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6 xpilot-ng-x11 - X11 client for multiplayer space war game.
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9 xpilot-ng-x11 [-options ...] [server]
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12 Copyright © 1991-2005 by Bjørn Stabell, Ken Ronny Schouten, Bert
13 Gijsbers, Dick Balaska, Uoti Urpala, Juha Lindström, Kristian
14 Söderblom and Erik Andersson. XPilot NG 4.7.2 comes with ABSO‐
15 LUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details see the provided COPYING file.
16 Where options include:
18 -newbie <value>
20 Enable newbie help. The default value is: yes.
22 -help
24 Display this help message.
26 -version
28 Show the source code version.
30 -join
32 Join the game immediately, no questions asked.
34 -text
36 Use the simple text interface to contact a server instead of the
38 graphical user interface.
39 -list
41 List all servers running on the local network.
43 -shutdown <value>
45 Shutdown the server with a message. The message used is the
47 first argument to this option. There is no default value for
48 this option.
49 -name <value>
51 Set the nickname. There is no default value for this option.
53 -user <value>
55 Set the username. There is no default value for this option.
57 -host <value>
59 Set the hostname. There is no default value for this option.
61 -team <value>
63 Set the team to join. The default value is: 65535.
65 -port <value>
67 Set the port number of the server. Almost all servers use the
69 default port, which is the recommended policy. You can find out
70 about which port is used by a server by querying the XPilot Meta
71 server. The default value is: 15345.
72 -clientPortStart <value>
74 Use UDP ports clientPortStart - clientPortEnd (for firewalls).
76 The default value is: 0.
77 -clientPortEnd <value>
79 Use UDP ports clientPortStart - clientPortEnd (for firewalls).
81 The default value is: 0.
82 -power <value>
84 Set the engine power. Valid values are in the range 5-55. The
86 default value is: 55.000.
87 -turnSpeed <value>
89 Set the ship's turn speed. Valid values are in the range 4-64.
91 The default value is: 16.000.
92 -turnResistance <value>
94 Set the ship's turn resistance. This determines the speed at
96 which a ship stops turning. Valid values are in the range
97 0.0-1.0. This should always be 0, other values are for compati‐
98 bility. See also turnSpeed. The default value is: 0.000.
99 -scaleFactor <value>
101 Specifies scaling factor for the drawing window. The default
103 value is: 1.000.
104 -altScaleFactor <value>
106 Specifies alternative scaling factor for the drawing window.
108 The default value is: 2.000.
109 -maxFPS <value>
111 Set maximum FPS supported by the client. The server will try to
113 send at most this many frames per second to the client. The
114 default value is: 255.
115 -maxMouseTurnsPS <value>
117 Set maximum number of mouse turns sent per second Set to 0 to
119 disable this feature (its mostly useful on modem) The default
120 value is: 0.
121 -sparkSize <value>
123 Size of sparks in pixels. The default value is: 2.
125 -sparkProb <value>
127 The probablilty that sparks are drawn. This gives a sparkling
129 effect. Valid values are in the range [0.0-1.0] The default
130 value is: 0.400.
131 -hudRadarDotSize <value>
133 Which size to use for drawing the hudradar dots. The default
135 value is: 10.
136 -hudRadarScale <value>
138 The relative size of the hudradar. The default value is: 1.500.
140 -hudRadarLimit <value>
142 Hudradar dots closer than this to your ship are not drawn. A
144 value of 1.0 means that the dots are not drawn for ships in your
145 active view area. The default value is: 0.050.
146 -hudScale <value>
148 How much larger than minimum size to draw the hud. The default
150 value is: 2.000.
151 -baseWarningType <value>
153 Which type of base warning you prefer. A value of 0 disables
155 base warning. A value of 1 draws a time meter on a base when a
156 ship is appearing. A value of 2 makes the base name flash when
157 a ship is appearing. A value of 3 combines the effects of val‐
158 ues 1 and 2. The default value is: 3.
159 -maxCharsInNames <value>
161 Maximum number of characters to paint in names on game area.
163 The default value is: 16.
164 -slidingRadar <value>
166 If the game is in edgewrap mode then the radar will keep your
168 position on the radar in the center and raw the rest of the
169 radar around it. Note that this requires a fast graphics sys‐
170 tem. The default value is: yes.
171 -dirPrediction <value>
173 Client paints the wanted direction of your ship instead of what
175 the server sent you. Possible differences are corrected in
176 roundtrip time. The default value is: no.
177 -showShipShapes <value>
179 Should others' shipshapes be displayed or not. The default
181 value is: yes.
182 -showMyShipShape <value>
184 Should your own shipshape be displayed or not. The default
186 value is: yes.
187 -showShipShapesHack <value>
189 Should the ship shapes hack be displayed or not. The default
191 value is: no.
192 -showLivesByShip <value>
194 Paint remaining lives next to ships. The default value is: no.
196 -showMessages <value>
198 Should game messages appear on screen. The default value is:
200 yes.
