# The &atlantik; Handbook

## Introduction

Purpose of the &atlantik; board game is to acquire land in major cities in North America and Europe while being a transatlantic traveller. All game modes are served by monopd, a dedicated game server designed for &atlantik;. One of the game modes plays like the popular real estate board game known as Monopoly.

## Connecting to a Server

&atlantik; is not complete without a game server to connect to. If you are connected to the Internet, &atlantik; will automatically request a list of available servers from which you can choose.

You can also connect to a local server. Use the commandline parameters to connect to a custom server:

    atlantik -host myhost.domain.net -port 1234

You will need the monopd server software installed and running.

If you have problems connecting to a server, the following actions might help you:

- Try another server. The public server list is updated every three minutes, and the server you are trying to connect to might not be available any longer.

- Check your firewall. Your Internet access might be restricted, preventing you from connecting to servers. Allow outgoing connections to port 1234 and reply traffic or contact your system administrator.

## Reporting Bugs

If you think you have found a bug in &atlantik;, please report it. Developers often catch and fix bugs themselves, but you might experience issues not yet known. Not reporting your problems might very well prevent them from being fixed indefinitely.

If the bug is related to the game itself, such as the implementation of rules or behavior during game play, the bug might be in the monopd server. Game play bugs are usually less obvious than crashes or client bugs because they depend on many variable conditions that appear within a game. Please specify details in your bug report, such as whether the bug occurs only when players are in jail or when there are debts.

The best way to report a bug is through the &kde; Bug Wizard. Use the Help Report Bug menu item to visit the bug wizard with some specifics on your Atlantik version filled in automatically. You can specify all bugs under `Atlantik`, the developers will sort out server specific bugs for you.

## Download

&atlantik; can be downloaded from http://unixcode.org/atlantik/ and monopd can be downloaded from http://unixcode.org/monopd/.

However, the latest versions of both applications can be found in CVS. &atlantik; is located in the CVS repository of &kde; in the module kdegames. See http://www.kde.org/anoncvs.html for instructions how to download &kde; modules from CVS. &atlantik; is included in the kdegames package since &kde; 3.1.

For more information on monopd CVS see the monopd pages on http://sourceforge.net/projects/monopd/.

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