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| .\"$Id: crossfire.man,v 1.2 1999/07/13 06:02:43 cvs Exp $ | | .TH crossfire 6 0.95.4 "" "CrossFire Game Server Manual" |
| .TH crossfire 0.93.1 "January 5, 1997" | | |
| .SH NAME | | .SH NAME |
| CrossFire - multiplayer adventure and arcade game for X-windows | | CrossFire \- a multiplayer adventure and arcade game server |
| | | |
| .SH SYNOPSIS | | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B crossfire | | crossfire [-<options>] |
| [-<options>][-display display]... | | |
| .SH DESCRIPTION | | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .PP | | .B CrossFire |
| .I CrossFire | | is a multiplayer graphical arcade and adventure game, which has certain |
| is a multiplayer graphical arcade and adventure game made for the X-Window | | flavours from other games, especially |
| environment. | | .B Gauntlet (TM), NetHack, Moria, Angband, |
| It has certain flavours from other games, especially Gauntlet (TM) and | | and |
| Nethack/Moria. | | .B Ragnarok. |
| Any number of players can move around in their own window, picking up / using | | Any number of players can move around in their own window, finding and using |
| items and battle monsters. The players all do battle in the same world, | | items and battling monsters. They can choose to cooperate or compete in the |
| and can communicate with each other (even fight with each other). | | same world. |
| The goal of the game is to survive and to have FUN. | | .PP |
| | | .B CrossFire |
| | | runs as a client/server model. You will also need one of the clients to |
| | | play. With them you can either connect to a server s.o. else has set up, or |
| | | run your own server and connect to that. At now clients exit for the |
| | | X-Windows, GTK, Java, and Windows NT environment. |
| | | |
| .SH OPTIONS | | .SH OPTIONS |
| .TP | | .TP |
| .B -arch <filename> | | |
| Sets the archetypes file name. The library directory is prepended to | | |
| this name. See FILES below for more information. | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B -b | | |
| Use black & white colors even if you have a color display. Note that if you | | |
| are using XPM mode, I believe you will still get color images even with this | | |
| flag. | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B -chrfont <fontname> | | |
| use fontname instead of the normal crossfire font. This is a compile time | | |
| option and may not be available in your version. | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B -csport <port number> | | .B -csport <port number> |
| Specifies the port that should be used for the new client/server code. This | | Specifies the port to that should be used for the client/server |
| is a compile time option | | connection. |
| .TP | | .TP |
| .B -d, +d | | .B -d |
| -d causes it to print out some debugging messages. +d disables debugging | | Turns on some debugging. |
| messgaes. See -mon below for even more debugging messages. | | |
| .TP | | .TP |
| .B -detach | | .B +d |
| This will cause crossfire to detach from the tty. It is only an option | | Turns off debugging. Useful if DEBUG was defined at compile time. |
| if SERVER code was compiled in. | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B -display <display> | | |
| Open a window on the specified display. Multiple display options can | | |
| be given to open on numerous displays. This option can also be of use | | |
| if -l is given. | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B -f | | |
| Crossfire will only flush, and not attempt to synchronize all windows. | | |
| This means that the game will crash if someone kills their window, but | | |
| the game will not lock if someone freezes their window. | | |
| This option is recommended if the game seems to be slow due to many | | |
| participating players. | | |
| .TP | | .TP |
| .B -fontdir <directory> | | .B -detach |
| Sets the font directory location. See FILES section below for more details. | | This will run the server as a demon. |
| .TP | | .TP |
| .B -h | | .B -h |
| Prints out usage of flags. | | Prints out a list of server options. |
| .TP | | |
| .B -l | | |
| Removes the local player (whatever the DISPLAY environment variable is set to) | | |
