How to run game?

I was wondering the same thing.

i did run game offline but it was dirty...

non steam version!!!
1.
copy from (your own dir may be different!!!)

C:\Users\lobster\Downloads\zero-k-portable\games
this file (the biggest file there it is SDZ file)
bce544c746dfd4844cd2be613e87ae43

2.
go to (make dir if u dont have it)

C:\Users\lobster\Documents\My Games\Spring\games
paste
bce544c746dfd4844cd2be613e87ae43

3.
copy from (your own dir may be different!!!) you need map to play on:)

C:\Users\lobster\Downloads\zero-k-portable\maps

4.
go to (make dir if u dont have it)

C:\Users\lobster\Documents\My Games\Spring\maps
paste
map that you wont to play

5.
GO TO (your own dir may be different!!!)

C:\Users\lobster\Downloads\zero-k-portable\engine\win64\104.0.1-1510-g89bb8e3
find
Sprong.exe
klick it
set game, map, ai

PLAY OFFLINE

Thank you czesio

This way doesn't work, the game is crumbling.

an alternative option I found was to copy the engine into the zk folder. this has the benefit that both zk and the engine accesses the same data, but has the downside that you need to add in the base folder when trying to play offline and needing to remove the base folder when playing online.

NOTE: THIS WORKED FOR ME DOES NOT MEAN IT WILL WORK FOR YOU!

Steps:
1. go to \Documents\My Games\Zero-K\engine\win64\
(I would assume that win64 would be replaced with the name of your operating system)

2. open the folder with the highest number (currently 104.0.1-1544-ge1f249f , so you should end up in [i]\Documents\My Games\Zero-K\engine\win64\104.0.1-1544-ge1f249f[i] )

3. Copy everything in there

4. Go back to \Documents\My Games\Zero-K\ , and paste everything in. Don't override anything

When you need to play online, delete the base folder in \Documents\My Games\Zero-K\.
When you need to play offline, copy the base folder from [i]\Documents\My Games\Zero-K\engine\win64\104.0.1-1544-ge1f249f[i] back into \Documents\My Games\Zero-K\.