pioneers(6)

💖 pioneers(6) — like, the whole vibe 💖

okay bestie, grab a snack 🍓 because this is the pioneers page from the Games Manual (section 6, iykyk) and it's genuinely iconic.

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✨ NAME ✨

pioneers — a network implementation of Settlers of Catan 🎲 no cap.

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🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

pioneers [ --server server ] [ --port port ] [ --name name ]

that's it, that's the whole entrance. main character energy fr fr 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this manual page is just the brief little overview of the pioneers command, okay? the short version.

Pioneers is an implementation of the popular, award-winning "Settlers of Catan" board game, made for the GNOME desktop environment 🌸. She's a client/server girlie — it uses a client/server model for networked play of between two and eight players. So yes, you and up to seven of your friends, all in one game, screaming.

To actually play, you will need to connect to a machine running either pioneers-server-gtk or pioneers-server-console 💖. There's also an AI client available, pioneersai, for when the group chat is asleep.

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

Pioneers accepts the standard GTK+/GNOME commandline options, plus these lil cuties:

• -s, --server server — the hostname of the server, like where you're headed 🧭
• -p, --port port — the portname of the server 🔌
• -n, --name name — use this name for the player instead of the name sitting in the settings file. glow-up your identity bestie ✨
• -v, --spectator — connect as a spectator instead of as a player. just vibing, watching, judging respectfully 👀
• -m, --metaserver metaserver — connect to this metaserver instead of the metaserver in the settings file 🛰️
• --debug — turn on debugging mode. for when you need to see everything 🔍
• --version — show the version and quit. quick lil peek, then bye 👋

also important bestie: when the server and port are both provided, the client automatically quits when the connection is broken. so if the connection drops, she's gone. no lingering. periodt 💀

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🌸 ENVIRONMENT 🌸

the default settings can be influenced by this one environment variable:

• PIONEERS_METASERVER — the hostname of the metaserver. if it is not set, the default metaserver will be used 💜

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⭐ FILES ⭐

• /usr/share/games/pioneers/themes/* — themes for display of the map. each theme goes in a separate subdirectory 🗺️
• /usr/share/pixmaps/pioneers/* — icons 🎨
• /usr/share/pixmaps/pioneers.png — the main icon 👑
• $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pioneers — saved settings 💾
• $XDG_DATA_HOME/pioneers/themes — personal themes, your own lil aesthetic 🎀

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

This manual page was written by Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>, and updated by Roland Clobus <rclobus@rclobus.nl> 🫶.

Pioneers was written by Dave Cole <dave@dccs.com.au>, Andy Heroff <aheroff@mediaone.net>, and Roman Hodek <roman@hodek.net>, with contributions from many other developers on the Internet 🌐 — see the AUTHORS file in the pioneers distribution for a complete list of contributing authors. so many legends, honestly 😭

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

more detailed user documentation is available in the online help 📖.

pioneers-server-gtk(6), pioneers-server-console(6), pioneersai(6)

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okay that's the whole page, you ate it 💅 this was pioneers from the Games Manual, dated Februari 24, 2013 — yes that's how it's spelled, we're keeping it, no notes 🎀 go forth and settle some Catan bestie 🦋✨