TKXPILOTS(1)

NAME
tkxpilots - a funky front end to xpilots

SYNOPSIS
tkxpilots

DESCRIPTION
On starting the program, tkxpilots will show a window with a list of all the maps in the selected directories. (See Notes on the tkxpilotsrc for further details) There is also a picture of the current map in the top right corner. Clicking on this picutre will show you some map information, such as the map name, and the map author

When you click on a map, a dialogue box appears asking whether to use the default values. If you have loaded Tournament.map, and want to play a similar game on CAMD.map, then select "NO" when asked at this point. Otherwise the options will be as if you had selected the new map as your default.

Across the bottom of the window are buttons that give you access to the options of xpilot. They are loosely grouped in categories.

The Default Values button, resets the options on the current map. The Help button, will bring a pop-up window, with some help on the options in it. (Actually it's xpilots -help :-)

When you have selected all of the options you want, click on the Start Server button, and a server will be started. Clicking on Play the Game will cause tkxpilots to exit, and will start an xpilot client for you.

BUGS

If the map has a dot (period / ".") in the title, e.g. Test.1.map then tkxpilots will complain about a bad window path.

FILES

/tmp/*.map.*.xbm
    Temporary map bitmaps

$HOME/.tkxpilotsrc
    Personal defaults

SEE ALSO
xpilot(6) xpilots(6) wish(1)

AUTHORS
TKXPILOTS(1)

HomeBoy! (richardo@cogs.susx.ac.uk)

CONTACT
Bug reports, patches, offers of love / food / money / beer are all welcome to richardo@cogs.susx.ac.uk

TKXPILOTSRC
You can set your own default values in the file $HOME/.tkxpilotsrc

It is in the same format as an xpilots default file. i.e.

option : value

with two extra ones

 alternativeMapsDir : directories
 team_to_join : integer

where directories is a whitespace seperated list

Use the '#' character to specify comments

Here is an example tkxpilotsrc

 # An example .tkxpilotsrc file
 mapFileName: /home/richardo/Fun/Boo.map
 itemProbFact: 3.0
 #alternativeMapsDir: /home/calvin/maps /home/hobbes/maps
 alternativeMapsDir: /home/richardo/Fun # No trailing /
 maxRobots: 0

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INSSOMNIAK (kavern@cogs.susx.ac.uk) FLSPA Software's glorious Dictator For Life, for the maptoxbm script, general and legal advice, suggestions and bug-testing

Mr Whippy (andrewha@cogs.susx.ac.uk) for ideas, coffee, and a good stereo

The Mighty Git (johnm@cogs.susx.ac.uk) for much beta-testing