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Made torps and fighter wobbly. They have a chance of tracking randomly instead of staying straight or seeking if in nebulous terrain. Option is turned on when NEBULA_EFFECT contains PHOTON and/or FIGHTER.
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1 (9/19/94:Brandon)
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3 QUICK INSTALLATION
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4
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5 To install the server onto your system, do the following:
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6
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7 1. Change your working directory to src/
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8 2. execute the script called 'setup'
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9 3. follow the instructions, no guarantees!
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10 4. execute 'make install'
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12 If you have the expected directory structure (as created in the 2.4
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13 release) and you are on a common operating system, everything should
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14 install appropriately. Read on for instructions on administrating
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15 the server.
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17 ADMINISTRATION
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19 The server expects several files to be available in the appropriate
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20 locations. These locations are based off a root level which is
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21 specified with an environment variable of NETREKDIR (Note: if the
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22 NETREKDIR environment variable does not exist, some scripts and
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23 binaries may check for "../etc/conf.netrekdir" to specify the full
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24 path). The following is an explanation of the different files and
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25 directories.
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27 backups/ - This is where the dbbackup script places
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28 it's files.
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29 bin/ - where the binaries and various scripts are
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30 located:
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31 daemonII - the daemon binary.
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32 dbbackup - database backup script
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33 faucet + - used in combination with pl to create the
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34 player listing port, not required. It is
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35 not distributed with the server (it is
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36 part of Rob Forsman's NetPipes).
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37 init.shutdown - callable by the system (shutdown)
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38 init.startup - callable by the system (startup)
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39 listen - the listen process binary
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40 mailcluecheck - the script used to mail letters to ejected
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41 people, if MAIL_CLUELETTER is defined in
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42 config.h
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43 makemotd - builds a message of the day with player stats
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44 mes + - tool used by ntstop, not required.
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45 ntserv - ntserv binary
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46 ntstart - script to startup the server
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47 ntstop - script to shutdown the server (with message)
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48 pl + - tool used to give a listing of players
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49 robotII - robot binary, if it doesn't exist no robots
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50 will enter the game.
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51 snake - snake binary, if it doesn't exist no snakes
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52 will enter the game.
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53 docs/ - where documents are stored.
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54 etc/ - the location of files used by the various
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55 binaries and scripts.
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56 ALLOW - if this file exists the server will ignore
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57 conf.hours as well as DENY and will always
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58 allow access.
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59 DENY - if this file exists and ALLOW does not exist
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60 the server will ignore conf.hours and will
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61 always be closed.
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62 clue.letter - the form letter used by mailcluecheck
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63 cluephrases - the cluephrases file, if it doesn't exist the
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64 server will use a builtin list of phrases.
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65 conf.hours - hour configuration file (access)
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66 conf.netrekdir - hardcoded NETREKDIR path.
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67 conf.pics - configuration file for motd pictures.
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68 the format is:
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69
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70 <picture location>
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71 <X> <Y> <page>
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72
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73 the picture location is based off NETREKDIR.
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74 X and Y coordinates are explanatory, the page
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75 is which page in the MOTD it should appear on.
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76 conf.sysdef - the system configuration file.
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77 db.global - database, globals.
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78 db.players - database, players.
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79 motd - the message of the day. Pages in the motd
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80 are seperated by:
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81
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82 [newline][tab]@@b
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84 motd.body - the body of the motd (without highscores),
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85 used by makemotd to create the actual motd.
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86 planets - planets file.
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87 rsa.keys - a list of rsa keys (ignore without RSA).
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88 logs/
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89 conquer - a record of all conquers on the server.
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90 daemonII.pid - a log of the current daemonII's process ID
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91 eject.log - a log of ejections via mailcluecheck
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92 god.log - a log of all messages sent to GOD
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93 listen.pid - a log of the current listen's process ID
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94 server.log - a log of the daemon and generic server messages
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95 startup.log - a startup log from ntserv and daemonII processes
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96 pics/ - where motd pictures can be located.
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97 pped/ - Heath Kehoe's player database editor.
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98 rsa/ - the RSA files, these are not required for
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99 server execution.
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100 src/ - source code for the server.
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101
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102 Note that the person who occupies player entry 0 in the player file
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103 will *always* be given the rank of Emperor, so make sure the first
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104 entry always has a password.
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105
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106 OPTIONS
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107
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108 Options can be found in most binaries with the '-h' flag.
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109
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110 To manually connect a client to the server first run the client
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111 and tell it which socket to try:
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112
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113 netrek.paradise -s <socket, such as 7777>
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114
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115 On the server machine, enter:
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116
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117 ntserv -s <same socket> -d <the display the client is on>
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119 CONTROLS
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120
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121 The server has some online controls which are available to the
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122 administrators, but only if they have the correct royalty. The
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123 first person to be in the database file (0) is always the 'Emperor',
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124 which is the highest royalty status. As an Emperor the player
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125 can use the online controls.
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126
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127 To use the controls you send yourself a message. To get a current
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128 list of controls available send yourself 'help' and then try help
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129 on each topic listed, such as 'control help'.
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130
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131 Note: be cautious on using any of the controls which modifies actual
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132 gameplay variables during Tmode. These modifications will be recorded
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133 into the database and will have a global effect on all statistics
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134 (for instance, do not give 1000 armies to a player as they will
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135 inevitably be dooshed in 10 seconds).
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