| from the list of players | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B -lib <directory> | | |
| Sets the library directory location. See FILES section below for more details. | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B -listen_port | | |
| Specifies the port the server should listen to. | | |
| .TP | | .TP |
| .B -log <file> | | .B -log <file> |
| Specifies a file to send output to. Only has meaning if -detatch is specified. | | Specifies a file to send output to. Only has meaning if |
| .TP | | .B -detach |
| .B -m -m2 -m3 -m4 -m5 -m6 -m7 -m8 | | is specified. |
| -m dumps out monster statistics. | | |
| -m2 dumps out abilities. | | |
| -m3 dumps out artifact information | | |
| -m4 dumps out spell information. | | |
| -m5 dumps out skill information. | | |
| -m6 dumps out race information. | | |
| -m7 dumps out alchemy information. | | |
| -m8 dumps out more alchemy information. | | |
| | | |
| Note that only one of these can be given, as crossfire exits after it dumps | | |
| out the information. These flags are typically used by the spoiler and | | |
| other scripts to always get up to date values - as such, not all of them | | |
| are in the most human parseable form. | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B -maps <directory> | | |
| Sets the maps directory name. The library path is prepended to this | | |
| name. See FILES section below for more details. | | |
| .TP | | .TP |
| .B -mon | | .B -mon |
| Turns on monster-debugging. This means that all messages that the game | | Turns on monster-debugging. |
| gives to the monsters is written to standard error. | | |
| .TP | | .TP |
| .B -o | | .B -o |
| Prints out info on what was defined at compile time. | | Prints out info on what was defined at compile time. |
| .TP | | .TP |
| .B -p | | |
| Crossfire won't try to fix the fontpath if it can't find the fonts it needs. | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B -pix | | |
| Crossfire will use only pixmaps instead of fonts. | | |
| Note that if this switch is not given, and crossfire fails to set the | | |
| font, it will try using pixmaps anyway. | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B -playerdir <directory> | | |
| Sets the player directory name. The library path is prepended to this | | |
| name. See FILES section below for more details. | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B -s | | .B -s |
| Displays the highscore list. | | Displays the highscore list. |
| .TP | | .TP |
| .B -score <name or class> | | .B -score <name | class> |
| Displays all highscores with a matching name or class. | | Displays all highscores with matching name or class. |
| .TP | | |
| .B -server | | |
| Puts crossfire into server mode. This means that the program will not | | |
| try to open up a window on a display, but instead wait for connections. | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B -split | | |
| Makes splitwindow default (see the resource for information). This used | | |
| to be the -w option | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B -tmpdir <directory> | | |
| Specifies a directory to use for temporary storage (mostly swapped | | |
| out maps.) See FILES below for more information. | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B -treasures <filename> | | |
| Sets the treasures file name. The library directory is prepended to | | |
| this name. See FILES below for more information. | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B -uniquedir <directory> | | |
| Sets the unique item directory name. The library directory is prepended to | | |
| this name. See FILES below for more information. | | |
| .TP | | .TP |
| .B -v | | .B -v |
| Prints out version, authors and contributors. | | Prints out version and contributors. |
| .TP | | |
| .B -xpm | | |
| Uses X Pixmaps (XPM) files instead of fonts or bitmap files. They look | | |
| nicer, but the game will take longer to start up, and may be slower. This | | |
| is also a compile time option. | | |
| .SH RESOURCES | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B name | | |
| Specifies which name your character will start with in Crossfire. | | |
| You have to choose a name, either this way or with the "name" command, if | | |
