stop'.
* Start up your MUD client of choice and point it to your server and port 4000.
If you are just running locally the server name is most likely 'localhost'.
If you are just running locally the server name is 'localhost'.
* Alternatively, ou can find the web interface and webclient by
* Alternatively, you can find the web interface and webclient by
pointing your web browser to http://localhost:8000.
* Login with the email address and password you provided to the syncdb script.