130 lines
3.6 KiB
Groff
130 lines
3.6 KiB
Groff
.TH ROTTEXPR 6 "2023-12-03" "0.01" "Rise of the Triad"
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.SH NAME
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rottexpr \- Rise of the Triad source port
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B rottexpr
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.RI [ options ]
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.br
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.B rott\-demo
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.RI [ options ]
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.br
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.B rott\-reg
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.RI [ options ]
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.br
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.B rott\-cdrom
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.RI [ options ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B ROTTEXPR
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is a port of Apogee's 3D action title Rise of the Triad, originally released in 1994.
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.B ROTTEXPR
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uses the SDL2 libraries to make the game playable on modern operating systems, including Linux, and adds features including higher
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screen resolutions, adaptive HUD positioning, configurable gameplay options, and a number of bug fixes.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.BR aim
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Show aim crosshair.
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.TP
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.BR fullscreen
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Start in fullscreen mode.
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.TP
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.BR window
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Start in windowed mode.
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.TP
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.BR resolution\ \fIwidth\fPx\fIheight\fP
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Specify the screen resolution to use (next parameter is widthxheight).
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Valid resolutions are 320x200, 640x480 and 800x600.
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.TP
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.BR filertl\ \fIfile.rtl\fP
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Load external Userlevels (RTL files) (next parameter is RTL filename).
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Not available in shareware/demo version.
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.TP
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.BR filertc\ \fIfile.rtc\fP
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Load external Battlelevels (RTC files) (next parameter is RTC filename).
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Not available in shareware/demo version.
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.TP
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.BR file\ \fIfile.wad\fP
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Load external WAD file (next parameter is WAD filename).
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Not available in shareware/demo version.
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.TP
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.BR nojoys
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Disable check for joystick.
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.TP
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.BR nomouse
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Disable check for mouse.
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.TP
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.BR nosound
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Disable sound.
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.TP
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.BR noecho
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Turn off sound reverb.
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.TP
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.BR ver
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Version number.
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.TP
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.BR mapstats
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Dump Map statistics to ERROR.
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.TP
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.BR tilestats
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Dump Tile statistics to ERROR.
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.TP
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.BR mono
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Enable mono-monitor support.
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.TP
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.BR screenshots
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Clean screen capture for shots.
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.TP
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.BR pause
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Pauses startup screen information.
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.TP
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.BR enablevr
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Enable VR helmet input devices.
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.TP
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.BR demoexit
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Exit program when demo is terminated.
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.TP
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.BR warp\ \fIlevel\fP
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Warp to specific ROTT level (next parameter is level to start on).
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.TP
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.BR timelimit\ \fItime\fP
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Play ROTT in time limit mode (next parameter is time in seconds).
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.TP
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.BR maxtimelimit\ \fItime\fP
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Maximimum time to count down from (next parameter is time in seconds).
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.TP
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.BR dopefish
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Activate an Easter-egg with references to the Dopefish from the Commander Keen games.
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.SH FILES
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Game data files are searched for in \fB/usr/share/games/rottexpr\fR. Each
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game binary requires its own particular data files:
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.PP
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\fBrottexpr\-demo\fR (shareware/demo) \- HUNTBGIN.WAD HUNTBGIN.RTC HUNTBGIN.RTL REMOTE1.RTS
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.PP
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\fBrottexpr\-reg\fR (registered floppy/download) \- DARKWAR.WAD DARKWAR.RTC DARKWAR.RTL REMOTE1.RTS
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.PP
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\fBrottexpr\-cdrom\fR (retail CD) \- DARKWAR.WAD ROTTCD.RTC DARKWAR.RTL REMOTE1.RTS
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.PP
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All filenames must be UPPERCASE.
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.PP
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Simply run \fBrottexpr\fR to play the "best" version of the game that you
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have the data files for (CD\-ROM, Registered, or Demo, in that order).
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.PP
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User config data is stored in \fB~/.rottexpr\fR for the shareware/demo version
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and \fB~/.rottexpr/darkwar\fR for the registered and CD\-ROM versions.
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.SH AUTHORS
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ROTT was created and published as shareware by Apogee Software, Ltd. and was published commercially by FormGen, Inc.
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.PP
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The primary contributors to the icculus.org port were Steven Fuller, Ryan C. Gordon, John Hall and Dan Olson.
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.PP
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The rottexpr port was started by Steven LeVesque, with significant contributions by Emile Belanger.
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See https://github.com/LTCHIPS/rottexpr for more information.
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.PP
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This manual page was originally written by Fabian Greffrath <fabian@debian-unofficial.org>
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for the Debian project (but may be used by others), and was modified for
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the SlackBuilds.org games/rott project by B. Watson, and for rottexpr by Brent Spillner.
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