pioneers - network implementation of Settlers of Catan
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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.
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/*
Themes for display of the map. Each theme goes in a separate subdirectory.
/usr/share/pixmaps/pioneers/*
Icons
/usr/share/pixmaps/pioneers.png
Main icon
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pioneers
Saved settings
$XDG_DATA_HOME/pioneers/themes
Personal themes
Name
pioneers - network implementation of Settlers of Catan
Options
Pioneers accepts the standard GTK+/GNOME commandline options, and the following options:
-s,--serverserver
Hostname of the server
-p,--portport
Portname of the server
-n,--namename
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,--metaservermetaserver
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.
See Also
More detailed user documentation is available in the online help.
pioneers-server-gtk(6), pioneers-server-console(6), pioneersai(6)
pioneers Februari 24, 2013 pioneers(6)
Synopsis
pioneers [ --serverserver ] [ --portport ] [ --namename ]
