Only if you understand...

[Sicarius]

Ok soo,i download your game version,now i need some help because i dont know everything there.
So i need someone that can tell me what to do there.

[Nohcnonk]

Um... You mean you wanna make your own game?  Well, first you need a place to host it...

[wolf bite]

I think he is a bit past that and is just trying to get it running. Obviously ?Retto? would be the best to get to help you. There are a bunch of other programmers that hang around here that have worked on the program. ?Nevadacow? comes to mind as being good at this. Others may post here that they know how to start up the program and can help. Also you may want to check down in this help category for them helping other people getting their game up.

You can contact people that seem to know more than me by clicking on the links under their names.


Wolf Bite

[windhound]

To install Promisance, you will need:



1. A webserver (Apache is preferred)

2. PHP4 version 4.0.5 or greater; you may use a module for your

   webserver, but the CGI binary is required for the turns script

3. PHP GD library 1.8 or greater for the '# players registered' image

   generator

4. MySQL version 3.23.36 or greater

5. Knowledge necessary to configure crontab jobs.



Installing Promisance can be done in nine easy steps:



1. Extract Promisance to its own path, one visible from your web

   server.



2a. If you wish to add new races or eras, edit prom.sql to your liking.

   Note that if you wish to add additional eras, you must also edit:

   * promisance.css: to define the era-specific colors



3. Create a MySQL database for Promisance.

   If you cannot create a database (e.g. you do not have permission),

   you may rename the SQL tables by editing prom.sql and const.php

   accordingly.



4. Edit const.php to your liking (taking care to set the database

   host/login/password variables)



5. Create the MySQL tables:

   $ mysql -uusername -p[password] databasename <prom.sql

   OR

   run setup.php



6. Browse to the folder in which you have installed Promisance.

   Click the 'Signup' link and create your account.

   You will be given full administrator privledges.



7. Make a crontab entry to run the turns script:

   "/usr/local/bin/php turns.php"

   substituting the proper path to the PHP CGI binary.

   Schedule it according to the settings you chose in const.php.



8. If you wish to use the game's directory as a front page, you may

   edit index.php, removing the Header("...") command and replacing it

   with code to generate your own front page.



Notes:

    The first account created is given administrative privileges.

It is flagged such that other empires are not capable of attacking or

sending aid to you.  As such, you will also be unable to access the war

center and you will not be allowed to join clans.

    Through User Administration, you may appoint other users to be

administrators, giving them the same abilities and restrictions as

you.

quoted from the INSTALL file found within the download
usually thats your first resource, that or a README file...

[Sicarius]

I have ?place to host it and and i have sponsers for the game,
I dont know how to run the turns,and some problems with the const.php file,
it's not a big problem,i just need file like this to understand or you can tell me.

Can i show here link to the game?
That you will see wich problems i have?

Windhound,i know this...but after this i have some problems,some of the lists just didnt work.
you will understand after you will see the game.

[windhound]

oh, I kinda figgured you knew of thoes files ^_^

but yeah..  I've never tried to setup the game, so I cant help..  mayhaps Retto will stop by this thread... 

goodluck w/ it

[Nohcnonk]

I have no clue how crons work, so you'd have to ask someone else about setting those up.  Everything else should be pretty self-explanitory.

[Juska]

head over to http://qmt.ath.cx Quietust is very good, not to mention a few other people like BluntmaN FerreT.