Installation

OVERVIEW

There are three main components, all which must be installed, for a fully functional Scorched Earth Online System:

1. The Dynamic Campaign System (DCS) - Installed on the User's PC.

The DCS is a Win32 (Visual Basic.net) executable program front-end to a SQL-compliant database (DB) backend. The EXE for the DCS is installed on a user's desktop PC.

2. The Mission Planner (MP) - Installed on a Web Server.

The MP itself is a web application written in PhP that must be installed on a Web Server that has support for PhP.

The MP acts as a mission planning tool for all commanders active in the campaign. The MP handles all aspects of mission planning, reconnaissance, reinforcement etc. Presently the MP is available only as a PHP application, connecting to the standard SEDB via a (free) third-party ADO library.

3. The Database (DB) - Installed on a Web Server.

Two types of databases are supported by Scorched Earth. MySQL Database on a Web Server or Microsoft Access on a user's desktop PC.

The Database stores all data related to Scorched Earth.

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Step 1. Download the required files.

Download the Scorched Earth Install files from the SEOW File Releases page at Sourceforge - Latest Scorched Earth files - SEOW Web Site.

You need the latest DB, DCS and MP (choose either ASP or PHP version) releases - that is 3 separate files. You want to download the packages - SEDB (The Database), SEDCS (The DCS Dynamic Campaign System) and SEMP (The MP Mission Planner), to your local hard drive.

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Step 2. Install the DCS Dynamic Campaign System on your local PC.

You will have downloaded a file similar to SEDCS-v3.00A11_installer.exe. This is an executable installation program. Just run this program and follow the instructions presented on screen.

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Step 3. Install the Database on a Web Server.

You will have downloaded a file similar to SEDB30a-SPLIT2.zip. This is a compressed zip containing xxxxxx.sql files.

These are SQL Dump files that contain table and field names and data type information to build the SEOW Database tables. You will need a software package that can read SQL Dump files and create a table from them onto a Web Server, for example DBTools Manager.

The latest versions of the database installation contain a split version, where you only have to install the general database tables, plus a single database table for the Map you want to use. This saves storage space on the Web Server if you do not intend to use all the other maps at this time.

- First, you need to create a Database for SEOW, using any name you wish on your Web Server.

- Next, you must run the StructDB.sql and GenDATA.sql files. The StructDB file creates all the general tables that are required to run SEOW and GenDATA adds all the data to these tables.

- Last, you run one or more of the MAP_xxx.sql files with the map that you want to use.

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Step 4. Install the Mission Planner on a Web Server.