NAME
kobodl - Kobo Deluxe, an enhanced version of the scrolling game XKobo
SYNOPSIS
kobodl [ options ]
DESCRIPTION
Kobo Deluxe is a 3’rd person scrolling 2D shooter with a simple and
responsive control system - which you’ll need to tackle the tons of
enemy ships that shoot at you, chase you, circle around you shooting,
or even launch other ships at you, while you’re trying to destroy the
labyrinth shaped bases. There are 50 action packed levels with smoothly
increasing difficulty, and different combinations of enemies that
require different tactics to be dealt with successfully.
Kobo Deluxe has an improved graphics engine that delivers smoother
animation, while keeping the game logic totally accurate and
predictable regardless of frame rate. It also adds sound effects, new
graphics, fullscreen mode, four extra skill levels with smoother
gameplay and various other features expected from a modern game. (There
is still a "Clasic" mode that plays exactly like the original XKobo.)
Kobo Deluxe uses SDL for sound, graphics and input, and builds and runs
on all major operating systems, as well as some more unusual platforms.
It can also use OpenGL for accelerated rendering, through glSDL.
In short, Kobo Deluxe is loads of classical arcade style fun for just
about any machine with graphics and sound!
CONTROLS
The ship can be controlled with the keyboard, or optionally a mouse or
joystick. With the keyboard, the arrow keys move the ship (two keys for
diagonals), and the shift and ctrl keys shoots. The numeric key pad can
also be used; the usual 2/4/6/8 (arrows), and also 1/3/7/9 for single
key diagonals. Escape enters the meny system, from where it is
possible to change settings, start a new game or exit the game.
OPTIONS
Note that all relevant options can be also configured in the config
file, which can be edited directly, or using the options menus in the
game.
-[no]logfile
Log To File. Default: Off.
-logformat
Log File Format. Default: 0.
-logverbosity
Log Verbosity Level. Default: 2.
-[no]joystick
Use Joystick. Default: Off.
-joystick_no
Joystick Number. Default: 0.
-[no]mouse
Use Mouse. Default: Off.
-mousemode
Mouse Control Mode. Default: 1.
-[no]broken_numdia
Broken NumPad Diagonals. Default: Off.
-dia_emphasis
Diagonals Emphasis Filter. Default: 0.
-[no]always_fire
Always Fire. Default: Off.
-[no]mousecapture
In-game Mouse Capture. Default: On.
-scrollradar
Radar Scroll Mode. Default: 2.
-[no]filter
Enable/disable motion interpolation. Interpolation is what makes
animation smooth at high frame rates despite the game logic
running at 33.33 fps. However, it also adds some input latency!
Default: On.
-timefilter
Time filter, for smoothing out timing jitter induced by the
operating system. Default: 50.
-countdown
Get Ready Countdown. Default: 5.
-starfield
Starfield Style. Default: 2.
-stars Number of Parallax Stars. Default: 500.
-overheatloud
Overheat Warning Loudness. Default: 100.
-cannonloud
Player Cannons Loudness. Default: 100.
-[no]sound
Enable Sound. Default: On.
-[no]music
Enable Music. Default: On.
-[no]cached_sounds
Use Cached Sounds. Default: Off.
-[no]oss
Use OSS Sound Driver. Default: Off.
-samplerate
Sample Rate. Default: 44100.
-latency
Sound Latency. Default: 50.
-mixquality
Mixing Quality. Default: 3.
-vol Master Volume. Default: 100.
-intro_vol
Intro Music Volume. Default: 100.
-sfx_vol
Sound Effects Volume. Default: 100.
-music_vol
In-Game Music Volume. Default: 30.
-reverb
Reverb Level. Default: 100.
-vol_boost
Volume Boost. Default: 0.
-[no]fullscreen
Fullscreen Display. Default: Off.
-videodriver
Display Driver. Default: 0.
-width Horizontal Resolution. Default: 640.
-height
Vertical Resolution. Default: 480.
-aspect
Pixel Aspect Ratio. Default: 1000.
-depth Display Depth. Default: 0.
-maxfps
Limit the framerate (fps). Saves power on laptops (75 works
well), and can also avoid long stalls due to timesharing and
background processes. Default: 100.
-maxfpsstrict
Strictly Regulated fps. Default: 0.
-buffer
Display Buffer Mode. Default: 1.
-[no]shadow
Use Software Shadow Buffer. Default: On.
-videomode
Video Mode. Default: 17200.
