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| ====== Part 4 – A tour of an Orx project ====== | ====== Part 4 – A tour of an Orx project ====== | ||
| - | Let’s take a close look at all the parts of an Orx project and see how it all fits together, from the code to the building, the executing and the configuration files. | + | Let’s take a close look at all the parts of an Orx project and see how it all fits together, from the code to the building, the executing, and the configuration files. |
| ===== Source ===== | ===== Source ===== | ||
| - | The source of your program is located in the src/ folder. | + | The source |
| ===== Executable ===== | ===== Executable ===== | ||
| - | The resulting executable is built and sent to the bin/ folder. If your project was called MyGame, the resulting executable would be MyGame.exe in Windows or MyGame on Linux or Mac. | + | The resulting executable is built and sent to the bin/ folder. If your project was called MyGame, the resulting executable would be MyGame.exe in Windows or MyGame on Linux or Mac. Debug builds get a " |
| - | ===== Config File ===== | + | ===== Data ===== |
| - | When the executable is run, it looks for a matching *.ini file. If your executable was called MyGame.exe, it would load and process the MyGame.ini file. If your executable was called Project.exe, | + | The data/ directory contains the non-code files. The subdirectories in data are essential to Orx, in particular the config directory. |
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| + | ==== Config Files ==== | ||
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| + | When the executable is run, it looks for a matching *.ini file in data/config. If your executable was called MyGame.exe, it would load and process the MyGame.ini file. If your executable was called Project.exe, | ||
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| + | This file defines many aspects of your game and can refer to other data, including other config files. | ||
| Now that you know all that, it is time to start working on our game. | Now that you know all that, it is time to start working on our game. | ||
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