On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:58:33 Aaron Mavrinac wrote: > Hi all, > > Mithro and I are working on including the single-player mode wizard in > an upcoming release soon.
Cool. Does it actually use the config protocol? > A crucial requirement for this to work is for servers, ruleset > modules, and AI clients to include some XML data in a shared location > to tell the client that they are on the system, what they support, and > how to use them. The following wiki page details how they work, and > provides some working examples (for tpserver-cpp, risk, daneel-ai, and > gencon): > > http://thousandparsec.net/wiki/Single_Player#Adding_Single-Player_Support Is that page completely up to date? I noticed references to init files at the bottom, which I thought had gone now. > One important thing to note is that the command string specified for > the actual program needs a proper path for the system it is installed > on. In many cases this probably means that the installer needs to edit > the XML file to use an absolute path, so this would be done at the > packaging level. Let me know ASAP if any problems are foreseen here so > I can come up with another solution. :) Why can't it just assume the program is on the path? Maybe prompt if it's not found? It is possible to alter the files and place them in the right place, at least in automake/autoconf. > If you are planning to do a release of one of these components > (server, AI client) please let me know and I'll assist with including > the XML data. I am planning to do a release in the next week or so. I don't think there is much else but this to be done. I'll be putting together my first pass on this tonight. Regards Lee _______________________________________________ tp-devel mailing list [email protected] http://www.thousandparsec.net/tp/mailman.php/listinfo/tp-devel
