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Frequently asked Questions (with answers):
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0. WHAT DOES "Error: Widget wDiceBox has zero width and/or height" MEAN?
1. WHY IS MY DISPLAY ALL SCREWED UP/HOSED/POKED?
2. I CAN'T GET XFRISK TO START. WHY?
3. HOW DO I START A MULTICLIENT GAME?
4. WHAT ABOUT COMPUTER PLAYERS?
5. IT SAYS "Assertion Failure" AND THEN DUMPS CORE. WHAT DO I DO?
6. I AM FROM PARKER BROTHER AND WANT TO SUE YOU. WHAT DO I DO?
7. IS THERE ANY WAY I CAN BUILD XFRISK WITH MORE DEBUGGING INFORMATION?
8. HOW CAN I HELP?
9. WHAT IS THE URL FOR XFRISK WEBSITE?
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0. WHAT DOES "Error: Widget wDiceBox has zero width and/or height" MEAN?
See question 1, the same solution applies. IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN AS OF
0.99b3, WHICH HAS DEFAULT RESOURCES!
1. WHY IS MY DISPLAY ALL SCREWED UP/HOSED/POKED?
Is the app resource file XFrisk.ad installed in the right place? You
can change the XAPPLRESDIR environment variable to check in the current
directory by typing something like:
setenv XAPPLRESDIR /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults:./
IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN AS OF 0.99b3, WHICH HAS DEFAULT RESOURCES!
2. I CAN'T GET XFRISK TO START. WHY?
If XFrisk is unable to find some of its files, "make install" again
in the XFrisk source directory to reinstall the data files and programs.
3. HOW DO I START A MULTICLIENT GAME?
In order to set up a multiclient game, run friskserver on one
machine, and then run the clients on the remote machines as follows:
kashmir > friskserver &
...
silk > xfrisk kashmir &
...
cotton > xfrisk kashmir &
Clients may register players while the other clients join. The game
starts when all clients that have registered players have pressed
the start button (be careful about this, you might accidentally leave
out someone who is still registering a player or just connecting!).
Clients can connect at any time during a game to watch it, and
register players after the game has ended.
Also note: there can be more than one human player on the same client.
4. WHAT ABOUT COMPUTER PLAYERS?
Computer players come as separate clients, named eg. aiColson
and aiConway. They get installed with the rest of the package in the
same directory as the xfrisk and friskserver binaries (BINDIR in
Makefile).
Once you have a server running, you need to connect them like this
(assuming you are running the server on your local system):
aiColson localhost &
When you select Add Player, you should see multiple entries in the
Species box. Select a non-Human one (Ordinateur for aiColson), and
edit player info normally. You now have a computer player in your game.
You can add more than one AI species by repeating the above procedure
with another AI client program. Also note that once an AI species is
registered in the game anyone connecting to the server can add AI
players to the game. Anyone can also remove them.
5. IT SAYS "Assertion Failure" AND THEN DUMPS CORE. WHAT DO I DO?
In general, whenever you get a core dump, it would be greatly
appreciated if you sent details to the developers -- it will result
in a more robust game for you. In order to send info, run a debugger
on the core file as follows (stuff in [] are comments):
$ dbx [or gdb] server [or client] core
dbx> where
If you send the output of the "where", along with a description of how
it happened, then we'll probably have a fix ready within a few days
N.B. You have to have compiled XFrisk with debugging in, see
question 8.
6. I AM FROM PARKER BROTHER AND WANT TO SUE YOU. WHAT DO I DO?
Yo no hablo ingles...
Sue not here!
7. IS THERE ANY WAY I CAN BUILD FRISK WITH MORE DEBUGGING INFORMATION?
Yes. Look in Makefile, and leave the developer's CDEBUGFLAGS
uncommented. Then remake XFrisk.
8. HOW CAN I HELP?
If you find a bug you can send us a bug report. Patches that improve
the game will be considered also, based upon their quality and
desirability. Patches that are included will be credited. You can
find contact information for sending patches on the XFrisk website
(see next question).
9. WHAT IS THE URL FOR THE XFRISK WEBSITE?
http://www.iki.fi/morphy/xfrisk/
The URL redirects you to another site but please bookmark and/or
link only to the above URL as it is the official one.
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