

	The server has the base practice code compiled into it. However,
to use it you will have to have the robots that aren't included in this
code. You will have to get them from Tedd Hadley (hadley@uci.edu). Please
don't bother him unless you are serious about setting up a base pratice
server.

Setting up BASE PRACTICE

Getting the robot binary:
   
   Since the robot source code is quite a mess, I'll usually send a binary
   on request (email hadley@uci.edu)
  
   A few robot binaries are also loacted at 
	ftp://ftp.risc.uni-linz.ac.at/pub/netrek/bin.misc/
    
config.h:

   #define BASEPRACTICE
        
   Note that the Vanilla Server version does not support practice stats,
   therefore it is compatible with normal server play.

./robots/basepdefs.h:
      
   Several #define symbols will need to be changed.  Those that don't
   apply to your configuration can be set to "".

   RCMD		-- this is used if the robots will be run on a machine
		   other then the server.
   OROBOT	-- the robot binary
   NICE		-- the robots will be executed with this "nice" value
   REMOTEHOST	-- remote host
   LOGFILE	-- a directory name (not used normally)
   COMFILE	-- commands file for robot oggers.  The default file is
		   included in ./doc/robot/og
   DOGFILE	-- commands file for robot dogfighter.  The default file is
		   included in ./doc/robot/dog
   BASEFILE	-- commands file for robot starbase.  The default file is
		   included in ./doc/robot/base
   DEFFILE	-- commands file for robot starbase defender.  The default 
		   file does not exist (I guess it isn't needed).
   RDOMAIN	-- a common string that will show up in the robot players'
		   machine name.  This is used to determine if only robots
		   remain in the game, in which case they'll be told to
		   exit.


.sysdef	changes
   basepractice=1     will startup the basepractice code
   robothost=hostname the remote host for starting the robots
 
It automatically sets the following defines, if placed on the end:
   chaos=1      	so there's no restriction on starbases
   starbaserank=0	so you don't need rank
   confirm=0 		so the ogg robots can get in.


Trouble shooting:

Some systems don't have localhost in the /etc/host.equiv
file. You will notice that if you have a permission denied if you try
	rlogin localhost
Add the name of your host to robothost in .sysdef for a fix.

Check also if xon is executable and the RCMD define
points to it correctly.

Some systems don't allow xon (rsh commands) under root. You may detect that if
"rsh localhost" works, but "rsh localhost ls" gives you a permission denied.
There is no need for running the server under root, even Linux doesn't
need it anymore.