| you want to enter the highscore list. | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B peaceful | | |
| You can turn this mode on or off with the strings "on"/"off". Default | | |
| is on. If the mode is turned on, you will push other players instead of | | |
| attacking them when you run into them. The mode can also be toggled | | |
| inside the game with the "'peaceful" command. | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B berzerk | | |
| If this mode is on, the player won't stop in front of a monster if you | | |
| hit CTRL + direction. Instead s/he will continue fighting the monsters | | |
| until a wall is met. Default is ON. | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B wimpy | | |
| The argument to this resource sets your wimpy percentage. When your | | |
| hit-points get below this percentage, you flee in panic from your | | |
| enemies. Default is 25%. | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B scroll | | |
| Default is off. If scroll is turned on, the text window will scroll | | |
| instead of wrapping. The mode can also be toggled inside the game | | |
| with the "'scroll" command. | | |
| Please note that the scroll-option is buggy. | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B splitwindow | | |
| Default is off (unless switch -split is given). If this is turned on, all | | |
| windows will be under the control of the window manager. That is, they | | |
| can be placed in any order, and some can be resized. | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B pixmap | | |
| Default is off (unless switch -pix is given). If this is turned on, | | |
| crossfire will not try to set your fontpath, but instead use pixmaps. | | |
| Note that crossfire will try pixmaps if it fails to set the fontpath. | | |
| .SH PLAYING | | |
| When you have rolled your stats and chosen a profession, you can | | |
| type `?' at any time to get information about the different keys. | | |
| .PP | | |
| The apply command (bound to key `a') is used for several things, like | | |
| wearing, removing, wielding, unwielding, drinking, eating, etc. | | |
| If you hold down Shift while pressing `A', you will apply the | | |
| object below you. This is the only way to enter a house. | | |
| .PP | | |
| In addition to the direct commands which are bound to different keys, you | | |
| can also type more complex commands by pressing the '-key first. | | |
| To get more information about these, try typing "'help". | | |
| .PP | | .PP |
| Your goal is to gain experience, find treasure, explore and have fun. | | The following options are only available if DUMP_SWITCHES was defined at |
| You do this by figuring out puzzles in maps, killing monsters and | | compile time. You can only use one of them without any other option. |
| destroying generators. You loose by dying. | | .TP |
| .PP | | .B -m |
| There are two ways of dying, one is to loose all hit-points | | Dumps out suggested experience for all monsters. |
| (usually fighting monsters), the other is to starve to death. | | .TP |
| Remember to eat when hungry. | | .B -m2 |
| .SH MOUSE CONTROL | | Dumps out abilities. |
| You can do several things by using only the mouse. In the inventory-window, | | .TP |
| you can examine, apply and drop things by clicking the different mouse-buttons. | | .B -m3 |
| In the look-window you can do mostly the same, except you pick up items instead | | Dumps out artifact information. |
| of dropping them when you click the right mouse button. In both windows | | .TP |
| you can move the scrollbar in different ways by clicking the different | | .B -m4 |
| mouse-button on it (but only if there are more items than can be displayed | | Dumps out spell information. |
| in the window). In the graphical window, you can click at places with | | .TP |
| the left button to find out what is there, or with the right button | | .B -m5 |
| to move in that general direction. | | Dumps out skill information. |
| | | .TP |
| .SH FILES | | .B -m6 |
| | | Dumps out race information. |
| This is a list of some of the files used by crossfire. Many of these can be | | .TP |
| altered using the -lib, -fontdir, -playerdir, -maps, -arch, -treasures, and | | .B -m7 |
| -uniquedir options, or using environmental variables. These values have | | Dumps out alchemy information. |
