Crossfire Ailesse Server Webpage

Welcome to the website of what was once the Crossfire Ailesse Server. Here you'll find various documentation files related to the game, as well as a couple of precompiled tools.

About the Ailesse Server

The Crossfire Ailesse Server is no more, killed with my enthusiasm for Crossfire.

Useful Stuff

The Java Client (JXClient)

An experimental client for playing the game, aiming at providing a nicer, better gaming experience to players. As of 2009, I have no idea if it is still maintained; you'll have to ask the Crossfire mailing lists for that.

The version of JXClient we provide here is built from the latest sources on a daily basis through an automated script, to ensure that you always have the latest version at your fingertips.

Requirements:

• Java 6: A Java Runtime environment compatible with the Sun JRE 1.6.0 or better;
• OpenGL-aware graphic card: This client can take advantage of OpenGL hardware acceleration if your graphic card supports it, greatly enhancing the performances of the game.

[Download here]

Note for X.org users: Recent changes in X.org prevent Java to properly switch to fullscreen mode. If you're using X.org 1.4 and get a "Fullscreen not available message" from jxclient, you may need to patch the libmawt.so file shipped with your Java distribution. To do so, use the following command:
sed -i 's/XINERAMA/FAKEEXTN/g' libmawt.so

The Gridarta Map Editor for Crossfire

Written in Java, this wonderful map editor is the tool you need if you want to create new maps for Crossfire.

The version of Gridarta we provide here is built from the latest sources on a daily basis through an automated script, to ensure that you always have the latest version at your fingertips.

Requirements:

• Java 6: A Java Runtime environment compatible with the Sun JRE 1.6.0 or better;

[Download here]

Package repositories

Debian-based distributions

Packages for the Java client and the map editor are available. Those are built on a daily basis each time the code of one of those applications was updated. Add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://crossfire.ailesse.com/debian binary/

The packages are named "crossfire-editor-java" and "crossfire-client-java".

YUM (RPM)-based distributions

Add this to your yum setup. The packages are named "crossfire-editor-java" and "crossfire-client-java"

Solaris

Packages for the server and for the X11/GTK1 clients are available for Solaris. Those are compiled for the UltraSparc architecture and will not work on x86 versions of Solaris.
To install, do as root ' pkgadd -d pkgname.pkg '. For packages with '.tgz' appended, do ' gtar -zxvf pkgname.pkg.tgz '. All packages, unless otherwise stated, install to '/usr/local'.
The Crossfire server version 1.11, including maps
The 1.11 X11 and GTK1 clients.
Those are actually a mirror of packages found on http://meeg.elvenrealms.net/packages/. The last mirroring was performed on November 21th, 2008.

Ailesse Specific Documentation

Crossfire Main Website and Support

• Crossfire's Main Website: You'll find everything you need to play the game there, including clients, installation and playing instructions, as well as various guides. Give it some attention, especially if you never played Crossfire before;
• The Wiki: A lot of useful informations are stored in this rather complete wiki;
• The Forum: A question ? A suggestion ? This is the place to ask!

Developer's Documentation

• Developers documentation on the main website.