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Short: Client for IGS, Internet Go Server, V1.7
Author: jarkkojpl@kolumbus.fi
Uploader: jarkkojpl@kolumbus.fi
Version: 1.7ß
Type: game/board
Requires: OS3.x, AmiTCP or compatible, xen.font, xhelvetica.font
Action: NoStart
Note:
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This is a beta version of the client. There are bugs etc, so beware.
The documentation provided is old and needs updating, so don't be
surprised if many features are not explained at all. I just don't have
time/motivation to write documents right now.
Description:
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Ambassador is a go client for Amiga, like AmigaIGC, only more advanced
and userfriendly. Go (weiqi, baduk, igo) is an ancient Chinese board
game that can be played on the internet on the Internet Go Server with
this client program. If you do not play go nor plan to learn to play,
you don't really need this program for anything.
New to IGS?
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IGS stands for Internet Go Server - you can play an old (about 4000
years) Chinese board game against other folks over there. If you do not
have an account to IGS, please telnet to IGS (igs.joyjoy.net, port 6969
- login as 'guest'), before running this client. When logged in to IGS,
type help register. Follow the instructions IGS gives you. After you
have an account and a password, you should again log in with telnet and
type command "toggle client 1". After that you should log out (quit)
and try out the Ambassador.
If this sounds complex, do not worry - you only need to do this
once and you're set to go.
Requirements and recommendations:
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- OS3.0 or newer required
- Internet connection via AmiTCP/IP or compatible
- Xen-font required . This is hardcoded into the program.
Xen-font can be found from Aminet (MagicWb archive?).
- XHelvetica-font required (sizes 11 and 13). Also hardcoded, and also
available in Aminet (MagicWb?).
- Fast CPU recommended
- Hard Disk strongly recommended
- AGA/GFX-card recommended
- If you want sounds, you also need upd-daemon. You can find it from
Aminet (util/rexx/Upd140.lha). It is also included in this archive.
- For speech option narrator.device & translator.library are required.
Speech:
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This version of Ambassador includer speech if you have narrator and
translator. However, something is _very_ buggy at the moment, so
beware... (also, speech is at the moment syncronous - if I can kill
all the bugs, it will be asyncronous some day as it shoud be).
BUGS:
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There are several small ones, and possibly some more severe ones as
well so beware. If you find any of them or some others (:)), drop me a
line.
Usage:
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You must start Ambassador from the shell.
Ambassador <login> <password> <server> <port>
See the AmigaGuide document inside the archive for more (oldish) information.
Remember to set the stack high enough (10kB should be enough, although
I'd use more).
Major changes since the previous official beta release:
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What is new in 1.7ß:
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o Find Other Accounts -menuitem in the stats-window.
o Added menus to main window and games window
o Added a game list preferences window
o Game list can now be sorted in several different ways.
o Player statistics should now work fully.
o Win/Lose sounds should now be always correct.
o Statistics can now be resetted (only all statistics)
What is new in 1.6ß:
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o support for chatter
o less nonsense of different kinds when a board window is updated in some cases
o prompting should be much better now
o time counter should no more run in teaching games
o more shortcuts in board window menus
o automatic refreshing of the player list can now be disabled
(recommended if there is netlag or if you are irritaded by the fact that sometimes your
commands are not processed by IGS because Ambassador sends a refreshing command right after
one has send something to IGS)
o player list has a new menu item, and the other items should also now work...
o talk window can now be smaller
o fixed some enforcer hits, old and new ones...
o the status of singlegame-gadget (in IGS preferences) is now relavent for the client as well.
o fixed a small bug in game status parser
o the title of the talk window is now shorter
o login process should now be a bit cleaner
o statistics should now work fully (...no they didn't...:))
o fixed a bug in stored-parsing
o done button works again :)
o improved the functionality of the string gadget of the board window
============================= Archive contents =============================
Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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322676 125725 61.0% 12-Apr-99 20:03:08 +Ambassador
43588 16408 62.3% 12-Apr-99 20:10:44 +Ambassador.guide
4734 2148 54.6% 12-Apr-99 20:23:54 +Ambassador17ß.readme
23173 23173 0.0% 12-Apr-99 20:02:34 +Upd140.lha
-------- ------- ----- --------- --------
394171 167454 57.5% 14-Apr-99 03:48:10 4 files