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- Over the course of developing Maelstrom, it has accumulated quite a few
- command line and compile-time options.
-
- Multiplayer Commmand Line Options:
- -- Only supported if network play is compiled in.
-
- -player N[@host][:port]
- This tells Maelstrom that it is playing a network
- game, and that player N is at host "host"
-
- -server N@host[:port]
- This option tells Maelstrom to use a network
- address server at host "host" for a multiplayer
- game with N players.
-
- -deathmatch [N] A multiplayer game continues until someone gets
- N frags. A frag is 3 shots at a player.
-
-
- Command Line Options:
-
- -netscores This option tells Maelstrom to use the Internet
- Maelstrom Score Server for the high score list.
-
- -printscores This option prints out a list of the current high
- scores. If used with the -netscores option, it will
- will connect to the Internet Maelstrom Score Server
- and print out the world-wide Maelstrom high scores.
-
- -display <host:0>
- This option runs Maelstrom on the given X11 display.
- It is disabled if Maelstrom is compiled with
- -DFORCE_XSHM
-
- -privatecmap Runs Maelstrom with a private (custom) colormap.
- This prevents Maelstrom from locking up all of
- the colors on your display. It is only useful
- on 256 color (pseudo-color) displays.
-
- -nofade This option prevents Maelstrom from doing the
- screen fading. This is useful if you find screen
- fading annoying.
-
- -gamma [0-8] Sets the gamma correction level for Maelstrom.
- The higher the gamma correction, the brighter
- Maelstrom will appear on your monitor.
- If no gamma level is given, Maelstrom will print
- the current gamma level saved in your custom
- configuration.
- Once this option is used, the gamma correction
- level is saved, and this option doesn't need to
- be used later unless you want to change it again.
-
- -fullscreen This option puts a big black border around the
- Maelstrom screen, and centers Maelstrom within it.
- This help create a "full screen" effect on large
- displays.
-
- -version This option prints the version of the Maelstrom binary.
-
- -speedtest This option will run Maelstrom in a graphics test
- mode. It prints the number of milliseconds it
- takes for your graphics display to display a full
- 48-frame, 360 degree rotation of your ship. It is
- for comparative information only.
-
-