-[no]vsync
Enable Vertical Sync. Default: On.
-videopages
Number of Video Pages. Default: -1.
-scalemode
Scaling Filter Mode. Default: 1.
-[no]dither
Use Dithering. Default: On.
-dither_type
Dither Type. Default: 0.
-[no]broken_rgba8
Broken RGBA (OpenGL). Default: Off.
-[no]alpha
Use Alpha Blending. Default: On.
-brightness
Brightness. Default: 100.
-contrast
Contrast. Default: 100.
-files Specify the root path of the game. Default: ""
-gfx Specify the path to the game’s graphics data. Default: ""
-sfx Specify the path to the game’s sound data. Default: ""
-scores
Specify the path to the game’s score files. Default: ""
-size (Not saved!) Screen Size (Obsolete). Default: 0.
-wait Game Speed (Obsolete). Default: 30.
-bgm (Not saved!) Background Music File (Obsolete). Default: ""
-threshold
(Not saved!) Limiter Gain. Default: 200.
-release
(Not saved!) Limiter Speed. Default: 50.
-internalres
(Not saved!) Texture Resolution. Default: 1.
-last_profile
Last used player profile. Default: 0.
-number_of_joysticks
Number of Connected Joysticks. Default: 0.
-[no]showcfg
(Not saved!) Show Configuration. Default: Off.
-[no]hiscores
(Not saved!) List High Scores. Default: Off.
-[no]highscores
(Not saved!) List High Scores. Default: Off.
-[no]override
(Not saved!) Ignore Configuration File. Default: Off.
-[no]debug
(Not saved!) Enable Debug Features. Default: Off.
-[no]fps
(Not saved!) Display frames per second in game screen. Default:
Off.
-[no]noframe
(Not saved!) Do not render rounded corners on the playfield.
Default: Off.
-[no]midi
(Not saved!) Enable MIDI Input. Default: Off.
-[no]cheat
(Not saved!) Enable/disable cheat mode. Cheat mode allows any
level to be played, but highscores are not saved! Default: Off.
-[no]indicator
(Not saved!) Enable Collision Indicator Mode. Default: Off.
-[no]pushmove
(Not saved!) Enable Push Move Mode. Default: Off.
-[no]noparachute
(Not saved!) Disable SDL Parachute. Default: Off.
-[no]pollaudio
(Not saved!) Use Polling Audio Output. Default: Off.
-[no]autoshot
(Not saved!) Ingame screenshots/movie. Default: Off.
-[no]help
(Not saved!) Print usage info and exit. Default: Off.
-[no]options_man
(Not saved!) Print options for ’man’. Default: Off.
FILES
~/.kobodlrc
The per-user configuration file for Kobo Deluxe.
AUTHORS
Originally written by Akira Higuchi (a-higuti@math.hokudai.ac.jp),
XKobo was turned into Kobo Deluxe by David Olofson <david@olofson.net>
THANKS
Thanks, in no particular order, to...
Akira Higuchi
Author of the Original XKobo.
Masanao Izumo
Sound effects and original sound engine.
Torsten Giebl
Slackware.
David Andersson
Various Good Ideas.
Max Horn
Mac OS X & Build Script Patches.
Jeremy Sheeley
Player Profiles.
Tsuyoshi Iguchi
FreeBSD, NetBSD.
Samuel Hart
Joystick Support.
G. Low Solaris.
Gerry Jo Trick Jellestad
Testing and ideas.
Riki Intel Compiler.
Andreas Spaangberg
Sun Compiler & Bug Spotting.
SixK Amiga Port.
Joey Hess
Debian.
Martijn van Oosterhout
FPS limiter.
Antonio Messina
Stage 1601+ difficulty wrap, Always Fire option.
Hans de Goede
Audio buffer handling bug.
Marianne Ibbotson
"Autopause" idea.
Sam Palmer
MS Windows testing.
Michael Sterrett
glSDL issues.
Sam Lantinga & Others
SDL, the Simple DirectMedia library.
Members of the SDL mailing list
Testing and ideas.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1995, 1996 Akira Higuchi
Copyright (C) 1997 Masanao Izumo
Copyright (C) 1999-2001 Simon Peter
Copyright (C) 2002 Florian Schulze
Copyright (C) 2002 Jeremy Sheeley
Copyright (C) 2005 Erik Auerswald
Copyright (c) 1999-2007 David Olofson
Kobo Deluxe is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
26 December 2007