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Jake2 README
============

Jake2 is a port of the GPL'd Quake2 engine from id Software to Java. Jake2 is
distributed under the terms of the GPL (see LICENSE).

The port was done completely in Java. No native libraries are used for the
game functionality. For graphics rendering we use the jogl Java OpenGL bindings.

Jake2 is still under development. Send bug reports and feedback to
jake2@bytonic.de.

Currently Jake2 supports Linux and Windows2000/XP.

requirements:
400 MHz CPU
Geforce2 MX or better graphics accelerator
JRE 1.4 or higher

Installation
------------

from binary distribution:
- unpack jake2-version.tar.gz or jake2-version.zip
- copy the baseq2 directory from your full version of Quake2 or from the 
  demo version to the Jake2 base directory
- run the game with Jake2.sh or Jake2.bat

build from source:
- unpack jake2src-version.tar.gz or jake2-version.zip
- set JAVA_HOME environment variable to Your J2SDK1.4 installation
- run "build.sh bindist" or "build.bat bindist" to build the binary
  distribution

have fun!

bytonic Software

Holger Zickner <hoz@bytonic.de>
Carsten Weisse <cwei@bytonic.de>
Rene Stoeckel  <rst@bytonic.de>

Use <jake2@bytonic.de> for bug reports and feedback.