Server Settings
The top right part of the main screen after successful login will contain the
server settings. These settings define what type of server it is, whether a RSA
client is required to play a game there, how many players are required to
start Tournament mode (T-mode), etc.
Here is the settings window from pickled.psychosis.net:
Here is a list of options with brief explanations:
- Binary verification - whether the client binary should support some kind of verification
- Tournament mode - how many players per side are required to start T-mode
- Ships allowed - what types of ships are allowed to play on this server
- Tractor/Pressor beams - whether tractor/pressor beams are allowed on the server
- Kill required for plasma - how many kills you need in order to get plasma after refit
- Rank required for SB - what the minimum rank is to be able to refit to a Starbase
- Planets required for SB - what your team's minimum number of planets is to build a Starbase
- Hidden mode - when the server will hide your enemies in the fog of war
- Multiple Entry Planets - whether ships can be respawned only around their home planet
- Chaos mode - whether chaos mode is enabled or not
- Hunter Killer - whether server will send a Hunter Killer bot every half hour to clean the galaxy
- Message to GOD log - whether messages to GOD are saved
- SB Transwarp - whether players can transwarp to Starbases
- Surrender Counter - how few planets the losing team must have to trigger the surrender counter