201 -showItems <value>
203 Should owned items be displayed permanently on the HUD? The
205 default value is: yes.
206 -showItemsTime <value>
208 If showItems is false, the time in seconds to display item
210 information on the HUD when it has changed. The default value
211 is: 5.000.
212 -filledWorld <value>
214 Draws the walls solid, filled with one color, unless overridden
216 by texture. Be warned that this option needs fast graphics.
217 The default value is: no.
218 -texturedWalls <value>
220 Allows drawing polygon bitmaps specified by the (new-style) map.
222 Be warned that this needs a reasonably fast graphics system.
223 The default value is: yes.
224 -blockProtocol <value>
226 Prefer (old) block protocol when joining servers. The default
228 value is: no.
229 -outlineWorld <value>
231 Draws only the outline of all the wall blocks on block based
233 maps. The default value is: no.
234 -showDecor <value>
236 Should decorations be displayed on the screen and radar? The
238 default value is: yes.
239 -outlineDecor <value>
241 Draws only the outline of the map decoration. The default value
243 is: no.
244 -filledDecor <value>
246 Draws filled decorations. The default value is: no.
248 -texturedDecor <value>
250 Draws the map decoration filled with a texture pattern. The
252 default value is: no.
253 -clientRanker <value>
255 Scan messages and make personal kill/death ranking. The default
257 value is: no.
258 -clockAMPM <value>
260 Use AMPM format for clock display instead of 24 hour format.
262 The default value is: no.
263 -shotSize <value>
265 The size of shots in pixels. The default value is: 6.
267 -teamShotSize <value>
269 The size of team shots in pixels. Note that team shots are
271 drawn in teamShotColor. The default value is: 4.
272 -backgroundPointDist <value>
274 The distance between points in the background measured in
276 blocks. These are drawn in empty map regions to keep feeling
277 for which direction the ship is moving to. The default value
278 is: 8.
279 -backgroundPointSize <value>
281 Specifies the size of the background points.
283 0 means no points.
284 The default value is: 2.
286 -scoreObjectTime <value>
288 How many seconds score objects remain visible on the map. The
290 default value is: 4.000.
291 -charsPerSecond <value>
293 Rate at which messages appear on screen in characters per sec‐
295 ond. The default value is: 100.
296 -maxMessages <value>
298 The maximum number of messages to display at the same time. The
300 default value is: 8.
301 -messagesToStdout <value>
303 Send messages to standard output. 0: Don't. 1: Only player
305 messages. 2: Player and status messages. The default value is:
306 0.
307 -maxLinesInHistory <value>
309 Number of your messages saved in the 'history' of the talk win‐
311 dow. 'history' is accessible with 'keyTalkCursorUp/Down'. The
312 default value is: 32.
313 -toggleShield <value>
315 Are shields toggled by a keypress only? The default value is:
317 no.
318 -autoShield <value>
320 Are shields lowered automatically for weapon fire? The default
322 value is: yes.
323 -fuelNotify <value>
325 The limit when the HUD fuel bar will become visible. The
327 default value is: 500.000.
328 -fuelWarning <value>
330 The limit when the HUD fuel bar will start flashing. The
332 default value is: 200.000.
333 -fuelCritical <value>
335 The limit when the HUD fuel bar will flash faster. The default
337 value is: 100.000.
338 -speedFactHUD <value>
340 How much to move HUD to indicate the current velocity. The
342 default value is: 0.000.
343 -speedFactPTR <value>
345 Uses a red line to indicate the current velocity and direction.
347 The default value is: 0.000.
348 -showScoreDecimals <value>
350 The number of decimals to use when displaying scores. The
352 default value is: 1.
353 -altPower <value>
355 Set the ship's alternate engine power. See also the keySwapSet‐
357 tings option. The default value is: 55.000.
358 -altTurnSpeed <value>
360 Set the ship's alternate turn speed. See also the keySwapSet‐
362 tings option. The default value is: 16.000.
363 -altTurnResistance <value>
365 Set the ship's alternate turn resistance. See also the
367 keySwapSettings option. The default value is: 0.000.
368 -markingLights <value>
370 Should the fighters have marking lights, just like airplanes?
372 The default value is: no.
373 -modifierBank1 <value>
375 The default weapon modifier values for the first modifier bank.
377 There is no default value for this option.
378 -modifierBank2 <value>
380 The default weapon modifier values for the second modifier bank.
382 There is no default value for this option.
383 -modifierBank3 <value>
385 The default weapon modifier values for the third modifier bank.
387 There is no default value for this option.
388 -modifierBank4 <value>
390 The default weapon modifier values for the fourth modifier bank.
392 There is no default value for this option.
393 -shipShape <value>
395 Define the ship shape to use.
397 Because the argument to this option
398 is rather large (up to 500 bytes) the recommended way to set
400 this option is in the .xpilotrc file in your home directory.
