Re: newbie question

[Hans Ronne <hronne at comhem dot se>]

>I have just started looking into designing an Xconq game, and I have a
>simple question:
>
>Can Xconq do a game in "hot seat" mode? That is, can a game run in
>Sequential mode with two human players, both on the same machine but
>alternating at the keyboard as each side becomes active?

No, not at present. One side is always the display side (dside) and this is
the only side that can be controlled by the player. It is quite possible,
however, to set up a network game between two copies of xconq on the same
computer, and in that case you just switch the other program to the front
when you change player at the keyboard.

>This would also allow me to play both sides of a game at the same time
>in solitaire mode, something I'd like to use to test a game and to use
>Xconq as an umpire's tool in a large web/email multiplayer game.

This you can also do with a network game.

Hans