connecting

west · Post by **west** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 4:48 pm

is there a command for console which could run Armagetron, immediately connecting me with choosen server?
for example:

armagetronad -connect IP:port

could you add this option in the next version of the game?=)
thx

Ratchet · Post by **Ratchet** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:08 pm

for what reason other than laziness?

Post by **dlh** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:54 pm

The --connect flag was added to trunk a few months ago.

Post by **Tank Program** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:58 pm

-Ratchet- wrote:for what reason other than laziness?

Probably for the same way I requested that and for the custom connect by IP to be retained, because it's quicker to type in an IP than it is to let every server be queried then figure out where it is in thelist.

west · Post by **west** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:09 pm

Post by **Lucifer** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:55 pm

Tank Program wrote:
-Ratchet- wrote:for what reason other than laziness?
Probably for the same way I requested that and for the custom connect by IP to be retained, because it's quicker to type in an IP than it is to let every server be queried then figure out where it is in thelist.

Also so we can add a protocol type "armagetronad" to windows, kde/gnome/etc, and Mac OS X, so you can click links in web browsers that say "armagetronad://www.davefancella.com:4536" and armagetron will be opened up, connecting to that server.

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:35 pm

That would certainly be neat

Post by **dlh** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:40 pm

I added armagetronad:// protocol support for Mac OS X in trunk some time back. I think Lucifer added KDE support too.

Post by **Lucifer** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:44 pm

I played with KDE support, I don't remember if I actually added it to the trunk. It requires installing a .desktop file to a particular location that varies by distribution.

But I did watch it work, anyway, clicking a link in Konqueror and having it open armagetron.

At least, in windows, it's theoretically just a matter of adding registry entries to the installer. In Linux, it's going to take some work, grrr.... (Of course, distribution-specific packages won't have that problem, it's the autopackage and installing from source that have it)

Post by **Tank Program** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:00 pm

Surely with all the clever command line tools like sed and awk there ought to be someway to hunt down the proper location and stick the file there...

Edit: for gnome...

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gconftool-2 -t string -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/armagetronad/command "<path to>/armagetronad %s"
gconftool-2 -t bool -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/armagetronad/needs_terminal false
gconftool-2 -t bool -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/armagetronad/enabled true