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| INSTEAD(6) | GAMES | INSTEAD(6) |
NAME¶
INSTEAD - Simple Text Adventure Engine, The InterpreterDESCRIPTION¶
The interpreter of STEAD (Simple Text Adventures) allows one to play games that combine visual novels, text adventures and classic quests of 1990-s. The STEAD games features are:- * very simple source code of the stories. (based on LUA);
- * graphical game interface;
- * supports music and images;
- * theme support - a game may change the interface look;
- * portability (originally written for Linux, depends on SDL and lua).
SYNOPSIS¶
sdl-instead [options] [game.zip or game.idf or path to game]OPTIONS¶
- -debug
- Debug mode (for game developers).
- -nosound
- Run the game without sound.
- -vsync
- Vsync output. (SDL2 only)
- -gamespath <path>
- Add path with games.
- -themespath <path>
- Add path with themes.
- -nostdgames
- Do not use default games.
- -nostdthemes
- Do not use default themes.
- -game <basename>
- Select game in gamespath.
- -theme <basename>
- Select theme in themespath.
- -owntheme
- Force game to use own theme.
- -fullscreen
- Run the game in fullscreen mode.
- -nocursor
- Do not use game mouse cursors (use system one)
- -hires / -nohires
- Set/unset the high resolution when run in fullscreen mode.
- -window
- Run the game in windowed mode.
- -resizable
- Resizable window (SDL2 only)
- -scale <scale>
- Scale window (SDL2 only)
- -noautosave
- Disable autosave load.
- -encode <lua file> [encoded file]
- Encode lua file. Encoded file can be executed with doencfile("encoded file").
- -idf <path to resources directory or game>
- Build idf file [INSTEAD data file] from directory.
- -mode [WxH]
- Use WxH resolution.
- -modes <WxH>[,<WxH>[,<WxH>]] ...
- Define available resolutions.
- -software
- Force software rendering
- -renderer <opengl|direct3d|software|...>
- Select default renderer (SDL2 only)
- -fontscale <percents>
- Font scaling.
- -nopause
- Do not pause the game on window minimize.
- -hinting 0|1|2|3
- Set the font hinting mode (helpful with infinality).
- -install [game in zip]
- Install game from zip archive
- -quit
- Quit :)
- -appdata [fullpath]
- Store saves and settings in appdata path. Path must exist!
- -chunksize [size in bytes]
- Size for audio buffer. Try this if sound lags.
- -version
- Show version and exit.
- -lua <script.lua> [arguments]
- Exec lua script (for game developers).
- -luac <script.lua>
- Check lua script (for game developers).
- -standalone
- Run game in standalone mode (no sandbox, no games selection ...).
- -noconfig
- Do not load saved config (run with defaults).
- -profile <profile>
- Using configuration profile. Profile file is the ini-styled file with parameter = value pairs. Where is parameters are arguments without -.
Configuration file name is 'insteadrc' and it's located in ~/.instead/.
Games can be downloaded from http://instead-games.sf.net. Unzip them in ~/.instead/games.
CONTROLS¶
Please, see tutorial.LICENCE¶
This software is covered by the terms of the MIT license.WARRANTY¶
None.COPYRIGHT AND CREDITS¶
- Peter Kosyh
- INSTEAD author.
- Ilya Ryndin
- Initial port to Windows.
- Mahno Aleksey, Anton Kolosov
- Port to Android.
- .dm
- Port to Mac OS X.
- Andrey Afletdinov
- Port to Windows CE.
- Vadim Balashoff
- Advices.
- Vladimir Zhirov
- Advices.
- Alexander Yakovlev
- manual.tex support.
- Serj Kalichev
- Advices and default theme correction.
- Vladimir Podobaev, Oleg Gvozdev
- Testers.
- Alexander Soborov
- Wiki support.
- Andrew Lobanov
- Games repository, slackbuild.
- Many others for comments, bug reports, games and ideas.
SEE ALSO¶
https://instead-hub.github.io| Version 3.2.1 | Instead |