Portable Host Project

Welcome to PHost, the portable VGA Planets 3.x host.

Currently, there are two main lines of PHost development. PHost 4.x is the new stable version. You should use that if you can. Work continues to improve and expand it. PHost 3.x is the old stable version. We provide it to support people who have running 3.x games, or cannot upgrade for another reason. For a more detailed description, see the "readme" file.

Latest Versions

• PHost 4.1h [File Overview] [Online docs] [German docs]
• PHost 3.5g [File Overview] [Online docs]
• PVCR 4.0k(2) [Download]
• PDK 4.4b [Download (source code)]
• PUtils 4.4b (PMaster, PTScore, ...) [DOS .exe] [Win32 .exe] [Intro]

News

These news are also available as RSS feed. XML

15/Sep/2019

Added Linux/x64 build of PHost 4.1h. Normally, the 32-bit version should run on 64-bit Linux. However, it might fail in virtualized or containerized environments. If you get "The game directory does not exist or does not have read and write permissions" or "The above program returned with a value of -1", using this build should fix it.

01/Oct/2015

The Vagabond, home of PList and VPI and thus a valuable resource for PHost players, has moved to http://phost.de/~vagabond/.

01/Jun/2015

PHost 4.1h released. This fixes a bug with the refit command (no change to the 3.x line).
[Download 4.1h] [Changes 4.1h]
[Download 3.5g] [Changes 3.5g]

02/Mar/2015

Added Linux/ARMv6 build of PHost 4.1g and 3.5g. This build runs on the Raspberry Pi.

21/Dec/2014

PHost 4.1g/3.5g released. Again it brings small updates, new configuration options, and documentation updates fixes.
[Download 4.1g] [Download 3.5g]

04/Nov/2012

PHost 4.1f/3.5f released. A few small updates, including new configuration options for 4.1f, documentation updates, and minor rule fixes.
[Download 4.1f] [Download 3.5f]

03/Dec/2010

PHost 4.1e/3.5e released. 4.1e raises the limit on level-restricted ship functions. Both lines include new config options and bugfixes. In addition, PHost now generates new failure reports to help you debugging your turns.
[Download 4.1e] [Download 3.5e]

05/Oct/2008

PHost 4.1c/3.5c released. It includes a few new config options plus several important bugfixes. Everyone is recommended to update.
[Download 4.1c] [Download 3.5c]

30/Jul/2007

PHost 4.1a/3.5a released. This release is 99% bugfixes which should make PHost much more robust. It closes many theoretical and not-so-theoretical problems, including the ugly language problem 4.1 was having.
[Download 4.1a] [Download 3.5a]

09/Jan/2007

PHost 4.1/3.5 released. This marks the end of the 4.x beta cycle. Many options were arrayized, internal language infrastructure rewritten. The version 4.1 formulas document got improved a lot, too.
[Download 4.1] [Download 3.5]

07/Sep/2006

4.0k may crash on some universes with less than 500 planets. Here's a fix.

04/Sep/2006

PHost 3.4m/4.0k released. PHost 4 now has configurable starbase and fighter costs. Both versions have several fixes. This version is accompanied by a new version of PVCR, version 4.0k(2).
[Download 4.0k] [Download 3.4m]

07/Feb/2006

PHost is now available for BeOS on x86. Thanks to Alexey Veselovsky for doing the port.
[Download 4.0j] [Download 3.4l]

12/Dec/2005

PHost is now available for MacOS X (PowerPC platform). Kudos to Ian Adams for lending me an account to do the port. Note that PHost still is a command-line application, even on Apple hardware.
[Download 4.0j] [Download 3.4l]

12/Nov/2005

Released PVCR 4.0k, see download page. This fixes a bug, and makes it more robust with certain ship lists.

05/Nov/2005

Added statistics page. Have fun.

22/Oct/2005

PHost 3.4l/4.0j released. PHost 4 now does Ion Storms, the last major HOST feature that was missing. In addition, many fixes.
[Download 4.0j] [Download 3.4l]

28/Mar/2005

Added Linux/PPC versions of current PHost. Added separately-downloadable mission.ini into download section.

23/Jan/2005

PHost 3.4k/4.0i released. New hull functions in version 4, new combination rules, and or course some fixes. Experimental RSS feed.
[Download 4.0i] [Download 3.4k]

11/Jul/2004

PHost 3.4j/4.0h released. New commands for version 4, and some fixes. And German docs.
[Download 4.0h] [Download 3.4j]

21/Mar/2004

PHost 3.4i/4.0f released. Mostly fixes, plus assorted new features along the 4.0 line.
[Download 4.0f] [Download 3.4i]

14/Mar/2004

Added Linux/PowerPC version of PHost 4.0e/3.4h. Many thanks to Thomas Liesner for making this possible.
[Download 4.0e] [Download 3.4h]

01/Jan/2004

PHost 3.4h/4.0e released. Improves wormhole handling, fixes bugs in fuel consumption and elsewhere.
[Download 4.0e] [Download 3.4h]

25/Nov/2003

New web page design. Comments appreciated.