The Wheat Snooper

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The Wheat Snooper
The Wheat Snooper screenshot
Developer: Lookias
Latest version: Version 1.5 (beta - final coming soon)
Supported games: W:A
Platform(s): Windows, Linux, Mac
Language: C++/Qt
License: GPL v2
Download: The Wheat Snooper

The Wheat Snooper is a chatclient for the Worms Armageddon WormNET, usually called Snooper.

Details

This program takes advantage of the Qt framework, it runs natviely on Linux, Windows and Mac. Binaries are available for Linux and Windows. It is very fast, as expected from C++ programs. And it provides a great set of features.

Features

Some of these features:

  • chat logs
  • querylist (also logged)
  • comfortable buddylist
  • hosting and joining normal channelgames and also custom channelscheme-games
  • several skins
  • several layouts
  • several sounds for different events
  • highly customisable
  • can share files with each other, over a 3rd party server
  • contains a pictured tutorial in pdf format
  • translations so far to german, english, spanish, romanian and portuguese
  • several skins
  • customizable ctcp commands (to provide: your individual user information, a share of files by using the fileupload functionality of the snooper and so on)
  • can import ProSnooper's buddylist
  • you can choose your own port for hosting

A bigger feature list is available here.

Skins

The Wheat Snooper is skinnable. Screenshots of some of the default skins:

Quake4 skin
Fractal skin

Sound notifications

Every sound can be activiated and deactivated. The Wheat Snooper plays different sounds when:

  • a buddy arrives to WormNet
  • a buddy leaves WormNet
  • a buddy sends a message
  • when a chatwindow opens
  • when a normal WormNet user sends a message
  • you are highlighted (when someone writes your name into the chat)
  • a buddy hosts a game

and it plays a sound on startup.

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