NAME¶
Heroes - a game like Nibbles or Tron, just better
SYNOPSIS¶
heroes [
OPTIONS]...
DESCRIPTION¶
Heroes is a game similar to the "Tron" and "Nibbles" games
of yore but includes many graphical improvements and new game features.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
General options:¶
- -v, --version
- display version number
- -h, --help
- display this help
- -q, --quiet
- don't print warning messages
- -Q, --really-quiet
- don't even print error messages
- -v, --verbose=CHANNELS
- enable or disable debugging channels (see --list=debug for
available channels)
- -l, --list=WORD
- show some internal information; WORD can be 'debug', 'resources',
'sound-drivers' or 'sound-tracks'
Sound options:¶
- -d, --driver=N[,OPTIONS]
- use Nth driver for sound output (0:autodetect) (see
--list=sound-drivers for available Ns)
- -S, --no-sound
- disable sound
- -X, --no-sfx
- disable sound-effects
- -m, --mono
- non-stereo output
- -8, --8bits
- 8bits sound output
- -i, --high-quality
- high quality mixer
Display options:¶
- -G, --gfx-options=OPTIONS
- pass OPTIONS to the display driver
- -F, --full-screen
- full screen mode
- -2, --double
- stretch the display twofold
- -3, --triple
- stretch the display threefold
- -4, --quadruple
- stretch the display fourfold
- -e, --even-lines
- display only even-lines
Miscellaneous options:¶
- --cpu-off
- disable computer opponents
- --default-scores
- restore default scores file
- --default-options
- restore default options file
- --default-saves
- restore default saves file
- -s, --swap-sides
- swap sides in two player mode
- --no-double-fx
- disable combination of rotozoom and waves
- -g, --go
- skip the introduction
- -J, --no-joystick
- disable joystick handling
These options can be set in your file ~/.heroes/heroesrc (which is read before
parsing other command line options) using a line like the following:
- Options: -gs -d3,buffer=11,count=4
Visit
http://heroes.sourceforge.net/ for news, documentation, and updates.
REPORTING BUGS¶
Report bugs to <heroes-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net>.
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2002 Alexandre Duret-Lutz, Romuald Genevois, Alexandre
Liverneaux and Philippe Meisburger.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO¶
The full documentation for
Heroes is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
the
info and
Heroes programs are properly installed at your
site, the command
- info Heroes
should give you access to the complete manual.