.\" -*-Text-*- .\" .\" Copyright © 1991-96 by Bjørn Stabell, Ken Ronny Schouten & Bert Gijsbers. .\" .TH XPILOTS "Requires UDP/IP and The X Window System" .ds )H GNU Public License 2.0 applies .ds ]W XPilot 3.6.1: Dec 17th, 1996 .if n .ad l \" If nroff formatter, adjust left margin only .if t .ad b \" If troff formatter, adjust both margins .SH NAME xpilots \- XPilot/UX Multiplayer gravity war game server .SH SYNOPSIS .BR xpilots [\fB-map \fImap-file\fP] [\fB-robots \fInumber\fP] [\fB-rawmode\fP] [\fB-noquit\fP] [\fB-help\fP] [\fB-version\fP] .SH DESCRIPTION This manual explains the following topics: .IP .B - Setting up a server. .IP .B - Owner-only commands. .IP .B - Creating new maps. .PP Complete coverage of the game basics and how to connect to a server are given in the manual pages for \fIxpilot()\fP. .SS Options This section only describes the main options. For a list of all options, try \fBxpilots -help\fP. .TP 15 .B -map \fImap-name\fP This option allows you to select the map you will use for this server. If it is omitted, you will have to manage with a computer generated random map. For instructions on how to create a map, see below. For example if .B -map blackhole or the equivalent .B -map blackhole.map is passed as command line arguments, the server will try to locate a file called \fBblackhole.map\fP in the current directory, or in a predefined directory (default is /usr/local/games/lib/xpilot/maps/). .TP 15 .B -help Prints a short help, including the supported commandline options. .TP 15 .B -version Prints the current version. .TP 15 .B -noquit If this option is specified, xpilots won't quit when the last human player exits. .TP 15 .B -rawmode If this option is specified, xpilots doesn't go to sleep when there are no human players logged into the game. The \fBnoquit\fP option must be specified for this to have any effect after the first player joins the game. .TP 15 .B -robots \fInumber\fP Tells the server that you want \fInumber\fP robots instead of the default - number-of-bases/2. A value of -1 will fill the entire server with robots. Note however that there will always be room for one new player, the robots will be kicked out of the game to accomodate for new players, they will also enter the game when there is space for them. .SS Prompt options (owner only) If you are the owner of a server you have successfully connected to (with \fIxpilot()\fP), you have several special commands available, all of which applies to the current server only: .TP 15 .B m Send a message to the players. .TP 15 .B k Kick a player out of the game. Currently, this command does not stop the player from re-joining the game. Hopefully, however, he or she would have learned their lesson. .TP 15 .B l Lock/unlock the game. This prevents other users from joining the game. .TP 15 .B d Shutdown/cancel shutdown. This command will ask for a reason and a shutdown delay (in seconds) and transmit these to the server. A timer will appear showing how much time is left before the game goes down. If you don't specify a delay, you will be canceling an already initiated shutdown. .SH WARNINGS AND BUGS See \fIxpilot()\fP. .SH AUTHORS \fBXPilot\fP was developed by Bjørn Stabell and Ken Ronny Schouten from the University of Tromsø, and Bert Gÿsbers from the University of Amsterdam. .SH CREDITS See the provided CREDITS file. .SH COPYRIGHT & DISCLAIMER XPilot is Copyright © 1991-96 by Bjørn Stabell, Ken Ronny Schouten & Bert Gijsbers. XPilot comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details see the provided LICENSE file. .SH FILES .PD 0 .TP 40 .B /*.map Miscellaneous maps. .TP 40 .B /usr/lib/X11/log Log file. .PD .SH SEE ALSO xpilot(), xset(1), emacs(1)