Installation

There are three main components to Scorched Earth Online System:

The Dynamic Campaign System (DCS)

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.

The Mission Planner (MP)

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.

The Database (DB)

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.