LEG /

Tetrinet

Details

Server: dreamcoat.che.uct.ac.za

; Admins : tumbleweed ?, htonl ?

Scores

Channels

You can play games in different channels, each of which can hold 6 players, and has it's own set of rules.

tetrinet

Bog standard tetrinetx rules, all the other channels build on this.

You can view a CVS version of what the rules probably are here

LEG

Sudden death enabled for 3 minutes.

 sd_timeout=180
 sd_secs_between_lines=10

Insane

Fast sudden death after 1 minute, lots of special blocks, especially the ones taht are usually rare...

 special_added=3
 special_capacity=5 
 sd_timeout=60
 sd_secs_between_lines=5
 # Frequencies
 special_addline=1
 special_clearline=5
 special_nukefield=10
 special_randomclear=5
 special_switchfield=50
 special_clearspecial=1
 special_gravity=20
 special_quakefield=7
 special_blockbomb=1

Pure Tetris

No specials or sudden death

 special_added=0
 special_capacity=0

Others?

Add other channel ideas on the talk page ?.

Online Tetrinet Information

Playing in TSL lab

Text mode client

Use an xterm, rather than gnome-terminal, because you can't press <F1> in gnome-terminal (can someone who knows the escape key for gnome-terminal, please add it)

 foo@bar:~$ ssh tsl.uct.ac.za -t /tmp/tetrinet/usr/games/tetrinet-client <insert your nick here> dreamcoat.che.uct.ac.za

Gtetrinet client

First try:

 foo@bar:~$ ssh tsl.uct.ac.za -Y /tmp/gtetrinet/games/gtetrinet

If you get constant theme errors, kill it and:

 foo@bar:~$ gconftool -t string -s /apps/gtetrinet/themes/theme_dir /tmp/gtetrinet/share/gtetrinet/themes/default/

To use the uber-leet V2L theme:

 foo@bar:~$ gconftool -t string -s /apps/gtetrinet/themes/theme_dir /tmp/gtetrinet/share/gtetrinet/themes/tetrinetL-V2/