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--- development:player:web [2017/08/30 17:43] – Replace indexgen with gencache fdelapena
+++ development:player:web [2021/11/11 09:38] (current) – outdated ghabry
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 If you want to test it you can play with a [[https://easyrpg.org/play/|Demo of our TestGame]]. Try also a working game: [[https://easyrpg.org/play/?game=ib|Ib]]
-===== How does it work =====
+===== THIS GUIDE IS OUTDATED =====
+**Please do not follow this guide anymore!**
+**[[https://easyrpg.org/player/guide/webplayer/|Click here for the up-to-date version]]**
+===== How it works =====
 Web request are asynchronous. This means that all assets like pictures and music must be fetched asynchronously. When the Player wants to display a new graphic it will appear on the desktop versions (Windows, Linux, Android, ...) immediately but on the web it will be invisible while the file is downloaded. Once the downloaded finishes it is replaced with the real image.
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 ===== Hosting your own games =====
-Hosting your own games is quite simple. Just follow these three steps.
+Hosting your own games is quite simple. Just follow these steps.
 ==== Deploying the Player on your server ====
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   * index.html
-  * index.html.mem
+  * index.wasm
   * index.js
   * games/
-Note: if you want to try it locally you need a HTTP server, using ''file:'' protocol locally will not work, install Apache httpd server (or any other) on localhost instead.
+If you want to //try it locally// you need a HTTP server. Just opening the ''index.html'' in your browser will not work. If you don't have a local webserver the simplest way is installing Python and running ''python -m http.server''. Then open ''http://localhost:8000/'' in your browser and navigate to your directory.
 ==== Deploying a game on your server ====
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 Because RPG Maker games refer to files without extension and querying the server for every supported extension would be slow, you need to run a small tool to generate a file called ''index.json'' (containing an game file list index with extensions) for every game before uploading. The tool is called ''gencache''.
-If you use Windows you can get the tool here: {{https://ci.easyrpg.org/job/tools-win32/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/gencache/bin/gencache.exe|gencache for Windows}} {{https://ci.easyrpg.org/job/tools-linux/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/gencache.tar.gz|gencache for Linux}}
+You can get the tool here:
+  * {{https://ci.easyrpg.org/job/tools-win32/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/bin/gencache.exe|gencache for Windows}}
+  * {{https://ci.easyrpg.org/job/tools-linux/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/gencache.tar.gz|gencache for Linux}}
 Place the gencache executable in a game working folder (the folder containing RPG_RT.* files) to generate the ''index.json''. Move the ''gencache'' executable to working folders for each game you want to upload and run ''gencache'' again to generate the ''index.json'' for them. Once finished you can remove (don't upload it, it's not needed) the ''gencache'' from any game folder.
 Your games are expected in subdirectories of the ''games'' directory. The default game executed is the one in ''games/default''. You can create further games by just by putting them in subdirectories of the ''games'' directory.
-Now open the ''index.html'' file and your default game should start. To play a different game pass ''?game=folder_name'' to your index file.
+Now access the ''index.html'' file and your default game should start. To play a different game pass ''?game=folder_name'' as part of the URL (query string) to your index file.