Im new, I got some questions

[cokecoladrunk]

Hi everyone im new to crossfire, my bro and i have been playing on a privite server for just me and him and we are having a blast! I love this game and just got my forum acount activated. Here are a few questions
1.I am a perl programmer, and was wondering if perl would work to script/program my server. (im sure it will becasue the server apears to use C and perl works with C).
2.Who created Crossfire and how long has it been around?
3.Is this game dead? I hardly see anyone on the public servers?
4.Can anyone give me tips on making a good server?

[Leaf]

Answering what I can...

2.Who created Crossfire and how long has it been around?

Crossfire's development history started in mid-1992. It originally started as a Gauntlet clone developed by Frank Tore Johansen at the University of Oslo, Norway.

3.Is this game dead?

No.

4.Can anyone give me tips on making a good server?

What exactly do you mean by "good server" ?

Advice for hosting a server can be found at the wiki, http://wiki.metalforge.net/doku.php/ser ... ire_server

[cokecoladrunk]

wow very old game but a cool one, so where is frank now? And by the way can anyone answer number 1 its very important

[Leaf]

1.I am a perl programmer, and was wondering if perl would work to script/program my server. (im sure it will becasue the server apears to use C and perl works with C).

It is possible to use Perl - but results and support will vary greatly.

The server uses (mostly?) Python for scripting.

[cokecoladrunk]

ok ill use perl and see how it works.