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I've severely hacked over the startup configuration process for XPilot, to some extent as discussed on the XPilot mailing list. My changes affect command-line options, map file format, and local config file format. What this means is that you can now control any configuration option from the command line, the map file, or the local defaults file - the system is completely orthogonal. In general, options specified on the command line take precedence over options specified in the map file, which take precedence over options specified in the local defaults file, all of which take precedence over the built-in defaults. This precedence can be overridden in some ways. Map files and config files have exactly the same format - in fact, you can specify map data in the config file if you want, although of course a map file will generally override this. The format is fairly simple - each configuration option is specified as a name, followed by a colon, followed by the associated data. Names must start with an alphabetic character, and may contain any character other than a ':' internally, although internal whitespace is ignored. Name comparisons are case-independant, so the names ``shot speed'', ``ShotSpeed'' and ``S hoT spEEd'' are all equivalent. Values may contain any character other than '#', newline and NUL, but leading and trailing whitespace is discarded. Values may include a \override: prefix, which overrides the command-line value in the case of the map file, and overrides both the command-line value and the map value in the case of the configuration file. Multi-line values (e.g, the map data) may be specified using the \multiline: <delimiter> prefix - all subsequent lines up to but not including a line which matches the remainder of the value field will be stored as the value, and the delimiters will be discarded (see below for an example). If no delimiter is found, the end of the file is silently taken as a delimiter. Blank lines and lines with only whitespace and comments are ignored, and any characters following a # character on a line are also ignored. Options specified on the command line may use the same names as are specified in config files, although special command-line-specific names have been provided as well for backwards compatibility (see below). A typical map file might look something like this (a bit truncated, of course): mapWidth: 10 mapHeight: 10 mapAuthor: Ted Lemon mapName: InnerSpace mapData: \multiline: foo xxxxxxxxxx x x x x x x x x x x x x x* * * *x x x xxxxxxxxxx foo There is no imposition of order in this file - for example, the map data can appear at the beginning or in the middle, as long as the delimiter is used. A typical local defaults file might look something like this: gravity: \override: 0 # Nobody in their right mind wants gravity! maxRobots: 4 # More robots start to clutter things up... The set of all possible config file, map file and command line options is enumerated in cmdline.c, and can be easily extended. Currently, the following options are available: option name default description --------------------------------------- ------- ------------------------------- mapName unknown Name of the map mapAuthor anonymous Name of map's author mapWidth 100 Width of world mapHeight 100 Height of world mapData none The map's topology gameDuration time 0.0 Duration of game in minutes. gravity -0.14 Gravity strength shipMass 20.0 Mass of fighters shotMass 0.1 Mass of bullets shotSpeed 21.0 Maximum speed of bullets shotLife 60 Life of bullets in ticks fireRepeatRate fireRepeat 2 Number of frames per automatic fire (0=off) maxRobots robots 4 How many robots do you want? robotsTalk false Do robots talk when they die, kill, etc.? robotsLeave true Do robots leave the game? robotLeaveLife 50 Max life per robot (0=off) robotLeaveScore -90 Min score for robot to play (0=off) robotLeaveRatio -5 Min ratio for robot to play (0=off) maxPlayerShots shots 256 Maximum bullets present at one time shotsGravity true Are bullets afflicted by gravity? idleRun rawMode false The robots keep playing even if all human players quit. noQuit false The server keeps running even if all players have left. contactPort port 15345 Contact port number motd none File name for server-motd allowPlayerCrashes yes Can players overrun other players? allowPlayerBounces yes Can players bounce with other players? allowPlayerKilling killings yes Should players be allowed to kill one other? allowShields shields yes Should we allow shields? playerStartsShielded playerStartShielded yes Players start with shields up shotsWallBounce no Do shots bounce off walls? ballsWallBounce yes Do balls bounce off walls? minesWallBounce no Do mines bounce off walls? itemsWallBounce yes Do items bounce off walls? missilesWallBounce no Do missiles bounce off walls? sparksWallBounce no Do thrust spark particles bounce off walls to give reactive thrust? debrisWallBounce no Do explosion debris particles bounce off walls? maxObjectWallBounceSpeed maxObjectBounceSpeed 40 The maximum allowed speed for objects to bounce off walls maxShieldedWallBounceSpeed maxShieldedBounceSpeed 50 The maximum allowed speed for a shielded player to bounce off walls maxUnshieldedWallBounceSpeed maxUnshieldedBounceSpeed 20 Maximum allowed speed for an unshielded player to bounce off walls maxShieldedPlayerWallBounceAngle maxShieldedBounceAngle 90 Maximum allowed angle for a shielded player to bounce off walls maxUnshieldedPlayerWallBounceAngle maxUnshieldedBounceAngle 30 Maximum allowed angle for an unshielded player to bounce off walls playerWallBounceBrakeFactor playerWallBrake 0.89 Factor to slow down players when they hit the wall (between 0 and 1) objectWallBounceBrakeFactor objectWallBrake 0.95 Factor to slow down objects when they hit the wall (between 0 and 1) objectWallBounceLifeFactor 