Quick install instructions:
tar zxf xskat-4.0.tar.gz
cd xskat-4.0
./configure
make
./xskat
make install install.man (as root)
or for the RPM:
rpm -i xskat-4.0-1.i386.rpm
/usr/X11R6/bin/xskat
Changes in 4.0 (25 May 2004):
- Computer plays less predictable
- Passes the game a lot less often
- Can play the final winning trick
- Selectable playing strength
- Deals a Good Hand with -pk or F6,F6,F6
- LAN game can be started interactively
- Player/computer names changeable
- More card images
- Replay and Hand? forms improved
- Man page accessible from inside the game
Changes in 3.4 (29 Oct 2000):
- Ramsch variation: Skat goes to loser
- Computer can suggest what to put into the Skat
- More verbose user interface
- Trick card placement configurable
- German man page
- Improved computer players
Changes in 3.3 (25 Mar 2000):
- Environment variable LANG is respected
- Games won/lost are counted
- IRC mode improved
- Configurable keyboard control
- Improved computer players
Changes in 3.2 (20 Sep 1999):
- Keyboard controllable interface
- Better color allocation on non-True-Color displays
- German cards with brown acorns
- Original Skat is shown after game
- Replay is still possible after viewing the log
- Improved computer players
Changes in 3.1 (22 Jun 1999):
- German cards and nicer images
- New official rules:
- Lost Hand games count double
- Grand Ouvert multiplier is 24
- Telnet bug patch or workaround (see README.IRC)
- Language and card suit interactively changeable
- Shortcut configurable
- Improved computer players
Changes in 3.0 (03 Dec 1998):
- Playing via Internet Relay Chat supported
- Computer can suggest a card to play
- Shortcut possible in all games
- 3D look
Changes in 2.3 (09 Sep 1998):
- More variations: Spitze, Revolution, Klopfen, Schenken
- Shortcut possible when Null is safe
- Configurable dealing speed
- Computer can say Kontra and Re
- and knows when to play Null ouvert
- Other minor computer play improvements
Changes in 2.2 (05 Mar 1998):
- Bock- and Ramschrounds implemented
- Interactively changeable options are saved
- Enhanced replay function
- Null and Ramsch improved
Changes in 2.1 (15 Dec 1997):
- Kontra and Re
- Schieberamsch implemented
- Immediate replay in single player mode
- Trick delay changeable during the game
- Improved computer players
Changes in 2.0 (08 Sep 1997):
- It's possible to play Ramsch
- Configurable delay after each trick
- ~/ is allowed in filenames
Changes in 1.7 (20 May 1997):
- Improved computer players
- Selectable computer strategy
- Large cards for large displays
- Configurable menu mouse button
- Optional tournament scoring
- Formatted and unformatted logs
- Proportional fonts work
- Redefinable card colors
- Computer player only mode
Earlier versions:
- First release: 1.6 (19 Feb 1996)
- First X11 port: 1.0 (13 Aug 1995)
- First release for Atari: ST-SKAT (1988)
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