401 The exact format is defined in the file doc/README.SHIPS in the
402 XPilot distribution. Note that there is a nifty Unix tool called
403 editss for easy ship creation. There is XPShipEditor for Windows
404 and Ship Shaper for Java. See the XPilot FAQ for details. See
405 also the "shipShapeFile" option below. There is no default
406 value for this option.
407 -shipShapeFile <value>
409 An optional file where shipshapes can be stored. If this
411 resource is defined and it refers to an existing file then ship‐
412 shapes can be referenced to by their name. For instance if you
413 define shipShapeFile to be /home/myself/.shipshapes and this
414 file contains one or more shipshapes then you can select the
415 shipshape by starting xpilot as:
416 xpilot -shipShape myshipshapename
418 Where "myshipshapename" should be the "name:" or "NM:" of one of
420 the shipshapes defined in /home/myself/.shipshapes. Each ship‐
421 shape definition should be defined on only one line, where all
422 characters up to the first left parenthesis don't matter. The
423 default value is: /usr/local/share/xpilot-ng/shipshapes.txt.
424 -texturePath <value>
426 Search path for texture files. This is a list of one or more
428 directories separated by colons. The default value is:
429 /usr/local/share/xpilot-ng/textures/.
430 -clientRankFile <value>
432 An optional file where clientside kill/death rank is stored.
434 There is no default value for this option.
435 -clientRankHTMLFile <value>
437 An optional file where clientside kill/death rank is published
439 in HTML format. There is no default value for this option.
440 -clientRankHTMLNOJSFile <value>
442 An optional file where clientside kill/death rank is published
444 in HTML format, w/o JavaScript. There is no default value for
445 this option.
446 -soundFile <value>
448 Specifies the sound file. The default value is:
450 /usr/local/share/xpilot-ng/sound/sounds.txt.
451 -maxVolume <value>
453 Specifies the volume to play sounds with (0-100%%). The default
455 value is: 100.
456 -sound <value>
458 Is sound enabled? (set to false to mute client). The default
460 value is: yes.
461 -fullColor <value>
463 Whether to use a colors as close as possible to the specified
465 ones or use a few standard colors for everything. May require
466 more resources from your system. The default value is: yes.
467 -texturedObjects <value>
469 Whether to draw certain game objects with textures. Be warned
471 that this requires more graphics speed. fullColor must be on
472 for this to work. You may also need to enable multibuffering or
473 double-buffering. The default value is: yes.
474 -geometry <value>
476 Set the window size and position in standard X geometry format.
478 The maximum allowed window size is 1922x1440. The default value
479 is: 1024x768.
480 -display <value>
482 Set the X display. There is no default value for this option.
484 -keyboard <value>
486 Set the X keyboard input if you want keyboard input from another
488 display. The default is to use the keyboard input from the X
489 display. There is no default value for this option.
490 -visual <value>
492 Specify which visual to use for allocating colors. To get a
494 listing of all possible visuals on your dislay set the argument
495 for this option to list. There is no default value for this
496 option.
497 -colorSwitch <value>
499 Use color buffering or not. Usually color buffering is faster,
501 especially on 8-bit PseudoColor displays. The default value is:
502 yes.
503 -multibuffer <value>
505 Use the X windows multibuffer extension if present. The default
507 value is: no.
508 -ignoreWindowManager <value>
510 Ignore the window manager when opening the top level player win‐
512 dow. This can be handy if you want to have your XPilot window
513 on a preferred position without window manager borders. Also
514 sometimes window managers may interfere when switching col‐
515 ormaps. This option may prevent that. The default value is: no.
516 -titleFlip <value>
518 Should the title bar change or not. Some window managers like
520 twm may have problems with flipping title bars. Hence this
521 option to turn it off. The default value is: yes.
522 -gameFont <value>
524 The font used on the HUD and for most other text. The default
526 value is: -*-fixed-bold-*-*--13-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1.
527 -scoreListFont <value>
529 The font used on the score list. This must be a non-propor‐
531 tional font. The default value is:
532 -*-fixed-bold-*-*--13-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1.
533 -buttonFont <value>
535 The font used on all buttons. The default value is:
537 -*-fixed-bold-*-*--13-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1.
538 -textFont <value>
540 The font used in the help and about windows. The default value
542 is: -*-fixed-bold-*-*--13-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1.
543 -talkFont <value>
545 The font used in the talk window. The default value is:
547 -*-fixed-bold-*-*--15-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1.
548 -motdFont <value>
550 The font used in the MOTD window and key list window. This must
552 be a non-proportional font. The default value is:
553 -*-fixed-bold-*-*--13-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1.
554 -messageFont <value>
556 The font used for drawing messages. The default value is:
558 -*-fixed-bold-*-*--13-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1.
559 -showNastyShots <value>
561 Use the Nasty Looking Shots instead of the round shots. You
563 will probably want to increase your shotSize if you use this.
