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imported>Kymara
initial commit of some kind of developers FAQ. It needs help, and a lot more new sectiosn can be added.
imported>MiguelAngelBlanchLardin
Replied some questions.
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== Arianne Project ==
== Arianne Project ==
; What is Arianne?
; What is Arianne?
: Arianne is now the umbrella name for the whole project of [[MarauroaObjectives | Marauroa]], a framework to run games, and all games using it, such as [[Stendhal]].
Arianne is the name of the project that aims to create a free open source framework to create multiplayer online games.

Arianne is composed of several projects like [[MarauroaObjectives | Marauroa]], a java implementation of theframework to run games, and all games using it, such as [[Stendhal]].

; What is Marauroa?
; What is Marauroa?
Marauroa is a free open source GPL implementation of a persistent multiplayer online game framework using Java, MySQL for storage and TCP for data connections to clients.
: It's a bit confusing. Reading the [[History]] might help? ''to be corrected (by miguel?)''

; How is Arianne licensed?
; How is Arianne licensed?
: It is licensed under the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GPL].
: It is licensed under the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GPL].
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: CVS
: CVS
; Why do you use CVS, it's rubbish?
; Why do you use CVS, it's rubbish?
: Although we know better control version systems exists we want to mantain with CVS.
: Sorry, we didn't change to anything better yet.


== Contributing ==
== Contributing ==
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; How many players can the engine support?
; How many players can the engine support?
: Stendhal has had up to 60 players online, I've no idea of the limits.
: Stendhal has had up to 60 players online, I've no idea of the limits.

; I want to use Marauroa for my game, where do I start?
; I want to use Marauroa for my game, where do I start?
Read how to create a game using Marauroa, it should give you a nice idea.
: ''to be filled in (by miguel?)''


== Stendhal project ==
== Stendhal project ==