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# Running TL-Engine Games
## What is the TL-Engine?
The TL-Engine (Teaching and Learning Engine) is a game engine based on Irrlicht created by Laurent Serge Noel on behalf of the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). It was integral to teching the fundementals of engine programming and C++ to myself and many other students.

The TL-Engine is very bare-bones and offers to do nothing on behalf of the user/programmer. Unless the programmer develops tools on top of the TL-Engine, everything is done in the code editor directly.

## Running games made in the TL-Engine
Because the engine is now quite old, there are a few issues which need to be addressed in order to get up and running. Please follow these steps carefully:
1. If they are currently installed, uninstall the following programs from your computer:
   - Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable
   - Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x64 Redistributable
2. Install the [DirectX End User Runtimes (June 2010)](https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=8109)
3. Install the [DirectX SDK (June 2010)](https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=6812)
4. Install the [TL-Engine](https://www.jameseaston.co.uk/assets/TL-Engine.zip)
5. Re-install the [Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable](https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=26999)
6. Restart your PC

You should now be able to run games made in the TL-Engine.