564 The default value is: no.
565 -mouseAccelInClient <value>
567 This option makes the client handle the mouse acceleration.
569 Options mouseAccelNum, mouseAccelDenom and mouseAccelThresh can
570 be used to fine tune the acceleration. The default values of
571 these three options give linear response to mouse movements.
572 The default value is: yes.
573 -mouseAccelNum <value>
575 Mouse acceleration numerator. The default value is: 0.
577 -mouseAccelDenom <value>
579 Mouse acceleration denominator. The default value is: 1.
581 -mouseAccelThresh <value>
583 Mouse acceleration threshold. The default value is: 0.
585 -hudColor <value>
587 Which color number to use for drawing the HUD. The default
589 value is: 2.
590 -hudHLineColor <value>
592 Which color number to use for drawing the horizontal lines The
594 default value is: 0.
595 -hudVLineColor <value>
597 Which color number to use for drawing the vertical lines in the
599 HUD. The default value is: 0.
600 -hudItemsColor <value>
602 Which color number to use for drawing owned items on the HUD.
604 The default value is: 2.
605 -hudRadarEnemyColor <value>
607 Which color number to use for drawing hudradar dots that repre‐
609 sent enemy ships. The default value is: 3.
610 -hudRadarOtherColor <value>
612 Which color number to use for drawing hudradar dots that repre‐
614 sent friendly ships or other objects. The default value is: 2.
615 -hudLockColor <value>
617 Which color number to use for drawing the lock on the HUD. The
619 default value is: 0.
620 -fuelGaugeColor <value>
622 Which color number to use for drawing the fuel gauge. The
624 default value is: 0.
625 -dirPtrColor <value>
627 Which color number to use for drawing the direction pointer
629 hack. The default value is: 0.
630 -messagesColor <value>
632 Which color number to use for drawing messages. The default
634 value is: 12.
635 -oldMessagesColor <value>
637 Which color number to use for drawing old messages. The default
639 value is: 13.
640 -msgScanBallColor <value>
642 Which color number to use for drawing ball message warning. The
644 default value is: 3.
645 -msgScanSafeColor <value>
647 Which color number to use for drawing safe message. The default
649 value is: 4.
650 -msgScanCoverColor <value>
652 Which color number to use for drawing cover message. The
654 default value is: 2.
655 -msgScanPopColor <value>
657 Which color number to use for drawing pop message. The default
659 value is: 11.
660 -fuelMeterColor <value>
662 Which color number to use for drawing the fuel meter. The
664 default value is: 0.
665 -powerMeterColor <value>
667 Which color number to use for drawing the power meter. The
669 default value is: 0.
670 -turnSpeedMeterColor <value>
672 Which color number to use for drawing the turn speed meter. The
674 default value is: 0.
675 -packetSizeMeterColor <value>
677 Which color number to use for drawing the packet size meter.
679 Each bar is equavalent to 1024 bytes, for a maximum of 4096
680 bytes. The default value is: 0.
681 -packetLossMeterColor <value>
683 Which color number to use for drawing the packet loss meter.
685 This gives the percentage of lost frames due to network failure.
686 The default value is: 3.
687 -packetDropMeterColor <value>
689 Which color number to use for drawing the packet drop meter.
691 This gives the percentage of dropped frames due to display slow‐
692 ness. The default value is: 3.
693 -packetLagMeterColor <value>
695 Which color number to use for drawing the packet lag meter.
697 This gives the amount of lag in frames over the past one second.
698 The default value is: 3.
699 -temporaryMeterColor <value>
701 Which color number to use for drawing temporary meters. The
703 default value is: 3.
704 -meterBorderColor <value>
706 Which color number to use for drawing borders of meters. The
708 default value is: 2.
709 -scoreObjectColor <value>
711 Which color number to use for drawing score objects. The
713 default value is: 4.
714 -wallRadarColor <value>
716 Which color number to use for drawing walls on the radar. Valid
718 values all even numbers smaller than maxColors. The default
719 value is: 2.
720 -decorRadarColor <value>
722 Which color number to use for drawing decorations on the radar.
724 Valid values are all even numbers smaller than maxColors. The
725 default value is: 6.
726 -targetRadarColor <value>
728 Which color number to use for drawing targets on the radar.
730 Valid values are all even numbers smaller than maxColors. The
731 default value is: 4.
732 -clockColor <value>
734 Which color number to use for drawing the clock. The clock is
736 displayed in the top right of the score window. The default
737 value is: 1.
738 -scoreColor <value>
740 Which color number to use for drawing score list entries. The
742 default value is: 1.
743 -scoreSelfColor <value>
745 Which color number to use for drawing your own score. The
747 default value is: 3.
748 -scoreInactiveColor <value>
750 Which color number to use for drawing inactive players's scores.
752 The default value is: 12.
753 -scoreInactiveSelfColor <value>
755 Which color number to use for drawing your score when inactive.
757 The default value is: 12.
758 -scoreOwnTeamColor <value>
760 Which color number to use for drawing your own team score. The
762 default value is: 4.
