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Motivation
Bolt Action Software is
providing a Wulfram II server which is compatible with IEN's Shock
Force server, so you will be able to use IEN's Shock Force client to
connect to the Wulfram II server. Wulfram II will be a temporary
service Bolt Action Software will provide, to bridge the gap between
now and the release of Erida (www.erida.com
).
How To Play
You must run shockforce with the '-root' argument, and then
type colt.bolt-action.com in the IP address. To do this, first create a
shortcut of "shockforce.exe". Then right click on this shortcut
and choose "properties". Under target, enter " -root"
(<space> <dash> root -- no quotes) after whatever
already exists there. For example, if it has "C:\ShockForce\ShockForce.exe"
as the target, then after you add the above argument, it
should have: "C:\ShockForce\ShockForce.exe" -root
To play, double click this shortcut to run the shockforce client.
Lastly, when you are prompted in the game for a server address, enter
colt.bolt-action.com.
If you want a batch file (and
your ShockForce install is in C:/ShockForce), then you can use the
following batchfile to start the program: (supplied to us by Jamon: Click
to download wulf2.bat).
Shock Force vs. Wulfram II
Bolt Action Software does not
have the rights to the name 'Shock Force', and we do not wish to
infringe on the use of this title. The fact that the 'Shock Force'
client is in the public domain, means that IEN has essentially released
this software for free. We do not claim ownership of this title by
providing a compatible server. We will provide a server that is
compatible with the 'Shock Force' server, but we it must be known as a
'Wulfram II' server.
Networking
We think our networking is going to bite... but it's either
this or nothing. We want to see how bad it is going to be. The number
of players has dramatically gone down, and we hope that our net will
not be overwhelmed. Currently we have a DSL connection rated at 1.1
Mbps (bi-directional). It's a Covad rig, and we've seen some pretty
nasty performance from it. The current server will most likely run on a
windows NT box... mostly because that is what we happen to have
available.
Wulfram II is not intended
to be
(a)
very reliable
(b) an
improvement over what you had with IEN
(c) your next
girlfriend
It is intended to tidy over
the users of Shock Force until Erida becomes available.
Policy / Trainers
There will be no trainers on Wulfram II. We hope the
community will want to play the game in a reasonable way. We do support
the notion of anyone with experience helping to teach the game to a new
player.
Questions
You are welcome to ask questions on the wulfram newsgroup.
News Group
news.wulfram.com (subscribe
to bolt.wulfram)
Slurpy mistakenly spread the
word to use news.bolt-action.com. This is NOT the correct news group to
go to...
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