0.80 Factor to reduce the life of objects after bouncing (between 0 and 1) wallBounceFuelDrainMult wallBounceDrain 1.0 Multiplication factor for player wall bounce fuel cost. wallBounceDestroyItemProb 0.0 Player wall bounce item damage probability. reportToMetaServer reportMeta yes Keep the meta server informed about our game? limitedVisibility no Should the players have a limited visibility? limitedLives no Should players have limited lives? worldLives lives 0 Number of lives each player has (no sense without limitedLives) teamPlay teams no Should we allow team play? teamAssign yes Should player be assigned to first non-empty team if team isn't set? teamImmunity yes Should other team members be immune to various shots, thrust etc.? emcsReprogramMines yes Do ECMs reprogram mines? playerMinimumStartFuel playerMinStartFuel 400.0 Minimum amount of fuel a player will have after being killed targetKillTeam no Do team members die when their last target explodes? targetTeamCollision targetCollision yes Do team members collide with their own target or not treasureKillTeam no Do team members die when treasure is destroyed? treasureCollisionDestroys treasureCollisionDestroy yes Destroy balls on collisions treasureCollisionMayKill treasureUnshieldedCollisionKills no Does unshielded collision kill player onePlayerOnly no One player modus timing race no Race mode edgeWrap no Wrap around edges edgeBounce yes Players and bullets bounce when they hit the edge extraBorder no Give map an extra border of solid rock gravityPoint 0,0 If the gravity is a point source, where does that gravity originate? gravityAngle 90 If gravity is along a uniform line, at what angle is that line? gravityPointSource false Is gravity originating from a single point? gravityClockwise false If the gravity is a point source, is it clockwise? gravityAnticlockwise false If the gravity is a point source, is it anticlockwise? framesPerSecond FPS 18 Number of frames per second the server should strive for allowNukes nukes False Should nuclear weapons be allowed? allowClusters clusters False Should cluster weapons be allowed? allowModifiers modifiers False Should the weapon modifiers be allowed? allowLaserModifiers lasermodifiers False Can lasers be modified to be a different weapon? allowShipShapes ShipShapes True Are players allowed to define their own ship shape? playersOnRadar playersRadar True Are players visible on the radar missilesOnRadar missilesRadar True Are missiles visible on the radar minesOnRadar minesRadar False Are mines visible on the radar nukesOnRadar nukesRadar True Are nukes visible or highlighted on radar distinguishMissiles True Are different types of missiles distinguished (by length) maxMissilesPerPack 4 Number of missiles gotten by picking up one missile item. identifyMines True Are mine owner's names displayed shieldedItemPickup shieldItem False Can items be picked up while shields are up? shieldedMining shieldMine False Can mines be thrown and placed while shields are up? laserIsStunGun stunGun False Is the laser weapon a stun gun weapon? nukeMinSmarts 7 Minimum number of smart missiles needed to make a nuclear variant nukeMinMines 4 Minimum number of mines needed to make a nuclear variant nukeClusterDamage 1.0 How much each cluster debris does damage wise from a nuke variant Also reduces number of particles in the explosion mineFuseTime 0.0 Time after which owned mines become deadly, zero means never movingItemProb 0.2 Probability for an item to appear as moving dropItemOnKillProb 0.5 Probability for dropping an item (each item) when you are killed detonateItemOnKillProb 0.5 Probability for undropped items to detonate when you are killed destroyItemInCollisionProb 0.0 Probability for items (some items) to be destroyed in a collision itemProbMult itemProbFact 1.0 Item Probability Multiplication Factor scales all item probabilities maxItemDensity 0.00012 Maximum density [0.0-1.0] for items (max items per block) itemEnergyPackProb 0 Probability for an energy pack to appear itemTankProb 0 Probability for an extra tank to appear itemECMProb 0 Probability for an ECM item to appear itemMineProb 0 Probability for a mine item to appear itemMissileProb 0 Probability for a missile item to appear itemCloakProb 0 Probability for a cloak item to appear itemSensorProb 0 Probability for a sensor item to appear itemWideangleProb 0 Probability for a wideangle item to appear itemRearshotProb 0 Probability for a rearshot item to appear itemAfterburnerProb 0 Probability for an afterburner item to appear itemTransporterProb 0 Probability for a transporter item to appear itemLaserProb 0 Probability for a Laser item to appear itemEmergencyThrustProb 0 Probability for an Emergency Thrust item to appear itemTractorBeamProb 0 Probability for a Tractor Beam item to appear itemAutopilotProb 0 Probability for an Autopilot item to appear itemEmergencyShieldProb 0 Probability for an Emergency Shield item to appear initialFuel 1000 How much fuel players start with initialTanks 0 How many tanks players start with initialECMs 0 How many ECMs players start with initialMines 0 How many mines players start with initialMissiles 0 How many missiles players start with initialCloaks 0 How many cloaks players start with initialSensors 0 How many sensors players start with initialWideangles 0 How many wideangles players start with initialRearshots 0 How many rearshots players start with initialAfterburners 0 How many afterburners players start with initialTransporters 0 How many transporters players start with initialLasers 0 How many lasers players start with initialEmergencyThrusts 0 How many emergency thrusts players start with initialTractorBeams 0 How many tractor/pressor beams players start with initialAutopilots 0 How many autopilots players start with initialEmergencyShields 0 How many emergency shields players start with