1endless-sky(6)                    Endless Sky                   endless-sky(6)
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NAME

6       endless-sky - a space exploration and combat game.
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SYNOPSIS

10       endless-sky [-h] [--help] [-v] [--version] [-s] [--ships] [-w] [--weap‐
11       ons]  [-t]   [--talk]   [-r]   [--resources]   [-c]   [--config]   [-p]
12       [--parse-save] [--test]
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DESCRIPTION

16       Endless Sky is a space exploration and combat game combining action and
17       role playing elements.
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19       Explore other star systems. Earn money by trading, carrying passengers,
20       or  completing  missions.  Use your earnings to buy a better ship or to
21       upgrade the weapons and engines on your current one. Blow  up  pirates.
22       Take sides in a civil war. Or leave human space behind and hope to find
23       some friendly aliens whose culture is more civilized than your own.
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25       For keyboard controls, click the  "Preferences"  button  on  the  title
26       screen.  You  can  pause and return to the title screen at any point in
27       the game by pressing <escape>.
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29       Most of the controls should be self-explanatory. Your ship has  no  re‐
30       verse  thrusters,  so  as  with a real spacecraft, the only way to slow
31       down is to turn your ship around and accelerate in the opposite  direc‐
32       tion  from  your current heading. To assist with some tricky maneuvers,
33       your ship has an autopilot which engages when you press 'L' to land  or
34       'J'  to  enter hyperspace; the autopilot disengages if you press any of
35       the movement keys. The autopilot will also automatically aim your  ship
36       if you are firing a weapon and have a target selected.
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38       For a manual and other information, visit https://endless-sky.github.io
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40       When  run  from the command line, if a resource directory is not speci‐
41       fied, the program will check to see if the current  directory  contains
42       directories  named  "data"  and "images" and files named "keys.txt" and
43       "credits.txt"; if so it will read resources from the current directory.
44       Otherwise  it will use /usr/local/share/games/endless-sky if it exists,
45       or /usr/share/games/endless-sky/ otherwise.
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OPTIONS

49       -h, --help
50              prints a short help message.
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54              prints the software version.
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57       -s, --ships
58              prints (to STDOUT) a table showing  primary  characteristics  of
59              all ships in the game, to aid in balancing. This option prevents
60              the game from launching.
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63       -w, --weapons
64              prints (to STDOUT) a table of characteristics of all the  avail‐
65              able weapons. This option prevents the game from launching.
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68       -t, --talk
69              reads a data file from STDIN and looks for a "conversation" node
70              at the root level (i.e. not indentated). If it finds  one,  that
71              conversation  is displayed in a pop-up dialog. This is for test‐
72              ing conversations in a new mission you are developing.
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75       -r, --resources <directory>
76              sets the directory from which game resources (images, etc.) will
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80       -c, --config <directory>
81              sets  the  directory  where  preferences and saved games will be
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85       -p, --parse-save
86              prints any content or whitespace-formatting errors  found  while
87              loading  data  files and the most recent saved game. This option
88              prevents the game from launching.
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91       --test <name>
92              execute the test case with the given name
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95       --tests
96              prints (to STDOUT) a table of available tests, usable for  auto‐
97              matic test runs. This option prevents the game from launching.
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AUTHOR

101       Michael Zahniser (mzahniser@gmail.com)
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103       This  is  free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
104       the terms of the GPL.
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108ver. 0.9.13                       17 Apr 2021                   endless-sky(6)
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