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Getting Started — Modifying the Default Setup

First you'll need to have Phantasmal installed and working. You can do that with Bundled Phantasmal, plain Phantasmal, or the CVS version of Phantasmal. But no matter how you do it, you need a Phantasmal test game usable, just to make sure Phantasmal's working. Look at files with names like "INSTALL" if you haven't already read them. They're important. The bundled distribution should be easiest -- download, unpack, run a script. Use it if this is your first time doing this stuff.

If you start from the Phantasmal Bundled release, you'll be starting with an existing test game, one called Seas of Night. You can also get the same game as 'testgame' in CVS Phantasmal. If you start from the non-bundled Phantasmal release (or CVS without testgame), you'll be getting much less 'game'. You'll need to decide how much of a clean start you're looking for. The Bundled Release is easier to learn from, but it may not be the cleanest way in the long run.