XPILOTS(Requires

NAME
       xpilots - XPilot/UX  Multiplayer gravity war game server

SYNOPSIS
       xpilots

       [-map map-file] [-robots number] [-rawmode] [-noquit]
       [-help] [-version]

DESCRIPTION
       This manual explains the following topics:
              - Setting up a server.
              - Owner-only commands.
              - Creating new maps.

       Complete coverage of the game basics and how to connect to
       a server are given in the manual pages for xpilot().

   Options
       This section only describes the main options.  For a list
       of all options, try xpilots -help.

       -map map-name  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 -map blackhole or
                      the equivalent -map blackhole.map is passed
                      as command line arguments, the server will
                      try to locate a file called blackhole.map
                      in the current directory, or in a prede-
                      fined directory (default is
                      /usr/local/games/lib/xpilot/maps/).

       -help          Prints a short help, including the sup-
                      ported commandline options.

       -version       Prints the current version.

       -noquit        If this option is specified, xpilots won't
                      quit when the last human player exits.

       -rawmode       If this option is specified, xpilots
                      doesn't go to sleep when there are no human
                      players logged into the game.  The noquit
                      option must be specified for this to have
                      any effect after the first player joins the
                      game.

       -robots number Tells the server that you want number
                      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.

   Prompt options (owner only)
       If you are the owner of a server you have successfully
       connected to (with xpilot()), you have several special
       commands available, all of which applies to the current
       server only:

       m              Send a message to the players.

       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.

       l              Lock/unlock the game.  This prevents other
                      users from joining the game.

       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.

WARNINGS AND BUGS
       See xpilot().

AUTHORS
       XPilot was developed by Bjrn Stabell lt;bjoern@xpilot.org
       and Ken Ronny Schouten lt;ken@xpilot.org from the

       University of Troms, and Bert Gsbers lt;bert@xpilot.org
       from the University of Amsterdam.

CREDITS
       See the provided CREDITS file.

COPYRIGHT & DISCLAIMER
       XPilot is Copyright  1991-96 by Bjrn Stabell, Ken Ronny
       Schouten & Bert Gijsbers.  XPilot comes with ABSOLUTELY NO
       WARRANTY; for details see the provided LICENSE file.

FILES
       /*.map                                  Miscellaneous
                                               maps.
       /usr/lib/X11/log                        Log file.

SEE ALSO
       xpilot() xset(1) emacs(1)