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This section provides guidelines and information intended for developers, map editors, or curious players who wish to modify the game.
The best place to discuss the development of Crossfire is the irc channel #crossfire on the irc server chat.freenode.net (6666)
Information on installing Crossfire from the source code including accessing the developmental version (trunk):
The following sections provide information on guidance for developing Crossfire to maintain a consistent and engaging Crossfire experience.
Information about modifying and creating new objects such as items, monsters, spells using existing code:
Guides for how to design maps in crossfire that are consistent in look and feel with existing maps:
Guides for modification and creation of new code:
The TODO list represent ideas that have general consensus and are currently being worked on or due to be worked on soon. These are an excellent starting points for new developers who wish to contribute to the project.
These pages contain general discussion that hasn't made it on to the TODO list yet.
Contributing to the Crossfire Wiki is simplest way to assist in the development of Crossfire.