falconseye(6)

NAME

falconseye - play NetHack using a mouse-driven isometric

graphical interface

SYNOPSIS

falconseye  [-d directory] [-n] [-p profession (role)] [-r
race] [-D] [-X] [-u playername]
falconseye [-d directory] -s [-v] [-p  profession  (role)]
[-r race] [player_name]
[OPTION]

DESCRIPTION

Falcon's Eye 1.9.3 is an enhanced, highly graphical window

port (user interface) for NetHack. It adds a lot of eye candy and

multimedia to the game while keeping the original gameplay of

NetHack.

Here's a brief list of features:

High-res, 256-color isometric graphics with real-time

lighting

Customizable digitized sound effects

Symphonic MIDI soundtrack

Mouse-driven interface (keyboard play also works)

Interface aids (including autopilot and mouseover identi

fication)

Customizable command keys

HTML manual

Command-line options are the same as NetHack:

-d directory

Use the given directory as the playground. Help

files, top scorers and saved games are stored in this directory.

This must be the first arguent, if specified.

-n Suppress news from the administrator.

-p profession

Set your character's profession.

-r race

Set your character's race.

-D Start the game in wizard mode. You cannot switch to

a normal game while wizard mode is active, and your score will

not be listed in the top scores.

-X Start the game in explore mode. You cannot switch

to a normal game while explore mode is active, and your score

will not be listed in the top scores.

-u player_name

Set your character's name.

-s Display top scores for the current version of

NetHack, filtered by professions, races or player names if speci

fied.

-v Display top scores for all versions. Should immedi

ately follow -s.

AUTHOR

Jaakko Peltonen, <jaakko.peltonen@hut.fi>

REPORTING BUGS

Report Falcon's-Eye-specific bugs to <jaakko.pelto

nen@hut.fi> and NetHack bugs to <nethack-bugs@nethack.org>.

SEE ALSO

NetHack is documented in nethack(6).

The full documentation for Falcon's Eye is maintained in

HTML at /usr/share/doc/falconseye/manual/index.html

The Falcon's Eye project page is http://www.hut.fi/~jtpel

to2/nethack.html

The NetHack project page is http://www.nethack.org

April 2005

FALCONSEYE(6)