| defaults that are compiled on, and can only be changed at runtime if the | | .TP |
| game was not compiled with SECURE defined. | | .B -m8 |
| | | Dumps out gods information. |
| In the case where both an environmental and command line option is given | | |
| for the same file, the command line option is used. | | |
| | | |
| .TP | | .TP |
| .B FONTDIR | | .B -m9 |
| This is where the crossfire font is stored. It can be changed with the | | Dumps out more alchemy information. |
| environmtal variable CROSSFIRE_FONTDIR or with -fontdir. If an incorrect | | |
| path is given, crossfire will use pixmaps instead. | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B LIBDIR | | |
| This is typically the key directory, and is where most of the files reside. | | |
| Its default value is determined at compile time. The environmental | | |
| variable CROSSFIRE_LIBDIR and -lib can be used to change this value. | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B TMPDIR | | |
| This directory is used to store temporary maps that are swapped out | | |
| of memory. It can be changed with CROSSFIRE_TMPDIR environmental | | |
| variable or the -tmpdir option. | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B LIBDIR/archetypes | | |
| Global objects which can be inherited are stored here. The environmental | | |
| variable CROSSFIRE_ARCHETYPES and -arch can be used to change this name. | | |
| Note that LIBDIR is always prepended to the given name. | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B LIBDIR/artifacts | | |
| Rules and abilities for turning normal item into special artifact items. At | | |
| present time, there is no way to change this at runtime. | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B LIBDIR/ban_file | | |
| File for banning certain sites. It can not be changed at present time. | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B LIBDIR/forbid | | |
| If the game is closed due to working hours, information is in this file. | | |
| IT can not be changed at present time. | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B LIBDIR/maps | | |
| Files and subdirectories containing the map files. The environmental | | |
| variable CROSSFIRE_MAPDIR and -maps can be used to change this. LIBDIR | | |
| is always prepended to the value given. | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B LIBDIR/motd | | |
| Message of the day, is written to players when theey start the game. A | | |
| different file can not presently be specified at runtime. | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B LIBDIR/players | | |
| This is a directory where the save files are stored (unless compiled | | |
| with SAVE_HOMEDIR). It can be changed with the environmental variable | | |
| CROSSFIRE_PLAYERDIR or the -playerdir option. LIBDIR is always | | |
| prepended. | | |
| .TP | | |
| .B LIBDIR/treasures | | |
| Linked lists of random treasure (& abilities!) which can be given to different | | |
| monsters are kept here. The environmental variable CROSSFIRE_TREASURES and | | |
| -treasures option can be used to override this value. LIBDIR | | |
| is always prepended. | | |
| .TP | | .TP |
| .B LIBDIR/unique-items | | .B -mt <name> |
| | | Dumps out a list of treasures for a monster. |
| | | |
| This directory is used for unique item code (compile time option.) It can | | .SH SEE ALSO |
| be changed with the environmental variable CROSSFIRE_ITEMSDIR or -uniquedir. | | .B cfclient(6) |
| LIBDIR is always prepended. | | |
| | | |
| .SH MAILING LIST | | |
| There are two mailing-lists dedicated to the developement and | | |
| bug-testing of crossfire. The first is for discussing bugs and | | |
| features, the second is for announcing new versions. | | |
| .PP | | |
| If you want to join or leave any of the lists, send mail to | | |
| crossfire-request@ifi.uio.no with the subject "subscribe", | | |
| "unsubscribe","subscribe announce" or "unsubscribe announce". | | |
| If you use the subject "subscribe" or "unsubscribe" you will | | |
| (un)subscribe to *both* lists. | | |
| To send messages directly to the list, mail crossfire@ifi.uio.no. | | |
| An archive of old messages can be found at the ftp-sites (see below). | | |
| in the file crossfire.mail.Z | | |
| .SH FTP | | |
| The official ftp-sites where you can look for the latest versions are: | | |
