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ACM is a LAN-oriented, multiplayer aerial combat simulation. My main design
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objective was to provide source code that could be easily compiled and
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executed on a wide variety of platforms. To that end, acm is written entirely
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in C, exploiting the programming features of Unix, X11, and the BSD socket
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interface.
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Players engage in air to air combat against one another using heat seeking
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missiles and cannons.
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ACM is implemented as two programs. The first, named "acm", is a small
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program that, when invoked, starts a flight session on a given workstation.
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The second component, named "acms", is a server process that manages the
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multiplayer environment. It also manages the flight simulation and
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display management that is required. Most players will prefer to run the
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acms process on a back-end server system on their local area network. Players
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at client workstations can then invoke the acm program to begin play.
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