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Re: newbie question
- From: Eric McDonald <mcdonald at phy dot cmich dot edu>
- To: Tom Schaub <tom_and_sue_schaub at mac dot com>
- Cc: xconq7 at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 17:53:26 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: newbie question
Hi Tom,
On Mon, 12 Apr 2004, Tom Schaub wrote:
> Can Xconq do a game in "hot seat" mode? That is, can a game run in
> Sequential mode with two human players, both on the same machine but
> alternating at the keyboard as each side becomes active?
Yes, after a fashion. Not really a true hot seat mode.
Start Xconq. Host a network game. Start another instance of Xconq.
Connect the second instance to the first instance's network game.
> This would also allow me to play both sides of a game at the same time
> in solitaire mode, something I'd like to use to test a game and to use
> Xconq as an umpire's tool in a large web/email multiplayer game.
Nifty.
Regards,
Eric