[Freeciv] Re: freeciv server setup question

[Christian Knoke <ChrisK@xxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 01:56:30AM +0100, Reinier Post wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 03:37:31PM -0600, Sean Bickel wrote:
> > 
> > I guess play by mail isn't quite what I am thinking of. You still connect to
> > the server to play, but just when its your turn. You don't mail the turns
> > and moves from player to player you just mail them a notice that the game
> > can't continue till they finish their turn.
> 
> OK, play without a timeout then.
>  
> > What happens with freeciv server now if a player gets disconnected?
> 
> Nothing, except when you use the option to turn such a player to
> AI-controlled automatically,  Games on civserver.freeciv.org however
> will be aborted if no one has been connected for more than a minute.
> (The -quitidle option implements this.)

Actually, when all human players have (temporarly) disconnected,
the server performs a "turn done" op. If you set the turnblock
server option to 1 (which is 0 as default), you avoids this.

This means, if you use timeout = 0 and turnblock = 1, you should
be able to play a "timeless" game with a continiously running server.

Christian

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