README

HLMaster readme               last updated Saturday, 22. December 2001



Function and purpose ::...............................................
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	HLMaster implements a fully functional, automatic master-server
	daemon for the game Half-life (and all mods based on this engine).

	Because the master-server protocol is not open, I had to figure
	it out myself. Some features might not be implemented, some may
	be 'wrong'. However, all basically required features should work.

	I have tested hlmaster with the following query-tools:
	
	  o GameSpy  - http://www.gamespy.com
	  o QStat    - http://www.qstat.org


	If you encounter any problems with any query tool, please
	send an e-mail to bullet@users.sourceforge.net.

	Note: Current versions of gamespy are incapable of receiving more
	      than 230 gameservers from hlmaster. This limitation comes
	      from GameSpy, not hlmaster (GameSpy is using an old protocol).

	Check http://hlmaster.sourceforge.net for newest version.


Documentation ::......................................................
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	Documentation is provided within the 'doc' directory. On Linux,
	the manfiles are installed by 'make install' as well.
	
	Additionally, there is an html version of the manfiles in the
	doc/html directory.

	Please note: The documentation might not allways be up to date.



Additional files ::...................................................
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	  o COPYING       License information.
	  o AUTHORS       List of authors working on this project.
	  o NEWS          Human readable list of major changes.
	  o ChangeLog     Raw list of changes.
	  o TODO          List of unimplemented features.
	  o INSTALL       Basic installation instructions.



Example files ::......................................................
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	These files should be found in the 'examples' directory.
	
	  o woncomm.lst   A sample master configuration for half-life.
	  o server.list   A sample gameserver list for hlmaster.
	  o filter.list   A sample gameserver filter list for hlmaster.


	Check the documentation for more information.



Copyright ::..........................................................
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	Copyright (c) 2001 Silvan Minghetti

	This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
	GNU General Public License for more details.


Legal notes ::........................................................
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	Half-Life is a trademark of valve software.