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+ | ====== xShunter - the OpenTTD server controller ====== | ||
+ | xShunter is a console application written in C#, that can control an OpenTTD server and adds new in-game features as well as a link to IRC. | ||
+ | It can be compared to [[http:// | ||
+ | See [[http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Platform ===== | ||
+ | It's being tested on Windows (.NET Framework) and Linux (Mono) but should also run on Mac (Mono). | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== License ===== | ||
+ | Currently it is in early alpha stage and only selected testers are running servers with it. Later it will be released open source and of course free. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Features ===== | ||
+ | ==== Server control ==== | ||
+ | * xShunter attaches to the OpenTTD server console and takes full control over everything | ||
+ | * Auto-restart the OpenTTD server when it crashed | ||
+ | * Well-structured console messages account for good readability | ||
+ | * xShunter commands as well as OpenTTD server commands can be used in the console | ||
+ | * Admins can schedule a server shutdown or restart after the current game has ended (due to goal or year limit reached) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Flexibility and independence ==== | ||
+ | * No patching of OpenTTD needed | ||
+ | * No xShunter update needed every time OpenTTD server is updated | ||
+ | * OpenTTD server console message format fully configurable | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== IRC ==== | ||
+ | * The server joins all configured IRC channels | ||
+ | * NickServ authentication supported | ||
+ | * IRC channels can be set to be "full link" channels where all chat is mirrored between the channel an in-game | ||
+ | * Company colors are shown using IRC color codes | ||
+ | * Configurable symbols used to show certain actions on the server (e.g. connect, join company, leave the game...) | ||
+ | * !triggers can be used from IRC as well as in-game (configurable) | ||
+ | * Auto-Login | ||
+ | * Players can be detected by their NickServ account | ||
+ | * Players can get auto-login when joining a channel or when xShunter joins a channel | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== GeoIP ==== | ||
+ | * In console, IRC and in-game the country of players can be shown | ||
+ | * The player country can be dynamically configured to be used in a welcome message | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Voting system ==== | ||
+ | * Players can vote to | ||
+ | * kick a player | ||
+ | * ban a player | ||
+ | * restart the game on the same map | ||
+ | * restart the game with a new map | ||
+ | * Any player can start a vote | ||
+ | * The vote starter can cancel his own vote | ||
+ | * Voting stops when a configurable ratio was met or when voting time ran out | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Login and privilege system ==== | ||
+ | * Players can login and logout in-game and on IRC | ||
+ | * After logging in players can use special triggers depending on the privileges they have | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Goal system ==== | ||
+ | * A company wins the game when a certain company value level is reached | ||
+ | * Current company values are announced in configurable intervals | ||
+ | * Players can query the current goal and company values using the !goal or !cv | ||
+ | * After a company won all other players are moved out of their company and the winner is announced several times, before the game restarts | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Plug-in system ==== | ||
+ | * Plug-ins for xShunter can be written by yourself or downloaded from others | ||
+ | * Plug-ins can be written in VB.NET or C#, they can also be distributed and loaded as binary files without source | ||
+ | * xShunter supports loading, reloading or unloading of plug-ins while the game is running | ||
+ | * Pausing and unpausing of plug-ins is possible if the plug-in is supporting that | ||
+ | * As long as the runtime is supporting it plug-ins can be run sandboxds, separated from the main xShunter process and with lowered privileges | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Several other features ==== | ||
+ | * Clone detection (warning on IRC/ | ||
+ | * Enforcing a custom player name | ||
+ | * If enabled, players with default names (Player or Player #1 etc.) are forced to spectators until they change their name | ||
+ | * Alternatively a randomly generated name can be assigned for players as soon as they join a company | ||
+ | * Players get the information that they can use the " | ||
+ | * Company takeover prevention | ||
+ | * If enabled, players cannot join companies without password | ||
+ | * A player on the company can use !invite to allow another player to join | ||
+ | * Support for custom triggers that reply with a configurable message (e.g. to reply to !rules with your own rules information) | ||
+ | * Much more... | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Resources ===== | ||
+ | * Subversion: svn.x-base.info (no anonymous access) | ||
+ | * Bug tracker: [[http:// | ||
+ | * Documentation: | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Download ===== | ||
+ | Sorry, xShunter is not available for download yet. |