Netrek Software Development
Netrek software is the result of several years of contributions made by many individuals. If you are interested in helping with continued growth and development of Netrek software, look below for important development resources. If a specific client or server software is not listed below, chances are that it is currently not maintained.
Cool Stuff
- Multiple Roles,
Multiple Teams, Dynamic Environment: Autonomous Netrek Agents
This is a paper written by Marcus Huber and Tedd Hadley on AI agents. It was published in ACM's "Proceedings of the First International Conference on Autonomous Agents, 1997," pages 332-339. The article is available from the ACM Digital Library if you are a subscribed ACM member (or you can simply use CiteSeer).
General
- Netrek Software
You can download the various client and server source code here. - Netrek
Frequently Offered Clever Suggestions (FOCS)
The same ideas get proposed over and over by people trying to enhance Netrek, and the same discussions come up again and again. The FOCS is an attempt to stem the flow by presenting old discussions and arguments against the ideas. - Netrek History
Some documents written mostly by Andy McFadden on the evolution of Netrek. - Netrek
Game Design
Document describing the major Netrek design changes over the years. - Netrek
Server Secrets
(a bit outdated, but interesting). An archive of little known facts, bugs or features of servers from yesteryear.
Server Development
- Vanilla
Server Mailinglist
This is the dedicated mailing list of the Vanilla server developers. To join, send a blank message to vanilla-list-subscribe@us.netrek.org. You can reach the list at vanilla-list@us.netrek.org. To view past messages, browse the archive. - Vanilla Server
Development
The Vanilla Server is currently the only Netrek server software that is being actively developed. The source is available via FTP and anonymous CVS from :pserver:netrek@cvs.us.netrek.org:/home/netrek/cvsroot (password 'netrek') under the module 'Vanilla'. The current server maintainer is James Cameron.
Client Development
The links below point to active development resources for several client software that are currently under development. For anonymous CVS access, use the userid 'netrek' and the password 'netrek'.-
Netrek
Client Developer Mailing List
There is a mailing list for the general discussion of the various Netrek clients including COW, BRMH, Paradise, TedTurner, NetrekXP, etc. To subscribe to this list, send an empty message to vanilla-clients-subscribe@us.netrek.org. You can reach the list at vanilla-clients@us.netrek.org. To view past messages, browse the archive. -
COW (Client of Win),
maintainer: Kurt Siegl
COW is a popular client with support for 256 full color pixmaps. The source is available via FTP and anonymous CVS, and development efforts are discussed on the Netrek Client Developer Mailing List (above). -
Netrek XP Mod Project,
maintainer: Stas Pirogov
This is currently the most recent and actively developed client. It is focussed entirely on the windows platform though. It is based on Steve Sheldon's old Netrek:1999 client. -
Paradise 2000,
maintainer: Trent Piepho
This is an enhanced version of the Paradise client for Linux. It features stereo sound effects and a number of new features not found in other clients. - TedTurner (Paradise) client,
maintainer: Dave Ahn
The TedTurner client is the latest incarnation of the Paradise client with 256 color pixmap support. TedTurner development is also discussed on the Paradise Workers Group mailing list. The source is available via FTP and anonymous CVS from :pserver:netrek@ftp.netrek.org:/home/cvs under the module 'TedTurner'. -
Netrek: The
Next Generation, maintainer:
Mats Olsson
NT:TNG is a complete rewrite of Netrek, done in Java. It has a dedicated mailing list at nttng@dtek.chalmers.se. Detailed info is available at the web site.
