Shall we have a game? — #2

Post #2 by PowerPup

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Software
Post Date	Wed, 22 Dec 2010 - 05:09
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/shall-we-have-a-game.21880/

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Now I remember BattleTank. But this looks like it takes it to the next level!

You can download Bolo from the maker's home page here:

http://www.lgm.com/bolo/archive/

Oh hey, look at what I found on the links page:

http://www.twinforces.com/tf/bolo3d.html

Lets you play Bolo in 3D. 8-o

We all could even chat via 68kmla's irc channel (or at #BoloMac on irc.freenode.net) using Shadow IRC, runs on system 7 through 9. Or MacIrssi for Mac OS X.

http://www.lgm.com/bolo/guides/bolofaq.html

Bugs in OS 9: There are several weird DNS-related Bolo bugs under OS 9.x, thankfully not seen in OS X. For example, new games may or may not be registered to the tracker, nobody fully understands why. As a workaround, after you start a game, you must access the tracker from the same Mac (using telnet, web, or Bolo Buddy). The tracker will then start to ping your Mac and your game will show up properly. As another example, sometimes the hostnames don't show up in the player list and you just get "unknown machine name". To avoid that, at the dialog where you select new game or enter the IP address of machine to join, you need to do this silly dance: Cancel, Okay, {New|Join}. Likewise, to enter a different tracker address: Cancel, Okay, Bolotracker, enter new tracker hostname, Okay.

I might have time after Christmas.

Looks like a lot of fun to play.