ArxLibertatis

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Cross-platform port of Arx Fatalis, a first-person role-playing game

Arx Libertatis is based on the publicly released Arx Fatalis source code
(https://web.archive.org/web/20180105233341/https://www.arkane-studios.com/uk/ar
x_downloads.php).
The source code is available under the GPLv3+ license with some additional terms
- see the
COPYING and LICENSE files for details.

 Contact
=========

Website: https://arx-libertatis.org/

Bug Tracker: https://bugs.arx-libertatis.org/

IRC: #arxfatalis on irc.freenode.net

Wiki: https://wiki.arx-libertatis.org/

Reddit: /r/ArxFatalis/ (https://old.reddit.com/r/ArxFatalis/)


 Data file, config and savegame locations
==========================================

You will need to get either the full game or demo data of Arx Fatalis
(https://arx.vg/data).

Where arx will look for data files and write config and save files depends on
the operating
system and environment - the wiki has a page detailing the full data directory
detection algorithm
(https://arx.vg/paths).

To print all directories searched by arx, run

    arx --list-dirs

By default, user, config and data files will be loaded from and saved to
standard system
locations depending on the OS:

AROS:
 - user dir:
   PROGDIR:data/
   PROGDIR:
 - config dir:
   PROGDIR:
 - data dir:
   PROGDIR:data/

Arx will try to load data files from the "user dir" directory or the directory
containing the game executable.

If you need to run the game using data from another path start it from shell as:

    stack 655360
    arx --no-data-dir --user-dir=DISK:path/to/game --config-dir=
    or
    DISK:path/to/ArxLibertatis/arx --no-data-dir --user-dir=DISK:path/to/game
--config-dir=DISK:path/to/ArxLibertatis

 Run
=====

Provided the data files are installed at the correct location (PROGDIR:data/), 
you can simply play the game using the installed icon or by running:

    stack 655360
    arx

See the `arx --help` and doc/arx.txt for more details.


 Data Files
============

Copy the data (.pak files, misc and graph directories), from a fully patched Arx
Fatalis 1.21 or 1.22 install, into PROGDIR:data/ directory to use them with arx.

 Recommended Setup
===================

Arx for AROS is recommended on *Native AROS* with a supported 3D card.
Using Arx on *Hosted AROS* requires a very fast PC and HostGL enabled.

It has been tested on:

- Core2Quad Q9500
  Geforce 9500GT
  SATA SSD
  Native AROS
  Result: Perfect

- Ryzen 5 4600H
  Geforce 1650M 
  SATA SSD
  Hosted AROS under native Linux
  Result: Good with very rare sound crackling

- Intel N100
  Integrated Intel Graphic
  Hosted AROS under WSL
  Result: Barely playable with major sound crackling and buffer underruns