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- .LP
- Each argument [???] will be taken to be a specification of a player
- who will participate in the game. The format of a player spec is
- .IP
- .B
- [name@]host[+\fIn\fP]
- .LP
- where \fIhost\fP is the name of a host.
- If \fIn\fP is given, it is the desired "advantage" for the player
- (higher gives the player more to start with).
- .TP 5
- .B \-e \fInumber\fP
- sets the number of machine players not attached to displays.
- .LP
- General options:
- .TP 5
- .B \-c \fInumber\fP
- sets checkpointing to occur every \fInumber\fP turns.
- .TP 5
- .B \-f \fIname\fP
- reads the file named \fIname\fP, interpreting as a game.
- .TP 5
- .B \-g \fIname\fP
- reads the game named \fIname\fP.
- .TP 5
- .B \-help
- displays help info.
- .TP 5
- .B \-join \fIgame\fP
- [not implemented yet]
- .TP 5
- .B \-L\fIpathname\fP
- sets the location to search for game files to \fIpathname\fP.
- .TP 5
- .B \-mail
- [not implemented yet]
- .TP 5
- .B \-w
- suppresses warnings.
- .LP
- Variant options:
- .TP 5
- .B \-M \fIwidth\fP[x\fIheight\fP]
- generates a random map of the given size. The size must be at least 5x5,
- although some periods will impose additional constraints on the lower bound.
- In theory, there is no upper bound (but 200x200 would be huge).
- .TP 5
- .B \-t \fInumber\fP
- limits the total time of play for each side to \fInumber\fP minutes per side.
- Time is only counted while actually waiting for input.
- .TP 5
- .B \-v
- make the entire world seen by all players at the outset.
- This is useful if exploration is deemed to be time-consuming,
- or if the world is already known to everybody.
- Some games have this permanently enabled.
- .TP 5
- .B \-vv
- make everything seen all the time.
- Some games have this permanently enabled.
- .TP 5
- .B \-v\fIvariant-name[=variant-value]\fP
- do game-design-defined variants.
- The command "*conq -g game -help" will list the available variants.
- .LP
- Designing and debugging options:
- .TP 5
- .B \-design
- enables designer mode, if available.
- .TP 5
- .B \-D[-GM]
- enables debugging output.
- .TP 5
- .B \-R \fInumber\fP
- sets the random seed to \fInumber\fP.
- .SH EXAMPLES
- .TP 8
- .B
- *conq
- One human on local display, one mplayer, 60x30 random world
- .TP 8
- .B
- *conq -g crater
- One human vs one machine, playing the "crater lake" game
- .TP 8
- .B
- *conq -e 2 -M 35x35
- One human, two machines, 35x35 random world
- .TP 8
- .B
- *conq -e 6 -g earth1
- Seven players (6 machine, 1 human), all playing
- on a 360x122 map of the earth with present-day cities. Major!
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