763 -scoreEnemyTeamColor <value>
765 Which color number to use for drawing enemy team score. The
767 default value is: 11.
768 -baseNameColor <value>
770 Which color number to use for drawing names of bases (unless
772 drawn in one of the life colors). The default value is: 2.
773 -backgroundPointColor <value>
775 Which color number to use for drawing background points. The
777 default value is: 2.
778 -fuelColor <value>
780 Which color number to use for drawing fuel stations. The
782 default value is: 3.
783 -visibilityBorderColor <value>
785 Which color number to use for drawing the visibility border.
787 The default value is: 2.
788 -teamShotColor <value>
790 Which color number to use for drawing harmless shots. The
792 default value is: 2.
793 -ballColor <value>
795 Which color number to use for drawing balls. The default value
797 is: 1.
798 -connColor <value>
800 Which color number to use for drawing connectors. The default
802 value is: 2.
803 -zeroLivesColor <value>
805 Which color to associate with ships with zero lives left. This
807 can be used to paint for example ship and base names. The
808 default value is: 5.
809 -oneLifeColor <value>
811 Which color to associate with ships with one life left. This
813 can be used to paint for example ship and base names. The
814 default value is: 11.
815 -twoLivesColor <value>
817 Which color to associate with ships with two lives left. This
819 can be used to paint for example ship and base names. The
820 default value is: 4.
821 -manyLivesColor <value>
823 Which color to associate with ships with more than two lives
825 left. This can be used to paint for example ship and base
826 names. The default value is: 0.
827 -selfLWColor <value>
829 Which color to use to paint your ship in when on last life.
831 Original color for this is red. The default value is: 3.
832 -enemyLWColor <value>
834 Which color to use to paint enemy ships in when on last life.
836 Original color for this is red. The default value is: 3.
837 -teamLWColor <value>
839 Which color to use to paint teammate ships in when on last life.
841 Original color for this is green. The default value is: 2.
842 -shipNameColor <value>
844 Which color number to use for drawing names of ships (unless
846 drawn in one of the life colors). The default value is: 2.
847 -mineNameColor <value>
849 Which color number to use for drawing names of mines. The
851 default value is: 2.
852 -teamShipColor <value>
854 Which color number to use for drawing your teammates. The
856 default value is: 2.
857 -team0Color <value>
859 Which color number to use for drawing team 0 objects. The
861 default value is: 0.
862 -team1Color <value>
864 Which color number to use for drawing team 1 objects. The
866 default value is: 0.
867 -team2Color <value>
869 Which color number to use for drawing team 2 objects. The
871 default value is: 0.
872 -team3Color <value>
874 Which color number to use for drawing team 3 objects. The
876 default value is: 0.
877 -team4Color <value>
879 Which color number to use for drawing team 4 objects. The
881 default value is: 0.
882 -team5Color <value>
884 Which color number to use for drawing team 5 objects. The
886 default value is: 0.
887 -team6Color <value>
889 Which color number to use for drawing team 6 objects. The
891 default value is: 0.
892 -team7Color <value>
894 Which color number to use for drawing team 7 objects. The
896 default value is: 0.
897 -team8Color <value>
899 Which color number to use for drawing team 8 objects. The
901 default value is: 0.
902 -team9Color <value>
904 Which color number to use for drawing team 9 objects. The
906 default value is: 0.
907 -msg1 <value>
909 Talkmessage 1. The default value is: #t:*** BALL! Our ball
911 is gone! Save it! ***.
912 -msg2 <value>
914 Talkmessage 2. The default value is: #t:*** SAFE! Our ball is
916 safe. ***.
917 -msg3 <value>
919 Talkmessage 3. The default value is: #t:*** COVER! The enemy
921 ball is approaching our base. ***.
922 -msg4 <value>
924 Talkmessage 4. The default value is: #t:*** POP! The enemy ball
926 is back at the enemy base. ***.
927 -msg5 <value>
929 Talkmessage 5. The default value is: #=[#t|2|/team 4|/team 2].
931 -msg6 <value>
933 Talkmessage 6. There is no default value for this option.
935 -msg7 <value>
937 Talkmessage 7. There is no default value for this option.
939 -msg8 <value>
941 Talkmessage 8. There is no default value for this option.
943 -msg9 <value>
945 Talkmessage 9. There is no default value for this option.
947 -msg10 <value>
949 Talkmessage 10. There is no default value for this option.
951 -msg11 <value>
953 Talkmessage 11. There is no default value for this option.
955 -msg12 <value>
957 Talkmessage 12. There is no default value for this option.
959 -msg13 <value>
961 Talkmessage 13. There is no default value for this option.
963 -msg14 <value>
965 Talkmessage 14. There is no default value for this option.
967 -msg15 <value>
969 Talkmessage 15. There is no default value for this option.
971 -msg16 <value>
973 Talkmessage 16. There is no default value for this option.
975 -msg17 <value>
977 Talkmessage 17. There is no default value for this option.
979 -msg18 <value>
981 Talkmessage 18. There is no default value for this option.
983 -msg19 <value>
985 Talkmessage 19. There is no default value for this option.
987 -msg20 <value>
989 Talkmessage 20. There is no default value for this option.
991 -keyTurnLeft <value>
993 Turn left (anti-clockwise). There is no default value for this
995 option.
