pioneers-server-console - command-line game server for Pioneers pioneers-server-console [ OPTIONS ] This manual page documents briefly the pioneers-server-console command.

Pioneers is an implementation of the popular, award-winning "Settlers of Catan" board game for the GNOME desktop environment. It uses a client/server model for networked play of between two and eight players. This program provides a console-only server that pioneers clients can connect to.

"-g,--game-title" " game title" Load the ruleset specified by game title. The title can be found in the *.game files. You need quotes for titles with spaces.

"--file" "filename" Load the ruleset in the file filename.

"-p,--port" " port" Use port port for player connections.

"-P,--players" " num" Start a game for num total players (including computer players).

"-v,--points" " points" Specify the number of "victory points" required to win the game.

"-R,--seven-rule" [0|1|2] "Sevens rule": Specify gameplay behavior when a player rolls a seven. A value of 0 (the default) means that rolling a seven always moves the robber. A value of 1 requires the player to re-roll if a seven is rolled on the first two turns. A value of 2 means the player always re-rolls.

"-T,--terrain" [0|1] Choose a terrain type: 0 for the default, or 1 for random terrain.

"-c,--computer-players" " num" Start up num computer players.

"--version" Show version information.

"-r,--register" Register with a metaserver. The metaserver to use can be overridden with the -m option. Default metaserver: pioneers.debian.net

"-m,--metaserver" " metaserver" Register this server with the metaserver at the specified address.

"-n, --hostname" " hostname" Use this hostname instead of the hostname reported by hostname(1) .

"-x,--auto-quit" Automatically exit after a player has won.

"-k,--empty-timeout" " secs" Automatically stop the server if no one has connected after secs seconds.

"-t,--tournament" " mins" Tournament mode: add AI players after mins minutes.

"-a,--admin-port" " port" Listen for administrative commands on port port.

"-s,--admin-wait" Don't start the game immediately; wait for a command on the admin port ( -a ) instead.

"--fixed-seating-order" Give players numbers according to the order they enter the game.

"--debug" Enable debug messages.

The default settings of the server can be influenced with the following three environment variables:

PIONEERS_METASERVER The hostname of the metaserver when no metaserver is specified on the command-line.

PIONEERS_SERVER_NAME The hostname of the server. If it is not set, the hostname is determined by hostname(1) .

PIONEERS_DIR The path to the game definition files. If it is not set, the default installation path will be used.

/usr/share/games/pioneers/*.game and $XDG_DATA_HOME/pioneers/*.game /usr/share/games/pioneers/computer_names This manual page was written by Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>, and updated by Roland Clobus <rclobus@rclobus.nl>. Pioneers was written by Dave Cole <dave@dccs.com.au>, Andy Heroff <aheroff@mediaone.net>, and Roman Hodek <roman@hodek.net>, with contributions from many other developers on the Internet; see the AUTHORS file in the pioneers distribution for a complete list of contributing authors. pioneers(6) ", " pioneers-server-gtk(6) ", " pioneersai(6) ", " hostname(1)