lincity-ng

LinCity-NG: A city simulation game

https://github.com/lincity-ng/lincity-ng

Introduction

LinCity-NG is a city simulation game. It is a polished and improved version of the classic LinCity game. In the game, you are required to build and maintain a city. You can win the game either by building a sustainable economy or by evacuating all citizens with spaceships.

Building and Installation

Note: For best results, follow the instructions included in your version of the source. That is, consult your local version of README.md. Following instructions for a different version than what you are building can cause build failures.

Run Dependencies

• SDL2 2.0.0 or later

http://www.libsdl.org

• SDL2_mixer 2.0.0 or later (with ogg-support enabled)

http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/

• SDL2_image 2.0.0 or later (with png support)

http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/

• SDL2_ttf 2.0.12 or later

http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf/

• SDL2_gfx 1.0.0 or later

http://www.ferzkopp.net/~aschiffler/Software/SDL_gfx-2.0

• PhysicsFS 2.1.0 or later (use stable, not development branch)

http://www.icculus.org/physfs/

• zlib 1.0 or later

http://www.gzip.org/zlib/

• libxml 2.6.11 or later

http://xmlsoft.org/

On Ubuntu, install all these by running

apt-get install libsdl2-2.0-0 libsdl2-gfx-1.0-0 libsdl2-image-2.0-0 libsdl2-mixer-2.0-0 libsdl2-ttf-2.0-0 libphysfs1 zlib1g libxml++2.6-2v5

Build Dependencies

• A C++ compiler supporting C++11 (such as gcc)

https://gcc.gnu.org/

• git

https://git-scm.com/

• CMake 3.21 or later

https://cmake.org/

• LibXslt (with xsltproc)

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt

• gettext

https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/

• Header files for all run dependencies

If you use packages from your distribution, header files are often in separate *-dev packages. E.g. for zlib you may need zlib1g and zlib1g-dev.

On Ubuntu, install all build dependencies by running

apt-get install build-essential cmake libsdl2-dev libsdl2-gfx-dev libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev libphysfs-dev zlib1g-dev libxml++2.6-dev libxslt1.1 libxslt1-dev xsltproc gettext git

Building

To clone, configure, build, and install:

git clone https://github.com/lincity-ng/lincity-ng.git
cd lincity-ng
cmake -B build
cmake --build build --parallel
sudo cmake --install build  # optional

To create a package (currently tar.gz and zip):

cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build build --parallel --target package

Run cmake --help to see all the available options.

Running

To run the game from the source directory without installing:

build/bin/lincity-ng

When the game is installed, you may run it with:

lincity-ng

From the main menu, you can quit the program by pressing ESC or ^C. This can be useful to terminate the program even if the selected video mode is not working properly.

Gameplay

See the ingame help [F1] for more details.

Objective

You can win Lincity-NG either by building a sustainable economy or by evacuating all citizens with spaceships.

Controls

Mouse

any click:

• Click on Minimap shows the selected Area on mainscreen.

right click:

• right click on mainscreen to show info on building under cursor.
• show help on tool

middle click:

• pan map on mainscreen.

left click:

• Perform action depending on selected tool. Bulldoze, show Information, construct building.
• open Tool-Selection-Menus
• select tool from menus

scroll wheel:

• up: zoom in
• down: zoom out

motion:

• move cursor near the screen edge to scroll main screen

Keyboard

• KP_PLUS: zoom in
• KP_MINUS: zoom out

• KP_ENTER: zoom 100%

• KP5: center screen on map

• KP9: scroll main screen north

• KP1: scroll main screen south

• KP7: scroll main screen west

• KP3: scroll main screen east

• KP2: scroll main screen SE

• KP4: scroll main screen SW

• KP6: scroll main screen NE

• KP8: scroll main screen NW

• arrow keys and WASD: more ways to scroll the main screen

• SHIFT: scroll main screen faster

• ESCAPE: switch to query tool

• h: hide high buildings. Press h again to show them.

• v: cycle through MiniMap-overlay modes

• b: toggle between current tool and bulldoze mode

• g: toggle between right click showing building or tile info

• F1: Help

• F12: quick save

• F9: quick load

• ` (backtick): minimap outline

• 1: minimap nourishments

• 2: minimap unemployment

• 3: minimap power

• 4: minimap fire cover

• 5: mimimap cricket cover

• 6: minimap health cover

• 7: minimap traffic

• 8: minimap pollution

• 9: minimap coal

• 0: minimap commodity inventory

Contact

Please report bugs and suggest features to

https://github.com/lincity-ng/lincity-ng/issues.

Visit our homepage: https://github.com/lincity-ng/lincity-ng.