heroes(6)
NAME
Heroes - a game like Nibbles or Tron, just better
SYNOPSIS
heroes [OPTIONS]...
DESCRIPTION
Heroes is a game similar to the "Tron" and "Nibbles" games of yore but
includes many graphical improvements and new game features.
- Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
too.
- General options:
- -v, --version
display version number
- -h, --help
display this help
- -q, --quiet
don't print warning messages
- -Q, --really-quiet
don't even print error messages
- -v, --verbose=CHANNELS
enable or disable debugging channels (see --list=debug for available channels)
- -l, --list=WORD
show some internal information; WORD can be 'debug', 'resources', 'sound-drivers' or 'sound-tracks'
- Sound options:
- -d, --driver=N[,OPTIONS]
use Nth driver for sound output (0:autodetect) (see --list=sound-drivers for available Ns)
- -S, --no-sound
disable sound
- -X, --no-sfx
disable sound-effects
- -m, --mono
non-stereo output
- -8, --8bits
8bits sound output
- -i, --high-quality
high quality mixer
- Display options:
- -G, --gfx-options=OPTIONS
pass OPTIONS to the display driver
- -F, --full-screen
full screen mode
- -2, --double
stretch the display twofold
- -3, --triple
stretch the display threefold
- -4, --quadruple
stretch the display fourfold
- -e, --even-lines
display only even-lines
- Miscellaneous options:
- --cpu-off
disable computer opponents
- --default-scores
restore default scores file
- --default-options
restore default options file
- --default-saves
restore default saves file
- -s, --swap-sides
swap sides in two player mode
- --no-double-fx
disable combination of rotozoom and waves
- -g, --go
skip the introduction
- -J, --no-joystick
disable joystick handling
- These options can be set in your file ~/.heroes/heroesrc (which is read
before parsing other command line options) using a line like the following:
Options: -gs -d3,buffer=11,count=4 - Visit http://heroes.sourceforge.net/ for news, documentation, and updates.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <heroes-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2002 Alexandre Duret-Lutz, Romuald Genevois, Alexandre
Liverneaux and Philippe Meisburger.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
- The full documentation for Heroes is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
If the info and Heroes programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
- info Heroes
- should give you access to the complete manual.