1oom

1oom aims to accurately reproduce the original DOS version of Master of Orion Classic (1993) in a form that can be run on modern computers. 1oom is Free Software (GPLv2), see COPYING.

Installation

1oom requires a copy of the Master of Orion (v1.3) LBX files.

Windows, MSDOS

Simply copy the EXE and DLLs (if any) to your MOO1 directory.

Unix (Linux)

1oom requires the following libraries:

• SDL (libsdl1.2 or libsdl2): http://www.libsdl.org
• SDL_mixer (libsdl-mixer1.2 or libsdl2-mixer): http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/

Also recommended:

• libsamplerate: http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsamplerate/

Check your distribution's package manager or the library website on how to install them.

Configuration

1oom is configured via command-line arguments.

User Directory

1oom creates a User directory with all the user savegames and options in one of the following paths:

• (win32)
• $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/1oom (Linux)
• ~/.config/1oom (Linux)

Development

See INSTALL and HACKING for more information.

Executables

1oom consists of a few executables:

• 1oom_classic_* (the 1993 UI)
• 1oom_lbxview_* (for viewing LBX files)
• 1oom_saveconv (for converting save game files)
• 1oom_*_sdl1 (using SDL 1.2.x)
• 1oom_*_sdl2 (using SDL 2.x)
• 1oom_*_alleg4 (using Allegro 4.x)

Some ports have shorter filenames due to filesystem limitations.

See doc/ for more documentation.

1oom_classic_sdl1

Middle click or Ctrl-F10 to grab/ungrab input. Ctrl-Esc to quit (without saving). Ctrl-[] to adjust sfx volume. Ctrl-Shift-[] to adjust music volume. Otherwise it controls like the original.

Abbreviations

The following abbreviations appear in the documentation and code:

• MOO1: Master of Orion 1 as represented by the v1.3 DOS binaries
• OSG: The Official Strategy Guide (ISBN 1-55958-507-2)

Acknowledgements

Original game by Simtex Software, published 1993 by MicroProse. Thanks for the great game and fuckings for not releasing the source code.

Thanks to Something Awful forum user Thotimx for the MOO1 LP which was a major inspiration in starting this project. Unfortunately the goon writes parenthesis without the leading space(such as here) like a retard, making the Le'ts Play [sic] a painful read.

Ideas and text snippets have been taken from kyrub's unofficial patch 1.40m Readme. Thanks for the patch.

Thanks to https://moddingwiki.shikadi.net/wiki/XMI_Format for the music format info.

Thanks to CivFanatics forum user sargon0 for partial save game format info in http://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/moo-save-file-layout.275055/

Thanks to those who contributed code, ideas or bug reports.

Some code has been pilfered from Chocolate Doom and VICE.

HACKING and PHILOSOPHY are based on Chocolate Doom.