Choose your race client

You may choose between two client programs to create the exotic alien race that will be your people in Voyager. They each have their own pros and cons. However, they are identical for the purposes of creating legal races - there is no in-game difference between the races they create.

Javascript Race Client

The Javascript client is written in a scripting language which downloads to your browser and runs locally.

• It is fast - the majority of the content only downloads to your browser once.
• It is responsive - it runs at your end of the connection, on your local machine, so it can update whenever you make a change to your race.

• It is browser-sensitive. Javascript is implemented differently by different browsers, and even has differences across different versions of the same browser. This means that the Javascript race client may not work in your browser.

CGI Race Client

The CGI client runs on the Voyager server. Your browser is sent the HTML that it outputs.

• It is browser-neutral. Your browser only ever sees vanilla HTML, which pretty much everything can handle.

• It requires manual updates. To see the effect of any changes you have made to your race, such as what your point total is or whether an illegal value is no longer illegal, you have to hit an "Update" button.
• It is slow. Each time you update the page, an additional 50k (approximately) must be downloaded from the Voyager server.

Upshot

You should probably try the Javascript client first, and if it causes no problems for you, stick with it. If it plays up, or you have ideological objections to Javascript, try the CGI client, but you'll want to be on a fairly fast link.