996 -keyTurnRight <value>
998 Turn right (clockwise). There is no default value for this
1000 option.
1001 -keyThrust <value>
1003 Thrust. The default keys are: Shift_R Shift_L.
1005 -keyShield <value>
1007 Raise or toggle the shield. The default key is: space.
1009 -keyFireShot <value>
1011 Fire shot. Note that shields must be down to fire. The default
1013 keys are: Return Linefeed.
1014 -keyFireMissile <value>
1016 Fire smart missile. The default key is: backslash.
1018 -keyFireTorpedo <value>
1020 Fire unguided torpedo. The default key is: quoteright.
1022 -keyFireHeat <value>
1024 Fire heatseeking missile. The default key is: semicolon.
1026 -keyFireLaser <value>
1028 Activate laser beam. The default key is: slash.
1030 -keyDropMine <value>
1032 Drop a stationary mine. The default key is: Tab.
1034 -keyDetachMine <value>
1036 Detach a moving mine. The default key is: bracketright.
1038 -keyDetonateMines <value>
1040 Detonate the closest mine you have dropped or thrown. The
1042 default key is: equal.
1043 -keyLockClose <value>
1045 Lock on closest player. The default key is: Up.
1047 -keyLockNextClose <value>
1049 Lock on next closest player. The default key is: Down.
1051 -keyLockNext <value>
1053 Lock on next player. The default keys are: Next Right.
1055 -keyLockPrev <value>
1057 Lock on previous player. The default keys are: Prior Right.
1059 -keyRefuel <value>
1061 Refuel. The default keys are: f Control_L Control_R.
1063 -keyRepair <value>
1065 Repair target. The default key is: f.
1067 -keyCloak <value>
1069 Toggle cloakdevice. The default keys are: Delete BackSpace.
1071 -keyEcm <value>
1073 Use ECM. The default key is: bracketleft.
1075 -keySelfDestruct <value>
1077 Toggle self destruct. The default key is: End.
1079 -keyIdMode <value>
1081 Toggle User mode (show real names). The default key is: u.
1083 -keyPause <value>
1085 Toggle pause mode. When the ship is stationary on its homebase.
1087 The default key is: Pause.
1088 -keySwapSettings <value>
1090 Swap to alternate control settings. These are the power, turn
1092 speed and turn resistance settings. There is no default value
1093 for this option.
1094 -keySwapScaleFactor <value>
1096 Swap scalefactor settings. There is no default value for this
1098 option.
1099 -keyChangeHome <value>
1101 Change home base. When the ship is close to a suitable base.
1103 The default keys are: Home h.
1104 -keyConnector <value>
1106 Connect to a ball. The default keys are: f Control_L Control_R.
1108 -keyDropBall <value>
1110 Drop a ball. The default key is: d.
1112 -keyTankNext <value>
1114 Use the next tank. The default key is: e.
1116 -keyTankPrev <value>
1118 Use the the previous tank. The default key is: w.
1120 -keyTankDetach <value>
1122 Detach the current tank. The default key is: r.
1124 -keyIncreasePower <value>
1126 Increase engine power. The default key is: KP_Multiply.
1128 -keyDecreasePower <value>
1130 Decrease engine power. The default key is: KP_Divide.
1132 -keyIncreaseTurnspeed <value>
1134 Increase turnspeed. The default key is: KP_Add.
1136 -keyDecreaseTurnspeed <value>
1138 Decrease turnspeed. The default key is: KP_Subtract.
1140 -keyTransporter <value>
1142 Use transporter to steal an item. The default key is: t.
1144 -keyDeflector <value>
1146 Toggle deflector. The default key is: o.
1148 -keyHyperJump <value>
1150 Teleport. The default key is: q.
1152 -keyPhasing <value>
1154 Use phasing device. The default key is: p.
1156 -keyTalk <value>
1158 Toggle talk window. The default key is: m.
1160 -keyToggleNuclear <value>
1162 Toggle nuclear weapon modifier. The default key is: n.
1164 -keyToggleCluster <value>
1166 Toggle cluster weapon modifier. The default key is: c.
1168 -keyToggleImplosion <value>
1170 Toggle implosion weapon modifier. The default key is: i.
1172 -keyToggleVelocity <value>
1174 Toggle explosion velocity weapon modifier. The default key is:
1176 v.
