[Plib-users] SSG without X on server

[Alexander R. <a_r...@in...>]

Hi,

I realized that I will soon stumble over the following problem:

I want my game to run as well without any net as well to run in a
client/server
mode for multiplayer games.

But I do not only want the server to be run on the machines of the
end-users,
but (in the far future) also on dedicated game-servers, if possible.

On these game servers, where a TuxFleet server will run, it should'nt be
necessary for the admins of these game servers to start TuxFleet servers
while running X - I want to make a server-only version of TuxFleet, that
never tries to open a window or to connect itself to the current
X-Display.

At the moment, this could be possible - because now, I am doing only
collision checking on 'Shield Level', and for that I do not need any
SSG-routines, and for the game logic to run, I also do not need GL/SSG.

BUT!

As soon as I implement collision checking on 'Hull Level' (meaning, I
have to 
use the collision-checking-routines from SSG) I will have a problem for
my server.

SSG wants a glContext, and (I think) the GL wants to have a running X.
Correct me if I am wrong.

So, on a server-only machine, there be no X, so there will be no GL, so
SSG
wont initialize, so I can't do collision checking on vertex level.

Can I use GL without the GL wanting to connect to a X-Display?
Could the collision checking routines of SSG be used without having to
init GL?

A solution could be to start a vnc (virtual X-server) on the server and
let
the TuxFleet server connect to this - this probably wouldn't be slower,
since the TuxFleet server opens a window.

Any ideas? I hope you understand what I meant.


Alex

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