| .PP | | |
| ra.pyramid.com: /pub/crossfire (129.214.1.102) | | |
| ftp.ifi.uio.no:/pub/crossfire (129.240.64.4) | | |
| ftp.real-time.com/pub/games/crossfire (206.10.252.12) | | |
| ftp.cs.city.ac.uk:/pub/games/crossfire/ (138.40.92.3) | | |
| ftp.sunet.se:/pub/unix/games/crossfire (130.238.127.3) | | |
| ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp:/pub/games/crossfire (131.112.90.201) | | |
| .PP | | |
| Please use the one nearest to you. ".no",".uk" and ".se" from Europe, | | |
| ".au" from Australia | | |
| and ".com" from USA. | | |
| If anyone sets up other sites, please notify me. | | |
| .SH BUGS | | .SH BUGS |
| If the game looks very chaotic, it is probably because you are using | | Please read the REPORTING BUGS section in |
| a font belonging to a previous version instead of the one supplied | | .I README. |
| with this version. | | |
| .PP | | |
| Please let me know about any bugs you find in the game. I know there are | | |
| plenty of them, and some are mentioned on the TODO file which is supplied | | |
| with the game. | | |
| .SH AUTHOR | | |
| Copyright (C) 1994,1996,1997 Mark Wedel (mark@pyramid.com) | | |
| .PP | | |
| Copyright (C) 1992 Frank Tore Johansen (frankj@ifi.uio.no) | | |
| .PP | | |
| Authors and contributors to this program (source): | | |
| .LP | | |
| .RS | | |
| .ft B | | |
| .nf | | |
| mark@pyramid.com (Mark Wedel) | | |
| frankj@ifi.uio.no (Frank Tore Johansen) | | |
| kjetilho@ifi.uio.no (Kjetil Torgrim Homme) | | |
| tvangod@ecst.csuchico.edu (Tyler Van Gorder) | | |
| elmroth@cd.chalmers.se (Tony Elmroth) | | |
| dougal.scott@fcit.monasu.edu.au (Dougal Scott) | | |
| wchuang@athena.mit.edu (William) | | |
| ftww@cs.su.oz.au (Geoff Bailey) | | |
| jorgens@flipper.pvv.unit.no (Kjetil Wiekhorst J\(/orgensen) | | |
| c.blackwood@rdt.monash.edu.au (Cameron Blackwood) | | |
| jtraub+@cmu.edu (Joseph L. Traub) | | |
| rgg@aaii.oz.au (Rupert G. Goldie) | | |
| eanders+@cmu.edu (Eric A. Anderson) | | |
| eneq@Prag.DoCS.UU.SE (Rickard Eneqvist) | | |
| Jarkko.Sonninen@lut.fi (Jarkko Sonninen) | | |
| kholland@sunlab.cit.cornell.du (Karl Holland) | | |
| vick@bern.docs.uu.se (Mikael Lundgren) | | |
| mol@meryl.csd.uu.se (Mikael Olsson) | | |
| haatanen@cc.lut.fi (Tero Haatanen) | | |
| ylitalo@student.docs.uu.se (Lasse Ylitalo) | | |
| anipa@pulmunen.cs.tut.fi (Niilo Neuvo) | | |
| mta@modeemi.cs.tut.fi (Markku J{rvinen) | | |
| meunier@inf.enst.fr (Sylvain Meunier) | | |
| jfosback@darmok.uoregon.edu (Jason Fosback) | | |
| cedman@capitalist.princeton.edu (Carl Edman) | | |
| henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu (Charles Henrich) | | |
| schmid@fb3-s7.math.tu-berlin.de (Gregor Schmid) | | |
| quinet@montefiore.ulg.ac.be (Raphael Quinet) | | |
| jam@modeemi.cs.tut.fi (Jari Vanhala) | | |
| kivinen@joker.cs.hut.fi (Tero Kivinen) | | |
| peterm@soda.berkeley.edu (Peter Mardahl) | | |
| matt@cs.odu.edu (Matthew Zeher) | | |
| srt@sun-dimas.aero.org (Scott R. Turner) | | |
| smurf@soda.berkeley.edu (Scott MacFiggen) | | |
| tpeland@utu.fi (Tero Jyri Michael Pelander) | | |
| raytrace@soda.berkeley.edu (Rachel Yotter) | | |
| huma@netcom.com (Ben Fennema) | | |
| njw@cs.city.ac.uk (Nick Williams) | | |
| Wacren@Gin.ObsPM.Fr (Laurent Wacrenier) | | |
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| .RE | | |
| .LP | | |
| .\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify | | |
| .\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by | | |
| .\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or | | |
| .\" (at your option) any later version. | | |
| | | |
| .\" This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, | | |
| .\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of | | |
| .\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the | | |
| .\" GNU General Public License for more details. | | |
| | | |
| .\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License | | .SH AUTHOR |
| .\" along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software | | (C) 1994 Mark Wedel (mwedel@scruznet.com) |
| .\" Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. | | (C) 1992 Frank Tore Johansen (frankj@ifi.uio.no) |
| | | |
| .\" The author can be reached via e-mail to frankj@ifi.uio.no. | | |