Repository Reference/Building a Game

Test installation
Test installation will turn downloaded repository into the working game (a developer version). Test installation does exactly same things as real installation of Blood Omnicide. For each version of the game (PC, PlayStation, Demo) installation procedure is slightly different.

1.Blood Omen PC Version 2. Blood Omen PlayStation
 * 1) copy pill.big and all .jam/.vag files into kain_make/installscript/kain/. If directory is not there, create it.
 * 2) run kain_make/installscript/run_installationscript.cmd
 * 1) get a image of Blood Omen CD in BIN/MDF/ISO/IMG format and copy it to kain_make/installscript/kain_psx/kain.bin (or kain.mdf, kain.iso, kain.img). If directory is not there, create it.
 * 2) run kain_make/installscript/run_installationscript_psx.cmd

3. Blood Omen PlayStation (custom) This installation script is only provided as last resort when using bogus CD image (which failed to install with generic script). It have no support for FMV's. 4. Blood Omen Demo
 * 1) mount image file with Alcohol 52%, Daemon Tools or any other tool
 * 2) copy kain/pill.big into kain_make/installscript/kain_psx/pill.big
 * 3) run kain_make/installscript/run_installationscript_psx_custom.cmd
 * 1) run kain_make/installscript/run_installationscript_demo.cmd

Updating
Launch svn update command regularly to get all latest changes on repository made by other users.

Some updates bring the changes into the file structure (adding new monsters, renaming files). In this case test installations needs to be run once again. Check log for a message after updating you need to run test installation script.

Textures DDS cache
Release version of the game contain all textures compressed in DDS format. DDS cache helps saving HDD space and lowering VRAM requirements.

Blood Omnicide with 32-bit textures requires videocard with 1GB VRAM, while with compressed textures only 256MB VRAM.

To build DDS cache for all textures run kain_make/makedds/makedds_textures.bat.