This is a conversion of the Crossfire GTK-v2 client to TypeScript and Svelte.
Vite is used for the building everything.
Almost everything was done by GitHub Copilot with Claude Opus or Sonnet, and me just testing the different versions.
There is a test server at crossfire diegeekdie com. It is just for testing and can go down at any time.
Web pages can't use raw TCP sockets so WebSockets has to be used.
The public crossfire clients don't support WebSockets, so a WebSocket proxy has to be used when connecting to them. There is one included in the repo that also handles crossfire's protocol's length header.
The crossfire-server fork has built in support for WebSockets.
The client doesn't contact a metaserver as the normal servers don't use support WebSockets anyway.
I prefer the old login system of logging in to the character directly, so that's what the client does.
A web page can't override all the browser's built in hot keys, so alt is used instead of ctrl for running. That way it hopefully leads to fewer conflicts with the browser.
There is a "Keyboard" menu for handling key bindings.
Key bindings are stored locally in the browser. If playing from different computers/browsers, the bindings will have to be redone.
Left clicking on items activates them.
Right clicking on items and skills brings up a menu.
Left clicking on a spell selects it.
Right clicking on skills brings up a menu for use/ready of it.
The client supports music and sfx, they are downloaded as needed from the server. Both can be muted.
There is simple gamepad support built in. Currently it only has default bindings for my XBox One controller.
It is possible to configure the client for more controllers, but it takes some time. It is probably easier to change in the code instead.
PRs for more controllers are welcome.