1177 -keyToggleMini <value>
1179 Toggle mini weapon modifier. The default key is: x.
1181 -keyToggleSpread <value>
1183 Toggle spread weapon modifier. The default key is: z.
1185 -keyTogglePower <value>
1187 Toggle power weapon modifier. The default key is: b.
1189 -keyToggleCompass <value>
1191 Toggle HUD/radar compass lock. The default key is: KP_7.
1193 -keyToggleAutoPilot <value>
1195 Toggle automatic pilot mode. The default key is: h.
1197 -keyToggleLaser <value>
1199 Toggle laser modifier. The default key is: l.
1201 -keyEmergencyThrust <value>
1203 Pull emergency thrust handle. The default key is: j.
1205 -keyEmergencyShield <value>
1207 Toggle emergency shield power. The default key is: Caps_Lock.
1209 -keyTractorBeam <value>
1211 Use tractor beam in attract mode. The default key is: comma.
1213 -keyPressorBeam <value>
1215 Use tractor beam in repulse mode. The default key is: period.
1217 -keyClearModifiers <value>
1219 Clear current weapon modifiers. The default key is: k.
1221 -keyLoadModifiers1 <value>
1223 Load the weapon modifiers from bank 1. The default key is: 1.
1225 -keyLoadModifiers2 <value>
1227 Load the weapon modifiers from bank 2. The default key is: 2.
1229 -keyLoadModifiers3 <value>
1231 Load the weapon modifiers from bank 3. The default key is: 3.
1233 -keyLoadModifiers4 <value>
1235 Load the weapon modifiers from bank 4. The default key is: 4.
1237 -keyToggleOwnedItems <value>
1239 Toggle list of owned items on HUD. The default key is: KP_8.
1241 -keyToggleMessages <value>
1243 Toggle showing of messages. The default key is: KP_9.
1245 -keyReprogram <value>
1247 Reprogram modifier or lock bank. The default key is: quoteleft.
1249 -keyLoadLock1 <value>
1251 Load player lock from bank 1. The default key is: 5.
1253 -keyLoadLock2 <value>
1255 Load player lock from bank 2. The default key is: 6.
1257 -keyLoadLock3 <value>
1259 Load player lock from bank 3. The default key is: 7.
1261 -keyLoadLock4 <value>
1263 Load player lock from bank 4. The default key is: 8.
1265 -keyToggleRecord <value>
1267 Toggle recording of session (see recordFile). The default key
1269 is: KP_5.
1270 -keyToggleSound <value>
1272 Toggle sound. Changes value of option 'sound'. There is no
1274 default value for this option.
1275 -keyToggleRadarScore <value>
1277 Toggles the radar and score windows on and off. The default key
1279 is: F11.
1280 -keyToggleFullScreen <value>
1282 Toggles between fullscreen mode and window mode. The default
1284 key is: F11.
1285 -keySelectItem <value>
1287 Select an item to lose. The default keys are: KP_0 KP_Insert.
1289 -keyLoseItem <value>
1291 Lose the selected item. The default keys are: KP_Delete KP_Dec‐
1293 imal.
1294 -keyPrintMessagesStdout <value>
1296 Print the current messages to stdout. The default key is:
1298 Print.
1299 -keyTalkCursorLeft <value>
1301 Move Cursor to the left in the talk window. The default key is:
1303 Left.
1304 -keyTalkCursorRight <value>
1306 Move Cursor to the right in the talk window. The default key
1308 is: Right.
1309 -keyTalkCursorUp <value>
1311 Browsing in the history of the talk window. The default key is:
1313 Up.
1314 -keyTalkCursorDown <value>
1316 Browsing in the history of the talk window. The default key is:
1318 Down.
1319 -keyPointerControl <value>
1321 Toggle pointer control. The default key is: KP_Enter.
1323 -keyExit <value>
1325 Generic exit key. Used for example to exit mouse mode or quit
1327 the client. The default key is: Escape.
1328 -keyYes <value>
1330 Positive reply key. Used to reply 'yes' to client questions.
1332 The default key is: y.
1333 -keyNo <value>
1335 Negative reply key. Used to reply 'no' to client questions.
1337 The default key is: n.
1338 -keySendMsg1 <value>
1340 Sends the talkmessage stored in msg1. The default key is: F1.
1342 -keySendMsg2 <value>
1344 Sends the talkmessage stored in msg2. The default key is: F2.
1346 -keySendMsg3 <value>
1348 Sends the talkmessage stored in msg3. The default key is: F3.
1350 -keySendMsg4 <value>
1352 Sends the talkmessage stored in msg4. The default key is: F4.
1354 -keySendMsg5 <value>
1356 Sends the talkmessage stored in msg5. The default key is: F5.
1358 -keySendMsg6 <value>
1360 Sends the talkmessage stored in msg6. The default key is: F6.
1362 -keySendMsg7 <value>
1364 Sends the talkmessage stored in msg7. The default key is: F7.
1366 -keySendMsg8 <value>
1368 Sends the talkmessage stored in msg8. The default key is: F8.
1370 -keySendMsg9 <value>
1372 Sends the talkmessage stored in msg9. The default key is: F9.
1374 -keySendMsg10 <value>
1376 Sends the talkmessage stored in msg10. The default key is: F10.
1378 -keySendMsg11 <value>
1380 Sends the talkmessage stored in msg11. There is no default
1382 value for this option.
