newbie question

[Eric McDonald]

Hi Tom,

On Mon, 12 Apr 2004, Tom Schaub wrote:

> 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?

Yes, after a fashion. Not really a true hot seat mode.
Start Xconq. Host a network game. Start another instance of Xconq. 
Connect the second instance to the first instance's network game.

> 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.

Nifty.

  Regards,
    Eric