README
1XBill 2.1
2
3Welcome to xbill...
4
5Ever get the feeling that nothing is going right? You're a sysadmin,
6and someone's trying to destroy your computers. The little people
7running around the screen are trying to infect your computers with
8Wingdows [TM], a virus cleverly designed to resemble a popular
9operating system. Your objective is to click the mouse on them, ending
10the potential threat. If one of the people reaches a computer, it will
11attempt to replace your operating system with the virus it carries. It
12will then attempt to run off the screen with your vital software. The
13game ends when only 1 (or 0) of your computers are being productive.
14Additionally, some computers are connected with network cables. When
15one computer on a network becomes infected, a spark will be sent down
16the cable, and will infect the computer on the other end when it reaches
17there.
18
19Clicking the button on one of the little people will cause it to cry out
20in pain and melt (id software eat your heart out!), dropping the stolen
21os if it is carrying one. If a computer is running Wingdows or is
22temporarily off, the os can be dragged back to the computer (or
23another computer compatible with that os). To extinguish a spark drag
24the bucket of water from the upper left corner onto it.
25
26 The status bar at the bottom tells the following:
27 Number of Bills on/off the screen
28 Number of Computers running their OS/off/Wingdows
29 Level
30 Score
31
32Options:
33 -l <n> Start at level n.
34
35 --gui <gui>
36 Use a specific front end. The possible values are
37 gtk, motif, and athena. Note that some of these
38 may not be compiled into the binary.
39
40 -size <size>
41 Play on a field of size x size, instead of the normal
42 400x400. <size> must be larger than 400.
43
44 -v Print version number and exit.
45
46 -h Print help and exit.
47
48 When using the GTK gui, all standard GTK options are supported.
49 When using the Athena or Motif GUI, all standard X Intrinsics
50 options are supported.
51
52
53Authors:
54 Main Programmer:
55 Brian Wellington <bwelling@xbill.org>
56 Programming & graphics (v2.0 and earlier):
57 Matias Duarte <matias@hyperimage.com>
58
README.Ports
1Here's the status of the various ports:
2
3Mac:
4Josh Adams <jadams@hyperimage.com> mostly finished this, based on a beta
5of 2.0, but never released it for some reason. If I can borrow a Mac OS X
6machine for a day or two, porting it should be easy now.
7
8Java:
9There are a bunch of Java ports around. I've never found one that works
10well. I started porting 2.0 a few years ago, and never finished. It's
11possible I'll start again.
12
13XFree86 for OS/2:
14Darwin O'Connor <doconno@cc.UManitoba.CA> ported 2.0, and you can get it from
15http://www.reamined.on.ca/doconnor/xprogs.html.
16
17Linux SVGA:
18I got this mostly working on a beta of 2.0, but it had a couple problems
19(mouse support wasn't very good, no menus or windows), and is now hopelessly
20outdated. It does have an XPM and XBM reader. If anyone wants to finish
21this (write the missing parts and the new parts), let me know, and I can find
22the old code.
23
24- Brian (bwelling@xbill.org)
25