Welcome in NOTA project hub

This is wiki space of NOTA project repository linking you to the most used sites.

• Introduction
  • First steps
  • Testing environment - setup of testing scenario/mission and debug hot-keys
  • Development workflow (GD) - organization of work, ticket system
  • General development rules (GD) - describing our style of development and decision making
  • Coding standards - syntax guide and other coding rules
  • Important public trello boards
    • nota - general news in nota community
    • manuals - public part of nota knowledge base for solving technical issues or showing gameplay basics
    • nota development - main NOTA game development board, showing workflow in project
    • nota backlog - showing all improvements suggestions and bugs before they are approved to be part of nota development
• Development
  • Game Archive Map - game folders description
  • Game Archive Documentation - game files defining the game, important e.g.:
    • unit definitions - in game files (and their call in engine)
    • weapons definitions - in game files (and their call in engine)
    • features definitions - in game files (and their call in engine)
    • armor (classes) definitions - in game files
    • move (classes) definitions - in game files
    • and other...
  • Lua API - all engine functions links hub, especially to:
    • Synced control - synced sim (game state) commands
    • Synced read - synced sim (game state) requests
    • Unsynced control - unsynced sim (client) commands
    • Unsynced read - unsynced sim (client) requests
    • Call-ins - event handlers
    • Commands - commands definition, commands sent to one game unit, usually as parameter of Spring.GiveOrderToUnit(...)
    • Engine constants and Game rules - main simulation parameters
    • and many less important...
  • Lua Interfaces Categorization
  • Lua manuals (Except those listed above in Introduction)
    • General Lua tutorials
      • Lua types
      • Lua assignment
      • Lua numbers
      • Lua strings
      • Lua operators
      • Lua for cycle - we need just "for" cycle and its variants (+ break statement), we usually do not use any other iterator in our code (while, repeat)
      • Lua functions
      • Lua patterns
      • Lua operators
    • Spring Lua Scripting Guide - very old and possible outdated in some parts, but can offer good general overview.
  • Lua tips
    • Performance tips (tested by Spring guys)
    • Other performance tests
• NOE framework
  • NOE functions
  • NOE module

#Spring

• springrts.com - engine site home page
• Engine builds - engine releases, dev-builds repository
• Units of measurement - engine units (distances, time, ...)
• Engine bughunt
• Engine roadmap
• Engine evergreens - links to interesting features or repeated discussions to some theme

Content databases

• springfiles.com - the most of the content ever made for Spring (maps, mods, widgets, tools, installers)
• widgets.springrts.de - another database of widgets
• games builds - development versions of some games, games which doesn't have own repository, or just superold or superstange projects

Other NOTA related projects and links

• current NOTA page
• notAtv
• notAlobby
• notAtree - currently moved
• notAmap
• notAdota
• notAspace
• notAjoke!

GL HF!

Related pages

• This page is maintained and updated version of old CZ version of this page with useful links.

[TBD]

• add notAlab page link
• add wide screenshot to the top
• add link to ultimate trailer