Welcome to the Raise the Empires Preservation Project

Empires and Allies (Facebook) officially closed on June 17th, 2013.

🗺️ Main Repository

The Raise the Empires team presents the Old Empires & Allies Preservation Project, dedicated to safeguarding and rejuvenating this Flash game to ensure it endures the test of time.

Current Status

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How to Install?

Installing on Android using Termux

1. Install Puffin Browser from the Play Store.
2. Download the latest version of Termux from here.
3. Copy and paste the following command into Termux (You only need to do this once):

   pkg install git wget python -y
   pkg update
   pkg install libxml2 libxslt -y
   pkg install dropbear -y
   pkg install openssh -y
   git clone https://github.com/AcidCaos/raisetheempires
   pip install "git+https://github.com/hex-in/libscrc.git"
   pip install tendo py3amf "flask<2.1.0" flask_session flask_sqlalchemy flask_compress flask_socketio daiquiri python-editor xmldiff jsonpatch tqdm

4. Press Enter to run the command.
5. If there's a confirmation [Y/n], type Y.
6. If there are several confirmations [Y/I/N/O/D/Z], type Y.
7. Wait until the installation is completed (and ensure your internet connection is stable).

Then use this command every time you want to play:

cd raisetheempires
python empires-server.py --no-popup --no-crash-log --port 5005

Press Enter to run the command.

After that, swipe left on Termux and tap the 'New Session' option. Copy this command to start hosting on a public link:

ssh -R 80:localhost:5005 [email protected]

Press Enter to run the command. If there's a confirmation [yes/no], type yes. Copy the generated link into Puffin Browser.

Done

Installing on GNU/Linux/Ubuntu

1. Assuming you have the terminal opened.
2. Copy and paste this command into the terminal (You only need to do this once):

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install python3 python3-pip
   git clone https://github.com/AcidCaos/raisetheempires
   cd raisetheempires
   pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Then use this command every time you want to play:

python3 empires-server.py --no-popup --no-crash-log --port 5005

You need to use a Flash-enabled browser, then go to this URL: http://127.0.0.1:5005

Optional: If you want to host online on a public link, open a new terminal window and use this command:

ssh -R 80:localhost:5005 [email protected]

If there's confirmation [yes/no], type yes.

Done

Installing on macOS

1. Download Python 3.8 from here.
2. Install it.
3. Then open Terminal, copy and paste this command (You only need to do this once):

   git clone https://github.com/AcidCaos/raisetheempires
   cd raisetheempires
   pip3 install -r requirements.txt

   If there's a notice that you haven't installed Xcode, install it first.

Then use this command every time you want to play:

python3 empires-server.py --no-popup --no-crash-log --port 5005

You need to use a Flash-enabled browser, then go to this URL: http://127.0.0.1:5005

Done

Need Assistance or Have Questions?

Feel free to reach out to us:

📧 [email protected]

Personal Discord: Yuuta kun#5097

Join our community Discord Discord group

Don't hesitate to ask; we are here to help, and we won't judge if you have many questions! 😄

Reporting Bugs and Contacting

💬 Check our Community Discord group

Tools

🗺️ Empires & Allies Empire Map Editor

🏛️ Emipres & Allies Revision History

💽 Empires & Allies Servers Support

External Links

🔰 Empires & Allies Wiki (FANDOM)

🎬 Empires & Allies Trailer

😺 Empires & Allies subreddit

On Archives and Accessibility to Digital Heritage

• Exemption to PCCPSACT, exemptions to the provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”).
• EFGAMP, the European Federation of Video Game Archives, Museums, and Preservation projects.
• UNESCO PERSIST Programme, helps ensure that digital information can continue to be accessed in the future.
• The Internet Archive, a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.
• BlueMaxima's Flashpoint, the web game preservation project.

Old Empires and Allies preservation project Copyright (C) 2019-2023 by the Raise the Empires team.

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.