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This package is under heavy development, the game itself is not yet playable, this version should only be seen as a demo version.
The really first playable game will have version number 1.0.0 - it's a long way to go...

Startup Gui:

If you start tuxfleet with './tfleet.run' (called from the tuxfleet directory) or 'tuxfleet' (installed on your system with make install) you'll be taken to the startup Gui:

This is the About-Screen, that you'll see at startup.

Click on 'Missions' to see the list of available demo missions:

On the left side you are able to select a mission from the list of available missions (currently you have selected 'fsf_six_vs_six').

On the right side you see the entries in the appropriate 'mission/*.skirmish' file, describing the different flightgroups that take part in this mission.
If you click there, it yes has no meaning.

Click on the 'Start' button and the gameplay will start with the selected mission.

Click on the 'Model' button.
You will be taken to the Model Selection Screen:

Currently, a TieFighter has been selected, it's capabilties showing in the right lower corner.
You cannot do more than view the settings.
 

Now click on the FleetNet button.

The display will change to this:


 

If you want to start your own server on localhost, you can click 'Start Server' and the server will get started in background.

If you want to connect to a TuxFleet server, press 'Connect'

The forms/input fields you see don't work correctly yet - you've got to make the changes in ./tuxfleet.conf

If there's a TuxFleet server responding. you will get displayed the mission selection sceen you already know about.

Select the mission you want and click on 'Flightgroups' (instead of 'Start Game')

When you click on 'Flightgroups', the server will informed, you've gotta wait 3 seconds before the client
connects to the server and action gets started


see also: playing TuxFleet            Net/Multiplayer