1383 -keySendMsg12 <value>
1385 Sends the talkmessage stored in msg12. There is no default
1387 value for this option.
1388 -keySendMsg13 <value>
1390 Sends the talkmessage stored in msg13. There is no default
1392 value for this option.
1393 -keySendMsg14 <value>
1395 Sends the talkmessage stored in msg14. There is no default
1397 value for this option.
1398 -keySendMsg15 <value>
1400 Sends the talkmessage stored in msg15. There is no default
1402 value for this option.
1403 -keySendMsg16 <value>
1405 Sends the talkmessage stored in msg16. There is no default
1407 value for this option.
1408 -keySendMsg17 <value>
1410 Sends the talkmessage stored in msg17. There is no default
1412 value for this option.
1413 -keySendMsg18 <value>
1415 Sends the talkmessage stored in msg18. There is no default
1417 value for this option.
1418 -keySendMsg19 <value>
1420 Sends the talkmessage stored in msg19. There is no default
1422 value for this option.
1423 -keySendMsg20 <value>
1425 Sends the talkmessage stored in msg20. There is no default
1427 value for this option.
1428 -pointerButton1 <value>
1430 The keys to activate when pressing the first mouse button. The
1432 default value is: keyFireShot.
1433 -pointerButton2 <value>
1435 The keys to activate when pressing the second mouse button. The
1437 default value is: keyThrust.
1438 -pointerButton3 <value>
1440 The keys to activate when pressing the third mouse button. The
1442 default value is: keyThrust.
1443 -pointerButton4 <value>
1445 The keys to activate when pressing the fourth mouse button.
1447 There is no default value for this option.
1448 -pointerButton5 <value>
1450 The keys to activate when pressing the fifth mouse button.
1452 There is no default value for this option.
1453 -recordFile <value>
1455 An optional file where a recording of a game can be made. If
1457 this file is undefined then recording isn't possible. There is
1458 no default value for this option.
1459 -maxColors <value>
1461 The number of colors to use. Use value 16. Other values are not
1463 actively supported. The default value is: 16.
1464 -color0 <value>
1466 The color value for the first color. The default value is:
1468 #000000.
1469 -color1 <value>
1471 The color value for the second color. The default value is:
1473 #FFFFFF.
1474 -color2 <value>
1476 The color value for the third color. The default value is:
1478 #4E7CFF.
1479 -color3 <value>
1481 The color value for the fourth color. The default value is:
1483 #FF3A27.
1484 -color4 <value>
1486 The color value for the fifth color. The default value is:
1488 #33BB44.
1489 -color5 <value>
1491 The color value for the sixth color. The default value is:
1493 #992200.
1494 -color6 <value>
1496 The color value for the seventh color. The default value is:
1498 #BB7700.
1499 -color7 <value>
1501 The color value for the eighth color. The default value is:
1503 #EE9900.
1504 -color8 <value>
1506 The color value for the ninth color. The default value is:
1508 #002299.
1509 -color9 <value>
1511 The color value for the tenth color. The default value is:
1513 #CC4400.
1514 -color10 <value>
1516 The color value for the eleventh color. The default value is:
1518 #DD8800.
1519 -color11 <value>
1521 The color value for the twelfth color. The default value is:
1523 #FFBB11.
1524 -color12 <value>
1526 The color value for the thirteenth color. The default value is:
1528 #9F9F9F.
1529 -color13 <value>
1531 The color value for the fourteenth color. The default value is:
1533 #5F5F5F.
1534 -color14 <value>
1536 The color value for the fifteenth color. The default value is:
1538 #DFDFDF.
1539 -color15 <value>
1541 The color value for the sixteenth color. The default value is:
1543 #202020.
1544 -sparkColors <value>
1546 Which color numbers to use for spark and debris particles. The
1548 default value is: 5,6,7,3.
1549 -wallColor <value>
1551 Which color number to use for drawing walls. The default value
1553 is: 2.
1554 -decorColor <value>
1556 Which color number to use for drawing decorations. The default
1558 value is: 6.
1559 -windowColor <value>
1561 Which color number to use for drawing windows. The default
1563 value is: 8.
1564 -buttonColor <value>
1566 Which color number to use for drawing buttons. The default
1568 value is: 2.
1569 -borderColor <value>
1571 Which color number to use for drawing borders. The default
1573 value is: 1.
1574 Most of these options can also be set in the .xpilotrc file in your
1576 home directory. Each key option may have multiple keys bound to it and
1577 one key may be used by multiple key options. If no server is specified
1578 on the command line, xpilot will display a welcome screen where you can
1579 select a server.
1580 XPilot NG 4.7.2 comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details
1582 see the provided COPYING file.
1583 xpilot-ng-x11 4.7.2
1585xpilot.sourceforge.net September 2005 XPILOT-NG-X11(6)