Article 127174 of comp.os.vms: Path: nntpd.lkg.dec.com!crl.dec.com!crl.dec.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!clpd-newsserver!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!mvb.saic.com!info-vax From: Jens Koerber Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Announce: XPilot 3.4.0 Message-ID: <40*/S=koerber/OU=itt/PRMD=uni-stuttgart/ADMD=d400/C=de/@MHS> Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 23:46:14 +0200 Organization: Info-Vax<==>Comp.Os.Vms Gateway X-Gateway-Source-Info: Mailing List Lines: 58 ------------------------------ Start of body part 1 Hi, XPilot 3.4.0 has been ported to OpenVMS. It is available by anonymous FTP from ftp.cs.uit.no in /pub/games/xpilot/. Look for the file xpilot-3.4.0.tar.gz. It is distributed as a gzipped unix tar file so you will need the appropriate tools to extract the sources. It should work fine under the DEC TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS (UCX). For compilation you need either the DECC or the GCC compiler. XPilot is a multi-player tactical manouvring game for X workstations. Players have a fighter which they move along in an artificial world and shoot each other using various kinds of weapons like bullets, mines, smart missiles, heat seekers and so on. It is a fast paced game with a lot of tactics. There are also robots flying around shooting players and other robots. Players can pickup special bonuses to improve the possibilities of their ship like more engine power or special weapons. The aim of the game is to score points and to have a lot of fun. Since release 3.0 it is possible to play XPilot across the Internet if the roundtrip times are below 150 milliseconds or so, depending on the frame rate of the XPilot server. Highlights include: - True client/server based game; optimal speed for every player. - Meta server with up to date information about servers hosting games around the world. - A web of world-wide rating servers; compare your skills with pilots from all around the world. - European XPilot Team Cup - The XPilot Page on the World-Wide Web can be found on URL http://www.cs.uit.no/XPilot/ - There is a large and entertaining Newbie Manual on WWW which encompasses more than 160 articles. Its URL is: http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/erwin/NM/www Have fun exploring the XPilot galaxies... Jens. ------------------------------ Start of body part 2 ------------------------------ End of body part 2