vegastrike(6)
NAME
vegastrike - Trade, Fight and Explore the Universe
SYNOPSIS
vsinstall vssetup vegastrike [-ddata_dir] [-px,y,z] [-jsector/starsystem] missionname The recommended way to run Vega Strike is to first run vsinstall to configure your system and play the game.
DESCRIPTION
vsinstall script Sets up the default save game, copies the vegastrike.config file to a user's ~/.vegastrike-0.4.x directory and runs vssetup from the proper directory (and runs the game afterwards).
vssetup binary This binary is called by vsinstall to do the initial
setup of vegastrike. It can also be used again by running the command
while in the directory ~/.vegastrike-0.4.x.
vegastrike binary Begins Vega Strike with the selected XML mission file
(full path necessary) and the save game appearing as the only text in
~/.vegastrike-0.4.x/save.txt
OPTIONS
- -d/my/data/dir
- specifies /my/data/dir as the path for finding the vega strike data. Default is /usr/share/games/vegastrike/data
- -p1024,2405,1245090101
- Forces the player's starting location to be at x= 1024, y= 2405, z=1245090101
- -jgemini_sector/troy
- Forces the player to start in the troy system in gemini sector.
- missionname
- Specifies a mission for vegastrike to run. Default is /usr/share/games/vegastrike/data/mission/exploration/explore_universe.mission.
CONFIGURATION FILE
Vega Strike expects a configuration file ( $HOME/.vegastrike-0.4.x/vegastrike.config (~/.vegastrike-0.4.x/vegastrike.config) ), which is modified by vsinstall using the --setup or setup switch.
A simple illustration of how to adjust vegastrike.config and the associated keybindings and options is in the readme.txt file in
/usr/share/doc/vegastrike or in color at http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/player_tutorial/
AUTHORS
vegastrike is available thanks to the work of many developers. For a listing of the authors, please see the file /usr/share/doc/vegastrike/AUTHORS A more complete and updated listing can be found at http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/credits.html
COPYRIGHT
vegastrike can be distributed under the terms of the GPL license. A
copy of the license can be found under /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL
FILES
- /usr/games/vegastrike
- The vegastrike engine.
- /usr/games/vsinstall
- The Setup utility.
- /usr/games/vssetup
- Internal installer program
- /usr/share/games/vegastrike
- The vegastrike data files
- ~/.vegastrike-0.4.x/vegastrike.config
- User-specific configuration file
- ~/.vegastrike-0.4.x
- Directory containing user specific data managed by vegastrike.
- /usr/games/vsaccountserver
- The Vegastrike Account Server version 0.0.1
- /usr/games/vegaserver
- The Vegastrike Server version 0.2
- /usr/games/vssoundserver
- Binary only used by vegastrike binary
SEE ALSO
- http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/player_tutorial /usr/share/doc/vegastrike