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-EN: MinGW development branch
+Welcome to Colobot project repository
 
-Status
+This repository contains the source files of Colobot game released on open source license (GNU GPLv3) by the producer Epitec CH.
+The sources were released and the rights granted to a group of Polish Colobot fans centered around the site http://colobot.cba.pl/
+This repository contains only the source code of the game. The necessary data files will soon be available as a separate download.
+For now, though, you can download the original download package released by Epitec (the link is on http://colobot.cba.pl/ site).
 
-This branch will serve as the place for continued work in running the project under CMake and MinGW.
-The branch will be strictly tied to the master, but nevertheless separate so as not to break anything.
+For more information on the project, see the wiki pages.
 
-Instructions for compiling and running with MinGW.
+Status
 
-1. Download and install MinGW and MSYS:
+Our first goal has been reached now: the project has been successfully ported to CMake build system and MinGW compiler
+from the original MSVC6 project.
 
-2. When installing, select all available components
-3. In the file src/CMakeLists.txt, change "set(DXSDK_DIR "c:/dxsdk") to the directory, where you have DirectX SDK (version 8.1)
-   (the slashes must be in this form: /, not \)
-4. Run MinGW console from the shortcut in menu start
-5. Change to the directory where you have the Colobot sources: "cd /c/where/the/sources/are"
-6. "cmake -G 'MSYS Makefiles' ."
-7. "make"
-8. Everything should compile without errors
-9. Copy bin/colobot.exe, bin/CBot/libCBot.dll and from the directory, where MinGW is installed
-   bin/libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll and bin/libstdc++-6.dll to where you have the data files colobot*.dat
-10. Run colobot.exe with -nocd option
+Now our goal is to port the game to OpenGL and SDL, thus making it multiplatform. Further goals include adding
+new features to the game, though that will be decided later on.
 
+Compiling and running the game
 
-PL: Gałąź rozwojowa MinGW
+For these instructions see HOWTO.txt file.
 
-Status
+Contact
 
-Gałąź ta posłuży za miejsce do kolejnych prac nad uruchomieniem projektu pod MinGW.
-Będzie ścisle związana z główną, ale mimo wszystko osobna, żeby niczego nie zepsuć.
-
-Instrukcja jak skompilować i uruchomić pod MinGW
-
-1. Ściągamy i instalujemy MinGW i MSYS:
-   http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/Installer/mingw-get-inst/mingw-get-inst-20111118/
-2. Przy instalacji zaznaczamy wszystkie komponenty do instalacji
-3. W pliku src/CMakeLists.txt zmieniamy set(DXSDK_DIR "c:/dxsdk") na katalog, gdzie jest zainstalowany DirectX SDK (w wersji 8.1)
-   (slashe mają być właśnie w takiej postaci: / a nie \)
-4. Uruchamiamy MinGW console ze skrótu w menu start
-5. Przechodzimy do katalogu, gdzie są źródła: "cd /c/tam/gdzie/sa/zrodla"
-6. "cmake -G 'MSYS Makefiles' ."
-7. "make"
-8. Wszystko powinno się skomplikować bez błędów
-9. Kopiujemy bin/colobot.exe, bin/CBot/libCBot.dll i z katalogu, gdzie jest zainstalowany MinGW
-   bin/libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll i bin/libstdc++-6.dll do miejsca, gdzie mamy pliki z danymi colobot*.dat
-10. Odpalamy colobot.exe z -nocd
+If you want to help in the project, please contact us on the forum on our website (there is also an English board).