[Nel] RE: Newbie Questions

[Jerry A. Shaw]

Thank you for the response, but setting local = 1 in client.cfg did not
help my problem. Here's the message that appears above the username /
password request:

"Authentification failed: You can't use the client application
'snowballs'"

Even with client = 1, I get this message. Entering a username/password
does no good. If I enter a new username/pw, I receive these two
messages: 
"Login 'what' was created because it was not found in database
Sorry but now shards are available"

If I enter a previously used username/pw, the window does not change (it
updates, but still has the first error message above). There does not
appear to be any other way to start snowballs.

Is there a reason that there are no servers for snowballs? I could
easily run one if the problem is lack of server space or bandwidth.

Also, could someone spare a minute to either update the site on NeL's
current status, or answer a few questions? How many active programmers
are currently working on NeL? Has anyone worked on a physics library or
a scripting solution (possibly Python?) I'm trying to get an over-all
picture of plans and progress. Thanks.

Jerry A. Shaw