StarFleet - The Game

Welcome to the StarFleet home page.

Motto: "No, it sure ain't netrek"

What is StarFleet

This is a question that has hounded many of us for the past few years. Some would say that StarFleet is a multi-player, networked, space war simulation game in the same ilk as netrek only bigger, better designed, and actually quite different when you look at it.

Others would say that, no, StarFleet is actually the embodiment of several programmers' inability to get a life (and in one case a job) over the span of several years (or months), and the ensuing overfeatured nightmare that resulted.

Still others would say, if you're looking for a short, serious description, click on this text called Serious Description right here.

Documentation

Such documentation as exists can be found here (and I might add, only here).

Be warned that the following documents contain a large number of inline images. Although this makes explaining certain parts of StarFleet immensely easier, it does make the documents bigger.

User Guide

Overview

Getting Started

Client tutorial

Server Basics

Robot Basics

User Reference Manual

Overview

Client Windows

Client keys

Client Configuration

Ship Configuration

Universe Configuration

Server Configuration

Programmer Reference Manual

Design Philosophy

Client Windows

Robots

Distribution

Here's where the get ahold of the current distribution. This points to our suuuuper seeeecret FTP site thousands of miles beneath the Earth's crust.

Super Secret FTP site

You want the file sf_latest.tar.Z

Ignore anything else. We're also running an international drug cartel out of that directory.

Here's a list releases and new features/bug fixes for each.

Servers

Since playing with (...er by) yourself is no fun, here's a list of servers you can connect to and meet similar life forms. No guarantee that any of these are up.

Contact Info

For up to date information and concert dates check out the StarFleet mailing list ( starfleet+@cmu.edu ). To sign up, just send mail to starfleet-request+@andrew.cmu.edu with the line "Uh, like sign me up or something" and our highly automated mailing list system (i.e. one of the programmers) will add yinz.