foobillard(6)

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5FOOBILLARD(6)                    Games Manual                    FOOBILLARD(6)
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NAME

10       foobillard — OpenGL billard game
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SYNOPSIS

13       foobillard [options]
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DESCRIPTION

16       FooBillard  is  an  OpenGL  billard game for Linux. FooBillard is still
17       under development, but the main physics are implemented. If you  are  a
18       billard-pro and you're missing some physics, please contact the author.
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OPTIONS

21       --p1 ai|human, --player1 ai|human
22              Set player1 to be an ai (computer) or human player.
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24       --p2 ai|human, --player2 ai|human
25              Set player2 to be an ai (computer) or human player.
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27       --name1 NAME
28              Set the name of player1 to NAME.
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30       --name2 NAME
31              Set the name of player2 to NAME.
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33       --8ball
34              Play a game of 8-ball.
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36       --9ball
37              Play a game of 9-ball.
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39       --carambol
40              Play a game of carambol.
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42       --snooker
43              Play a game of snooker.
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45       --tablecolor COLOR
46              Table color in C-style hex notation <0xrrggbb>.
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48       --edgecolor COLOR
49              Edge color in C-style hex notation <0xrrggbb>.
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51       --chromeblue
52              Blue table with chrome edges.
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54       --goldgreen
55              Green table with gold edges.
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57       --goldred
58              Red table with gold edges.
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60       --blackwhite
61              Black table with white frame.
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63       --blackbeige
64              Beige table with black metal.
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66       --tablesize NUM
67              Set the table size (length) in foot to NUM (default: 7.0)
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69       --lensflare, --nolensflare
70              Turn lensflare on or off.
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72       --poslight
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75       --dirlight
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78       --ai1err NUM
79              Set the errorlevel of the 1st ai player to NUM (0..1)
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82              Set the errorlevel of the 2nd ai player to NUM (0..1)
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84       --balldetail l|m|h
85              Set the ball detail to [l]ow, [m]edium or [h]igh.
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87       --rgstereo
88              Start the game in stereo mode (red-green(cyan)).
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90       --hostaddr HOST
91              Play  a  network game with HOST as server. See the NETWORK GAMES
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94       --portnum PORT
95              Use PORT for the TCP connection. See the NETWORK  GAMES  section
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98       --geometry ARG
99              Set the window geometry to ARG (WIDTHxHEIGHT)
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101       --fullscreen
102              Play in fullscreen mode.
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104       --freemove ARG
105              Turn free move in external view mode on or off.
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107       --cuberef ARG
108              Turn rendered cubemap reflections on or off.
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110       --cuberes ARG
111              Texture size for cuberef (has to be a power of 2)
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113       --bumpref ARG
114              Turn bumpmap reflections of edges on or off.
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116       --balltraces ARG
117              Turn balltraces on or off.
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119       --help Show an overview of available options.
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CONTROLS

122       Overview of the keyboard/mouse functions available in FooBillard:
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124       Mouse moving + button1             rotate
125       Mouse moving + button2             zoom
126       Mouse moving + hold b2 after b1    place cue ball
127       Mouse moving + hold b1 after b2    adjust effet
128       No mouse move + b1 after b2        toggle cue view on/off
129       Mouse moving + button2 + Ctrl      FOV - adjust
130       Mouse moving + button1 + Shift     place cue ball (when active)
131       Mouse moving + button2 + Shift     cue offset adjust
132       Mouse button 3                     shoot
133       <space> or <enter>                 shoot
134       <up>, <down>                       adjust strength
135       <pg up>, <pg down>                 adjust strength
136       <left>, <right>                    rotate
137       <ESC>                              end game
138       <0>                                suggest AI-shot
139       <a>                                toggle current player AI/human
140       <n>                                restart game
141       <b>                                show FPS
142       <v>                                turn vertical help-line on/off
143       <c>, <F3>                          toggle cue view on/off
144       <f>, <F4>                          toggle free move mode
145       <r>                                toggle simpler reflections
146       <s>                                toggle red/green stereo
147       <F1>                               toggle help screen
148       <F2>                               birdview (same as <F3>+<F4>+centered pos)
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CONFIG FILE

151       You can place a config file named .foobillardrc in your home directory.
152       The file can contain all possible commandline  arguments  (without  the
153       preceding dashes, and one line for each argument).  Commandline parame‐
154       ters are parsed after reading the config file,  so  they  override  the
155       .foobillardrc settings.
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NETWORK GAMES

158       To start a network game :
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160       Hit <ESC> to get to the menu,
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162       Select   <Network   Game>/<As   Host>  on  one  computer  and  <Network
163       Game>/<Join>/<OK> on the other machine after having set the  proper  IP
164       in <Network Game>/<Join>/<IP>.
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166       The <Network Game>/<Port> setting must be the same on both machines.
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168       The  IP  of the host machine can also be set on the client machine (the
169       joining one), by  adding  hostaddr=IP-ADDR  in  the  config  file  (see
170       below), or by passing it as commandline option: --hostaddr=IP-ADDR
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172       Starting  from  menu  the  host  sends  its  gamestate variables to the
173       client, so every clienside settings get overriden by  the  host  (game‐
174       type, tablesize, player names, ...)
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176       The  data  sent  between the two computers are only the shot-data, like
177       strength, cue offset and direction. So if the two machines have a  dif‐
178       ferent  internal  floating  point  accuracy,  the games may drift apart
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AUTHOR

185       FooBillard was written by Florian Berger <harpin_floh@yahoo.de>
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187       This manpage was written by Wouter Eerdekens <retuow@xs4all.be> for the
188       Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
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