stratagus(6)

NAME

stratagus - Realtime strategy game

SYNOPSIS

stratagus [-c file.ccl] [-d datapath] [-D depth] [-e]  [-f
factor]  [-F]  [-l logfile] [-L lag] [-n [localport:]host[:port]]
[-N          name]          [-p          nplayers]           [-h]
[map.pud|map.pud.gz|map.cm|map.cm.gz]"

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the flags that you can

give to stratagus , formerly known as FreeCraft, formerly known

as ALE Clone.

stratagus is a powerful game engine for building realtime

strategy games, a la AoE or WarCraft.

OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

-h Show summary of all options.

-c file.ccl

Choose a different clone config file.

-d datapath

Choose a different directory to use for game data

files.

-D depth

Set the video mode depth, often called 'bpp' or

'bits per pixel'. This option is only valid for Win32/NT.

- e Start the editor included in Stratagus.

-f factor

With this parameter you will set up the relative

cost for the computer's units. Default is 100. If you set this

to a higher value, computer will have to spend more resources for

creating units, and viceversa.

-F With this option you can start Stratagus in full

screen video mode. This option is only supported if you have com

piled stratagus with SDL support.

-h This flag shows the online help.

-l file

With this option you can log stratagus messages in

to file.

-L lag This sets the network lag in number of frames (de

fault 10 = 333 ms).

-n [localport:]host[:port]

With this option you can specify the network argu

ments for network play.

-N name

The name of the player (will appear in network

games).

-P port

With this option you can set the network port to

use in network games. The default value is port tcp/6660.

-s number

Number of frames before AI awakes. This is useful

if the AI is beating you hard, and you want to make it sweet like

a cat. The higher, the easier will be the game against the AI.

Default is to sleep 0 time frames.

FILES

/usr/share/games/stratagus/default

Default directory for Stratagus data files

/usr/share/games/stratagus/default/default.pud.gz

Default PUD.

/usr/share/games/stratagus/default/ccl/clone.ccl

Default start file.

SEE ALSO

More complete documentation is available in

/usr/share/doc/stratagus.

NOTES

Stratagus needs a lot of data (maps and artwork), that can

come from external datasets, like Battle of Survival (BoS), or

even from the media in the WarCraft II CD, thanks to the Wargus

dataset.

WarCraft II is a registered trademark of Blizzard Enter

tainment.

AUTHOR

Stratagus is written by Nehal Mistry, Russell Smith and

others.

This manual page was written by Anthony Towns <ajt@de

bian.org> and David Martinez Moreno <ender@debian.org> for the

Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

Stratagus v2.1 Jul 2004

STRATAGUS(6)