Windows exe for server

server/README.md

@@ -36,3 +36,23 @@ usage: src/app.rb [options]
   -p2n, --p2_name    player 2 name
   --help             print this help
 ```
+
+### Server as .exe
+
+> [!Note]
+> This mode is not recommended unless absolutely necessary.
+> Consider using this to provide server access for students that cannot install ruby on their machine.
+> Students that can install ruby on their own machine already have everything they need to run the server with the instructions above.
+
+- Ensure Ruby 3.3.5 is installed: `ruby -v`
+- Install ocran: `gem install ocran`
+- Navigate to the server directory: `cd server`
+- Locate the public IP of the client
+- Generate exe: `rake "exe[<IP>]"` (replace `<IP>` with the IP from above)
+
+Note that this exe will only execute in one player mode on port 9090 for the given IP with all other default settings (default map, no fast mode, etc).
+
+If you want an exe with custom settings:
+
+- copy the orcan command from the exe rake task in `server/Rakefile`
+- append additional flags to the end of the command

server/Rakefile

@@ -118,14 +118,9 @@ STATS_DIRECTORIES = [
 ].collect { |name, dir| [ name, "#{dir}" ] }.select { |name, dir| File.directory?(dir) }
 
 task :exe, [:ip] do |t, args|
-	sh "ocra --icon AtomicRTS.ico --output game.exe --chdir-first src/app.rb assets/**/* maps/* -- -p1 #{args[:ip]} "
+	sh "ocran --icon AtomicRTS.ico --output game.exe --chdir-first src/app.rb assets/**/* maps/* -- -p1 #{args[:ip]} "
 end
 
-task :installer, [:ip] do |t, args|
-	sh "ocra --icon AtomicRTS.ico --output game.exe --innosetup inno.iss --chdir-first --no-lzma src/app.rb assets/**/* maps/* -- -p1 #{args[:ip]} "
-end
-
-
 task :stats do
   CodeStatistics.new(*STATS_DIRECTORIES).to_s
 end