Hey I'm sort of working on an xtrekrc editor for COW. It's in a very preliminary state at this point, and I haven't written a line of code yet (I'm just laying down the UI with glade). Eventually I plan on having at least a keymap editor and a means for changing all the different client options I think are important. My main objective is to get it running in windows. I'll be using the gtk library which has already been ported to it (as has gimp). gerard >From: James Cameron <quozl at us.netrek.org> >Reply-To: vanilla-list at us.netrek.org >To: vanilla-list at us.netrek.org >Subject: Re: [Vanilla List] any growth on this? >Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 09:06:54 +1100 > >On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 10:51:52AM -0500, Zachary Uram wrote: > > James Cameron wrote: > > > Release early, release often. Others can test your code and > > > adjust it. I've been dreaming of a PHP based web site that > > > would take a player's xtrekrc file and present a form to let > > > them change how it works, then download the new one. Package a > > > web server and PHP with the client, and there you have it. ;-} > > Any progress? > >No, still a dream. I have however done a set of pages for the results >distribution of an INL server, now in the php directory on CVS. >See it at http://netrek.gctc.hwy.com.au/ click on Archives in the results >section. > > > > Ultimate goal is a nice setup.exe package, with a frontend > > > program that helps generate an xtrekrc and then launches > > > netrek.exe with options passed to it. Instead of using the > > > command line, etc. > > Cool. Who is working on it? > >Nobody but me so far. I'm not the best choice for the job, 'cause I >don't use Windows. > >In response to my posting to LWN.NET the most useful reply I got >(apart from Mandrake packaging) was a pointer to Inno Setup, which >should help achieve the goal. http://www.jordanr.dhs.org/isinfo.htm > >If you take this on, I can at least test installation for you. > > > > I've got a computer camp coming up in September that I'd like > > > this to be available for, in case you would like a deadline. > > > ;-) > > How did the camp go? > >Netrek-wise, we got about four games in. The greatest pain was our >failure to distribute to the lab workstations an appropriate .xtrekrc >file that used a graphic dashboard. The default in COW is still >numbers. I'm wondering if I should add an .xtrekrc suggestions port >on the server and modify the client to get it via the network ... while >not relevant to internet play it would certainly have helped us; we had >to turn off the pixmaps because COW would GPF under certain tactical >conditions which we never fully worked out. > >-- >James Cameron mailto:quozl at us.netrek.org http://quozl.netrek.org/ >_______________________________________________ >vanilla-list mailing list >vanilla-list at us.netrek.org >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/vanilla-list _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp