YANI: Sharing bones files

[jerk-o]

I recently came across an open source recreation of Diablo 1 that runs on several OSes, and it uses something called ZeroTier to enable players to play multiplayer games with other people playing the game. After playing for a few weeks, I had an idea for NetHack: Use ZeroTier to share bones files with other people playing Nethack.

[Janis Papanagnou]

Post by jerk-o
I recently came across an open source recreation of Diablo 1 that
runs on several OSes, and it uses something called ZeroTier to enable
players to play multiplayer games with other people playing the game.
After playing for a few weeks, I had an idea for NetHack: Use
ZeroTier to share bones files with other people playing Nethack.

I don't share bones so I'm only marginally concerned, but since yet
no one answered here are my 2 ct...

For bones exchange folks here used to use Hearse[*] in the past.

On a quick glimpse ZeroTier seems to be a commercial product (with
the usual issues you'd have and have to consider).

Take your pick.

(What would be the dis-/advantage of one or the other tool?)

Janis

[*] Some quick search results...
http://hearse.krollmark.com/
https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/jammy/man1/hearse.1.html

[bozo user]

Post by Janis Papanagnou

Post by jerk-o
I recently came across an open source recreation of Diablo 1 that
runs on several OSes, and it uses something called ZeroTier to enable
players to play multiplayer games with other people playing the game.
After playing for a few weeks, I had an idea for NetHack: Use
ZeroTier to share bones files with other people playing Nethack.

I don't share bones so I'm only marginally concerned, but since yet
no one answered here are my 2 ct...
For bones exchange folks here used to use Hearse[*] in the past.
On a quick glimpse ZeroTier seems to be a commercial product (with
the usual issues you'd have and have to consider).
Take your pick.
(What would be the dis-/advantage of one or the other tool?)
Janis
[*] Some quick search results...
http://hearse.krollmark.com/
https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/jammy/man1/hearse.1.html

I agree; hearse has been the best tool to exchange bone files since forever.

[jerk-o]

Post by jerk-o
I recently came across an open source recreation of Diablo 1 that
runs on several OSes, and it uses something called ZeroTier to enable
players to play multiplayer games with other people playing the game.
After playing for a few weeks, I had an idea for NetHack: Use
ZeroTier to share bones files with other people playing Nethack.

For bones exchange folks here used to use Hearse in the past.
(What would be the dis-/advantage of one or the other tool?)

I can't think of a disadvantage of using one of the other tools. I just like the idea of
sharing bones with other players without having to run a separate program.