[Xpilot-hacks] XPilot5.0.0a8 (FAQ #1)

[Dick B. <di...@bu...>]

This is the last message i sent to hacks, when i noticed
it was down.  I'm resending it here, mostly to see if it works.
(The archives link is broken)
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The single most FAQ i get is:
"A bunch of us play at lunch here at work at bigcorp inc.
How do we join a server here on our network behind the
corporate firewall".

Now you can track private servers:

http://www.buckosoft.com/xpilot/xpilot5/PrivateServer/

which is part of XPilot5.0.0a8
http://www.buckosoft.com/xpilot/xpilot5/

If you've seen the pages recently, you can just head
straight to
http://www.buckosoft.com/xpilot/xpilot5/download/

XPilot5.0.0a8 also fixes sound on Linux, thanks
to someone who used to be called "Baron".

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One thing that sucks is that a server reports different
status to a client than it does to meta.

There isn't a reliable way to eliminate the robots from
the player's list data sent by the server.

i.e.

SERVER VERSION...: 5.0.0a8
STATUS...........: ok
MAX SPEED........: 14 fps
WORLD ( 65x 51)..: Fishfight
       AUTHOR.....: Jon Moore
PLAYERS ( 5/16)..:

NO:  TM: NAME:             LIFE:   SC:    PLAYER:
-------------------------------------------------
  1... *  C3PO               044    22     ro...@xp...
  2... R  Sparky (C3PO)      015  -119     ro...@xp...
  3... R  Dalt Wisney        009  -154     ro...@xp...
  4... R  R2D2               023  -175     ro...@xp...
  5... R  Azurion            011  -181     ro...@xp...


dik