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ggz(7)								  GGZ Gaming Zone							    ggz(7)

NAME

       ggz - The GGZ Gaming Zone

DESCRIPTION

       The GGZ Gaming Zone is a standards-conforming online gaming infrastructure which provides many applications and games to people who like to
       play on the internet or in local networks.  GGZ, how the (recursive) acronym is called, is available for many computer systems. This  docu-
       ment focuses on the installations on Linux, BSD and Unix.

APPLICATIONS

       There  isn't  a	single	executable named ggz, instead a multitude of programs is available to the user, and even more which operate on the
       system level or are used by developers and administrators.  Users will most likely want to connect to a GGZ server on the internet, such as
       ggz://live.ggzgamingzone.org,  to play games against other people.  Core clients are used to perform this task. Functional clients exist in
       the form of kggz for the K Desktop Environment (KDE), ggz-gnome and ggz-gtk for GNOME or XFCE users, and ggz-txt for people who prefer com-
       mand-line  applications. Of course, the clients are not bound to a specific desktop, but the choices above will likely be influenced by the
       level of integration.  A client under development is the SDL-based vibora.

       Special clients exist in the form of ggzap, a quick-launcher for the KDE panel, and ggz-wrapper which is used for launching GGZ games  from
       instant messenger applications.

GAMES

       Games  are usually launched by the GGZ server, with corresponding game clients running on the user's desktop. Plenty of games are available
       for GGZ, most of them coming from the GGZ project itself but several independent game projects do now provide GGZ  support.   Game  clients
       are  implemented  using multiple toolkits, some of which stem from certain desktop environments. However, all games work equally well under
       all desktops, it's just a matter of personal choice which of them are to be installed - having all of them is just fine.

       While some GGZ game clients are suited for online gaming only, others also run locally like normal games happen to do. Those will be  found
       in the desktop's application menu.

FILES

       The  following layout can vary from site to site, depending on the completeness of a GGZ installation and the operating system distribution
       in use.	It adheres to the File Hierarchy Standard (FHS) as much as possible.

       /usr/bin
	      GGZ applications, tools, and the games which provide single player mode.

       /usr/lib/ggz(d)
	      GGZ game clients and servers.

       /usr/share/ggz(d)
	      Data files for game clients and servers.

       /etc/ggz.modules
	      Game module registry for game clients.

       /etc/ggzd
	      Configuration for the GGZ server, including rooms and game types.

CONFORMING TO

       GGZ Design Document and Protocol Reference, available at http://www.ggzgamingzone.org/docs/design/

       GGZ Client-Client Protocol Reference, available at http://www.ggzgamingzone.org/docs/design/clientspec/

       GGZ Server-Server Protocol Reference, available at http://www.ggzgamingzone.org/docs/design/serverspec/

       Freedesktop.org specifications for desktop integration of games and applications, more information at http://www.freedesktop.org/

       File Hierarchy Standard for unix-derived operating systems, at http://www.pathname.com/fhs/

AUTHORS

       The GGZ Development Team <ggz-dev@mail.ggzgamingzone.org>

SEE ALSO

       kggz(6), ggz-gtk(6), ggz-txt(6), ggz-java(6)

The GGZ Development Team					      0.0.14								    ggz(7)

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ggz.modules(5)							  GGZ Gaming Zone						    ggz.modules(5)

NAME

       ggz.modules - GGZ Gaming Zone module configuration file

DESCRIPTION

       The GGZ Gaming Zone uses the file ggz.modules in order to configure which game modules are properly installed.  The only approved method of
       altering this file is using the ggz-config utility, however the file structure is documented here in order to facilitate manual repairs	if
       necessary.

PARAMETERS

       The  ggz.modules  file  is  formattted in sections, each of which begins with a [SectionID] line.  The first (required) section is [Games].
       This section is followed by any number of game-specific sections named [g#].

       The [Games] section is formatted as follows:

       [Games]
       *GameList* = GameName1 GameName2 ...
       GameName1 = g1 g2 ...
       GameName2 = g3 ...

       *GameList*
	      Should be set to a list of all the game names which are currently installed.  Each name should appear once and only once, and should
	      be the internal game name (eg: NetSpades) and not the full descriptive name of the game.

       GameNameX
	      Should  equal  a	game name from the *GameList*, a real world example would be NetSpades.  It should be set to a list of unique game
	      section ID's of the form g#.  Each game section ID must be the name of a section ID which follows in the file.  The ID's need not be
	      in any specific order, and ID numbers may be skipped but NOT repeated.

       A game section is formatted as follows:

       [g#]
       Author = Game's Author
       CommandLine = /path/to/command [optionlist]
       Frontend = FECODE
       Homepage = URL to Game's homepage
       Name = GameName
       Protocol = ProtocolVersion
       Version = GameVersion

       Most of these parameters are self explanatory, however the following may need clarification:

       [g#]   This section code ID must be present in one of the game lists in the [Games] section above.

       FECODE The  frontend  code  should  be set to either gtk or kde depending on which user interface the game was designed for.  Note that the
	      game is expected to work with either the GTK+ or KDE clients, assuming that the user has the proper windowing system installed.

       GameName
	      This must equal the game name (in the [Games] section) which properly points to this [g#] section.

       ProtocolVersion
	      This will be used to match an installed game client with the protocol version currently used by the game server.	This allows a  new
	      game client to be installed, while retaining the old client for backwards compatibility with older servers.

       GameVersion
	      This  is	simply	the  version  of the game client itself.  It need not be the same version as the game server as long as the Proto-
	      colVersion ID matches.

FILES

       @ggzconfdir@/ggz.modules

AUTHORS

       The GGZ Development Team <ggz-dev@mail.ggzgamingzone.org>

SEE ALSO

       ggz-config(6), ggz(7)

The GGZ Development Team					      0.0.14							    ggz.modules(5)
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