BuckoSoft XPilotNT-server HOWTO

May 30, 1997

Here are some notes to help you run your own server.

When you first launch the server, you can just press the Start Server button. This will give you reasonable defaults. The text status area should display this:


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    Map not specified, trying to open default.map
    World....: The Newbie Globe
    Bases....: 11
    Mapsize..: 170x170
    Team play: off
    29 May 06:40:22: Locating Meta... found 1... found 2
    29 May 06:40:22: Map compression ratio is 14.45%
    29 May 06:40:22: Server runs at 12 frames per second

If it takes a long time to display the Locating Meta line, then you will need to turn off the reportMeta option.
After the text message "Server runs at 12 frames per second" appears, the server is ready to accept connections.
Press the Stop Server button before exiting XPilot-server. This allows the program to graciously return network resources to the system.
After pressing Stop Server, you must exit and restart XPilot-server in order to run the server again. This restriction should go away in a future version.

The Configure button on the main dialog brings up this window. Here you may enter any options for the server.
Note that these options are only read when you press the Start Server button.
The ServerOpts.txt file lists all of the options available. You may access this file from the XPilot menu, it is under the Doc folder. Here, i have told the server
- Not to report to the metaserver.
- Have 3 robot players.
- Run the map "fuzz2"
You can select a map from one of the maps in the C:\XPilot\lib\maps directory. The XPilot Home Page lists places to get other maps.
The maps are flat ASCII text and can be viewed/edited with your favorite text editor.
There is a lovely Unix tool for creating maps. A Windows version is in the conceptual stage. If anyone would like to take on writing a Java based map editor, please contact me.

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This page created May 30, 1997. Last touched Saturday January 03, 2009 16:39 EST