NAME
wesnoth - Battle for Wesnoth, a turn-based fantasy strategy game
SYNOPSIS
wesnoth [OPTIONS] [PATH_TO_DATA]
DESCRIPTION
Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based fantasy strategy game.
Defeat all enemy leaders using a well-chosen cadre of troops, taking
care to manage your resources of gold and villages. All units have
their own strengths and weaknesses; to win, deploy your forces to their
best advantage while denying your foes the chance to do the same. As
units gain experience, they acquire new abilities and become more
powerful. Play in your own language and test your skill against a smart
computer opponent, or join Wesnoth's large community of on-line
players. Create your own custom units, scenarios or campaigns, and
share them with others.
OPTIONS
--bpp number
sets BitsPerPixel value. Example: --bpp 32
-c, --campaign
goes directly to the campaign selection menu.
--config-dir name
sets the user configuration directory to name under $HOME or "My
Documents\My Games" for windows.
--config-path
prints the path of the user configuration directory and exits.
-d, --debug
enables additional command mode options in-game (see the wiki
page at http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/CommandMode for more
information about command mode).
-e, --editor file
start the in-game map editor directly. If file is specified,
equivalent to -e --load
--fps displays the number of frames per second the game is currently
running at, in a corner of the screen.
-f, --fullscreen
runs the game in full screen mode.
--gunzip infile.gz
decompresses a file which should be in gzip format and stores it
without the .gz suffix. The infile.gz will be removed.
--gzip infile
compresses a file in gzip format, stores it as infile.gz and
removes infile.
-h, --help
displays a summary of command line options to standard output,
and exits.
-l, --load file
loads the savegame file from the standard save game directory.
If the -e or --editor option is used as well, starts the editor
with the map from file open. If it is a directory, the editor
will start with a load map dialog opened there.
--log-level=domain1,domain2,...
sets the severity level of the log domains. all can be used to
match any log domain. Available levels:
error, warning, info, debug. By default the error level is
used.
--logdomains
Dumps a list of all log domains and exits.
--max-fps
the number of frames per second the game can show, the value
should be between the 1 and 1000, the default is 50.
-m, --multiplayer
runs a multiplayer game. There are additional options that can
be used together with --multiplayer as explained below. Only
these additional options can follow --multiplayer.
--no-delay
runs the game without any delays for graphic benchmarking. This
is automatically enabled by --nogui.
--nocache
disables caching of game data.
--nomusic
runs the game without music.
--nosound
runs the game without sounds and music.
--path prints the name of the game data directory and exits.
-r XxY, --resolution XxY
sets the screen resolution. Example: -r 800x600
--smallgui
allows to use screen resolutions down to 800x480 and resizes a
few interface elements.
-s, --server [host]
connects to the specified host if any, otherwise connect to the
first server in preferences. Example: --server
server.wesnoth.org
-t, --test
runs the game in a small test scenario.
--validcache
assumes that the cache is valid. (dangerous)
-v, --version
shows the version number and exits.
-w, --windowed
runs the game in windowed mode.
--with-replay
replays the game loaded with the --load option.
Options for --multiplayer
The side-specific multiplayer options are marked with number. number
has to be replaced by a side number. It usually is 1 or 2 but depends
on the number of players possible in the chosen scenario.
--ai_confignumber=value
selects a configuration file to load for the AI controller for
this side.
--algorithmnumber=value
selects a non-standard algorithm to be used by the AI controller
for this side. Available values: idle_ai and sample_ai.
--controllernumber=value
selects the controller for this side. Available values: human
and ai.
--era=value
use this option to play in the selected era instead of the
Default era. The era is chosen by an id. Eras are described in
the data/multiplayer/eras.cfg file.
--exit-at-end
exits once the scenario is over, without displaying
victory/defeat dialog which requires the user to click OK. This
is also used for scriptable benchmarking.
--nogui
runs the game without the GUI. Must appear before --multiplayer
to have the desired effect.
--parmnumber=name:value
sets additional parameters for this side. This parameter depends
on the options used with --controller and --algorithm. It
should only be useful for people designing their own AI. (not
yet documented completely)
--scenario=value
selects a multiplayer scenario by id. The default scenario id is
multiplayer_The_Freelands.
--sidenumber=value
selects a faction of the current era for this side. The faction
is chosen by an id. Factions are described in the
data/multiplayer.cfg file.
--turns=value
sets the number of turns for the chosen scenario. The default is
50.
EXIT STATUS
Normal exit status is 0. An exit status of 1 indicates an (SDL, video,
fonts, etc) initialization error. An exit status of 2 indicates an
error with the command line options.
AUTHOR
Written by David White <davidnwhite@verizon.net>.
Edited by Nils Kneuper <crazy-ivanovic@gmx.net>, ott <ott@gaon.net> and
Soliton <soliton.de@gmail.com>.
This manual page was originally written by Cyril Bouthors
<cyril@bouthors.org>.
Visit the official homepage: http://www.wesnoth.org/
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2003-2009 David White <davidnwhite@verizon.net>
This is Free Software; this software is licensed under the GPL version
2, as published by the Free Software Foundation. There is NO warranty;
not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
wesnoth_editor(6), wesnothd(6)