1WIDELANDS(6)                     User Commands                    WIDELANDS(6)
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NAME

6       widelands - A real-time build-up strategy game
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SYNOPSIS

9       widelands <option0>=<value0> ... <optionN>=<valueN>
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DESCRIPTION

13       In  this game, you start out on a small piece of land with nothing more
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15       pire with many thousands of inhabitants. On your way towards this goal,
16       you will have to build up an economic infrastructure, explore the  land
17       around  you and face enemies who are trying to rule the world just like
18       you are.
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OPTIONS

22       --<config-entry-name>=value overwrites a config file setting
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24       --help
25              Show the full list of options
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27       --version
28              Show version
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LONG DESCRIPTION

32       In Widelands, you are the regent of a small tribe. You start  out  with
33       nothing  but  your headquarters, a kind of castle in which all your re‐
34       sources are stored. During the course of the game, you  will  build  an
35       ever  growing settlement. Every member of your tribe will do his or her
36       part to produce more resources - logs, food, iron, gold and more  -  to
37       further  this growth.  But you are not alone in the world, and you will
38       meet other tribes sooner or later. Some of them  may  be  friendly  and
39       trade  with  you. However, if you want to rule the world, you will have
40       to train soldiers and fight.
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42       Widelands offers a unique style of play. For example, a system of roads
43       plays  the  central  role  of your economy: all the goods that are har‐
44       vested and processed by the tribe must be transported from one building
45       to  the next.  This is done by carriers, and those carriers always walk
46       along the roads. It is your job to lay out the roads as efficiently  as
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49       Another  refreshing  aspect  of  the  game  is the way you command your
50       tribe.  There is no need to tell every single one of your subjects what
51       to  do  -  that  would be impossible, because there can be thousands of
52       them! Instead, all you've got to do is order them to build  a  building
53       somewhere, and the builders will come.  Similarly, whenever you want to
54       attack an enemy, just place an order to attack one of  their  barracks,
55       and your soldiers will march to fight.  You're really a ruler: You del‐
56       egate in times of war and in times of peace!
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58       Widelands offers a single-player mode with campaigns; the campaigns all
59       tell  the  story of a tribe and its struggle in the Widelands universe!
60       However, settling really starts when you unite with  friends  over  the
61       Internet  or  LAN  to  build up new empires together - or to crush each
62       other in the dusts of war.  Widelands also offers an artificial  intel‐
63       ligence to challenge.
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65       Widelands  is extensible, so you can create your own type of tribe with
66       their own sets of buildings. You can create new worlds to play in,  and
67       you  could  even create new types of worlds (who says you can't build a
68       settlement on the moon?).
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MORE INFORMATION

72       For more information and support you can find the  website,  the  wiki,
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75              https://www.widelands.org/
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77       You can also find the bug tracker at:
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79              https://github.com/widelands/widelands/issues
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81       If you wish to help with translating, visit:
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83              https://www.widelands.org/wiki/TranslatingWidelands/
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AUTHORS

86       Many people have contributed to the development of Widelands throughout
87       the years. See the in-game authors list for more information.
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