heroes (6)

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 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.