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The latest official version of the Sphere RPG engine and editor can be downloaded here.

{{section|sph-section-blue sph-latest|Latest Version|<p>Sphere 1.5, 17 July 2008</p><p>'''Windows setup''': (3.4MB)</p>}}

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==Version 1.5==
Sphere 1.5 is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X (PPC and Intel).

Sphere 1.5 boasts a number of improvements over Sphere 1.4, such as:

* Extended player controls: A, B, X and Y buttons.
* Fully working Mac OS X subsystem (PPC and Intel).
* OpenGL video driver now also available for Linux and Mac OS X.
* Highly improved software video drivers.
* New multilingual Config tool available for all platforms.
* API now features the powerful [[API:SoundEffect|SoundEffect object]].
* [[API:GetPersonOffset|GetPersonOffset]] and [[API:SetPersonOffset|SetPersonOffset]] allow now for new possibilities in sprite animation.
* Text controls for scripts in the editor are now resizable.
* Many other bug fixes and additions to the editor and the engine.

Send comments and bug reports to the Sphere 1.5 release candidate forum topic.

===Windows===
===Mac OS X===
===Linux===

==Version 1.6 and older versions==
If for whatever reason you are interested in older versions of the engine, they can be found here, along with a mirror of the current version and the somewhat less stable version 1.6:

* http://davince.tengudev.com/sphere/sphere-engine/ (unofficial mirror)

==Getting games==
The best way to try out Sphere is to get some games for it.

* [[:Category:Games|Games]] is the best place to start - all games that have a wiki article are showcased there.
* [https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-5bW82jK5Z5UGZaS0c1OFJZZDA&usp=sharing The Downloads Repository] is the next best place to check out games - it aims at collecting all Sphere games and related files ever created.
* Flikky's [http://sphere.sf.net/flik/files/ old Sphere site] has quite a few demos and games to try out.
* [http://forums.spheredev.org/index.php/board,11.0.html The Game Development sub-forum of the Spherical Forums] contains many games currently being worked on.

Put games in the {{dir|games/}} sub-folder of your Sphere installation, e.g. under Windows it's {{dir|C:\Program Files\Sphere\games\}} if you used the Sphere installer and installed it to the default directory.

==Making games==
[[Getting started]] with Sphere is the first place to go for people interested in making games. An off-line version can be found installed with Sphere at {{dir|docs/development/tutorial.txt}}.

This wiki contains a [[:Category:Tutorials|Tutorials]] section, covering a wide range of topics of how to make games with Sphere.

The [http://forums.spheredev.org Spherical Forums] is the most active hub for Sphere talk and support. Drop in for help, to see games in progress, or if you just want to say "hi".

==Sphere from source==
You can obtain the source code of Sphere 1.5 via [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concurrent_Versions_System CVS] on SourceForge. If you're using the official CVS client, type this:

cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anonymous@sphere.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/sphere co -r sphere_1_5 -P sphere

This will create a subdirectory called {{dir|sphere}}, containing the Sphere source, including the engine, editor and utility source files and resources.

You can also download [https://github.com/sphere-group/sphere Sphere's source from GitHub].

'''See also'': [[Compiling Sphere]], which also includes instructions for getting and building the bleeding edge version of Sphere.

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	===Mac OS X===		===Mac OS X===
		+	'''Download Sphere from Rhuan's mirror''': Sphere (7.2 MB ZIP archive)
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		+	Single archive, just stick the expanded folder anywhere and it should work; frameworks are now located in the same folder as the sphere application.
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		+	'''NeoLogiX's mirror''': application (3.3 MB ZIP archive) \| frameworks (3.3 MB ZIP archive)
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		+	Neo's mirror is now a Universal Build as well. Both frameworks mirrors are UB using Rhuan's work.
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		+	* Both frameworks and application are Universal Builds, and therefore different to all previous releases
		+	* Running application from Neo's mirror will need the frameworks installed (put contents of unzipped folder in {{dir\|/Library/Frameworks}} or {{dir\|~/Library/Frameworks}})
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	===Linux===		===Linux===

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 The latest official version of the Sphere RPG engine and editor can be downloaded here.
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+{{section|sph-section-blue sph-latest|Latest Version|<p>v1.5, {{date|2008|07|17|df=yes}</p><!-- p>'''Windows binaries''': (3.4MB)</p -->}}
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 ==Making games==
-[[Getting started]] with Sphere is the first place to go for people interested in making games. An off-line version can be found installed with Sphere at {{dir|docs/development/tutorial.txt}}.
+[[Getting started]] with Sphere is the first place to go for people interested in making games. An off-line version can be found installed with Sphere at {{path|docs/development/tutorial.txt}}.
 This wiki contains a [[:Category:Tutorials|Tutorials]] section, covering a wide range of topics of how to make games with Sphere.

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