NAME

pioneers - network implementation of Settlers of Catan

SYNOPSIS

pioneers [ --server server ] [ --port port ] [ --name name ]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the pioneers command.

Pioneers is an implementation of the popular, award-winning "Settlers of Catan" board game for the GNOME desktop environment. It uses a client/server model for networked play of between two and eight players. You will need to connect to a machine running either pioneers-server-gtk or pioneers-server-console to play. An AI client, pioneersai, is also available.

OPTIONS

Pioneers accepts the standard GTK+/GNOME commandline options, and the following options:

-s, --server server

Hostname of the server

-p, --port port

Portname of the server

-n, --name name

Use this name for the player instead of the name in the settings file

-v, --spectator

Connect as spectator instead of as a player

-m, --metaserver metaserver

Connect to this metaserver instead of the metaserver in the settings file

--debug

Turn on debugging mode

--version

Show the version and quit

When the server and port are both provided, the client automatically quits when the connection is broken.

ENVIRONMENT

The default settings can be influenced with the following environment variable:

PIONEERS_METASERVER

The hostname of the metaserver. If it is not set, the default metaserver will be used.

FILES

/usr/share/games/pioneers/themes/*

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>, and updated by Roland Clobus <rclobus@rclobus.nl>. Pioneers was written by Dave Cole <dave@dccs.com.au>, Andy Heroff <aheroff@mediaone.net>, and Roman Hodek <roman@hodek.net>, with contributions from many other developers on the Internet; see the AUTHORS file in the pioneers distribution for a complete list of contributing authors.

SEE ALSO

More detailed user documentation is available in the online help.

pioneers-server-gtk(6), pioneers-server-console(6), pioneersai(6)