Graphicless PBEM server?

[magnate]

I asked this in the MP forum but it got quickly buried underneath AARs, so I'm asking it here. Simple question:

How do I run a graphicless pbem server?

For a graphicless tcp/ip server it's "dom2 -TS -other options" and that works fine. For PBEM my script has "dom2 -Tg" for hosting once, but it says that -T can only be used with -S ...

... so how do you host turns for a PBEM game on a graphicless box?

TIA,

CC

[thejeff]

Can you just tell it that it's a server?

Something like: dom2 -TSg -other options

That should make it host and exit. Sure it starts a server, but since it'll exit as soon as the hosting is done, who cares.

I haven't actually tried this, but it seems like it should work.

[magnate]

Doh! Good idea - I'll try that.

[Tals]

You can then start getting really clever with a neat proggy called postie which would allow it to host AND send the turns out

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=377501

Gives more info. Ask away http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Tals