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+#pretending we're C because otherwise ruby/rvm will initialize, even with "language: dm".
+language: c
+
+env:
+  BYOND_MAJOR="503"
+  BYOND_MINOR="1224"
+
+before_install:
+  - sudo apt-get update -qq
+  - sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libgcc1:i386 libstdc++6:i386 -qq
+
+install:
+  - curl "http://www.byond.com/download/build/${BYOND_MAJOR}/${BYOND_MAJOR}.${BYOND_MINOR}_byond_linux.zip" -o byond.zip
+  - unzip byond.zip
+  - cd byond
+  - sudo make install
+  - cd ..
+
+script:
+  - DreamMaker tgstation.dme