PIONEERS_METASERVER
The hostname of the metaserver when no metaserver is specified in the user interface. (The settings file takes precedence)
pioneers-server-gtk6
Graphical game server for pioneers
Usage
pioneers-server-gtk [options]
Overview
This manual page documents briefly the pioneers-server-gtk 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. This program provides a GUI-configurable stand-alone server which you connect to from pioneers itself.
Options
Pioneers accepts the standard GTK+ commandline options.
Environment
The default settings of the server can be influenced with the following three environment variables:
-
PIONEERS_SERVER_NAME -
The hostname of the server. If it is not set, the hostname is determined by
hostname(1). (The settings file takes precedence)
-
PIONEERS_DIR -
The path to the game definition files. If it is not set, the default installation path will be used.
Files
/usr/share/games/pioneers/*.game and $XDG_DATA_HOME/pioneers/*.game
Game definitions
/usr/share/pixmaps/pioneers-server.png
Game icon
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pioneers-server
Saved settings
/usr/share/games/pioneers/computer_names
A list of names the computer player can use
Releases
10 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 4 times.