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This is the README file for XPilot NG 4.7.3.

Copyright © 1991-2005 by Bjørn Stabell, Ken Ronny Schouten, Bert Gijsbers, Dick Balaska, Uoti Urpala, Juha Lindström, Kristian Söderblom and Erik Andersson.

Please see the COPYING file for further details.  You may not
distribute this project without all the documentation,
source code, and the COPYING file.



Installation instructions are in the INSTALL file.

The documentation for XPilot NG is far from complete.

For further reading, see the manuals in the doc/man directory.



OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET

XPilot NG: http://xpilot.sourceforge.net/

XPilot FAQ: telnet meta.xpilot.org 4402
	(also in the doc/ subdirectory)

XPilot Page on WWW: http://www.xpilot.org/

XPilot for Windows info on WWW: http://www.buckosoft.com/xpilot/

XPilot Newbie Manual on WWW: http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/erwin/NM/www

XPilot FTP archive: ftp://ftp.xpilot.org/pub/

XPilot newsgroup: rec.games.computer.xpilot


CONTRIBUTED SOFTWARE

Check out the contrib directory subdirectory for some extra nifty programs.

Also try the xp2 mapeditor which is included in this XPilot distribution.
It is a nifty graphical editor with which you can design a new XPilot world.


REPORTING PROBLEMS AND BUGS

If you're completely stuck, found a bug, or want to say Hi! e-mail us at:

        xpilot-hacks@lists.sourceforge.net

Remember to include the version of XPilot NG, your platform and the
symptoms in as much detail as possible.


DEVELOPERS CORNER

A wider group of developers are discussing technical internals of the
software on the mailing list xpilot-hacks@nslug.ns.ca. If you want to
discuss your potential contributions to the source code, please see the
URL http://nslug.ns.ca/mailman/listinfo/xpilot-hacks for further
information.