Bolorama

Bolorama enables the classic Mac tank game Bolo to work in a post-NATpocalypse world.

Build

cd src
CGO_ENABLED=1 go build ./cmd/bolorama

Config

The config file is named config.txt in the current working directory. The file format is one setting per line, in the form name=value. At a minimum, the config file must include the hostname setting:

hostname=bolo.astrospark.com

Settings

database_filename

The name of the database file, if statistics logging is enabled. Type: string. Default: db.sqlite

debug

Whether to enable debug logging. Type: boolean. Default: false

enable_statistics

Whether to enable statistics logging. Type: boolean. Default: false

game_info_ping_seconds

Period for pinging a player for game info. Can affect NAT traversal if too long. Type: integer. Default: 20

hostname

This is the hostname that will appear in the tracker game info for players to connect to. Type: string. No default.

player_timeout_seconds

Period for disconnecting a player for network inactivity (not game inactivity). Type: integer. Default: 60

tracker_debug_port

Port number for tracker debug data. Type: integer. Default 50001

tracker_port

Port number for the tracker to listen on. Type: integer. Default: 50000

tracker_port

Port number for the tracker to listen on. Type: integer. Default: 50000

proxy_ip

If specified, this proxy address will be announced to clients, instead of automatically detected one. Useful when running behind a NAT. Type: string. No default.

Tips

Check Tracker From Modern Computer

nc bolo.astrospark.com 5000 | tr '\r' '\n'