1endless-sky(6) Endless Sky endless-sky(6)
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6 endless-sky - a space exploration and combat game.
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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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16 Endless Sky is a space exploration and combat game combining action and
17 role playing elements.
18 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.
24 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>.
28 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.
37 For a manual and other information, visit https://endless-sky.github.io
39 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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49 -h, --help
50 prints a short help message.
51 -v, --version
54 prints the software version.
55 -t, --talk
58 reads a data file from STDIN and looks for a "conversation" node
59 at the root level (i.e. not indentated). If it finds one, that
60 conversation is displayed in a pop-up dialog. This is for test‐
61 ing conversations in a new mission you are developing.
62 -r, --resources <directory>
65 sets the directory from which game resources (images, etc.) will
66 be loaded.
67 -c, --config <directory>
70 sets the directory where preferences and saved games will be
71 stored.
72 -p, --parse-save
75 prints any content or whitespace-formatting errors found while
76 loading data files and the most recent saved game. This option
77 prevents the game from launching.
78 --test <name>
81 execute the test case with the given name
82 --tests
85 prints (to STDOUT) a table of available tests, usable for auto‐
86 matic test runs. This option prevents the game from launching.
87 -s, --ships
90 prints (to STDOUT) a table of ship stats (just the base stats,
91 not considering any stored outfits). This option prevents the
92 game from launching.
93 --sales
95 prints (to STDOUT) a table of ships with every 'shipyard'
96 each appears in.
97 --loaded
99 prints (to STDOUT) a table of ship stats accounting for
100 installed outfits. Does not include variants.
101 --list prints (to STDOUT) a list of all ship names.
103 --variants
105 consider ship variants as well.
106 -w, --weapons
109 prints (to STDOUT) a table of characteristics of all the avail‐
110 able weapons. This option prevents the game from launching.
111 -e, --engines
114 prints (to STDOUT) a table of characteristics of all the avail‐
115 able engines. This option prevents the game from launching.
116 --power
119 prints (to STDOUT) a table of power outfit stats.
120 -o, --outfits
123 prints (to STDOUT) a table of characteristics of all the avail‐
124 able outfits. This option prevents the game from launching.
125 --sales
127 prints (to STDOUT) a list of outfits and every 'outfit‐
128 ter' each appears in.
129 -a, --all
131 prints a table of outfits and all attributes used by any
132 outfits present.
133 --planets
136 prints (to STDOUT) a list of all planets.
137 --descriptions
139 prints (to STDOUT) a table of all planets and their de‐
140 scriptions.
141 --attributes
143 prints (to STDOUT) a table of all planets and their at‐
144 tributes.
145 --reverse
147 prints (to STDOUT) a table of all planet at‐
148 tributes and which planets have them.
149 --systems
152 prints (to STDOUT) a list of all systems.
153 --attributes
155 prints (to STDOUT) a list of all systems and their at‐
156 tributes.
157 --reverse
159 prints (to STDOUT) a list of all system attributes
160 and which systems have them.
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164 Michael Zahniser (mzahniser@gmail.com)
165 This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
167 the terms of the GPL.
168ver. 0.9.16.1 18 Oct 2022 endless-sky(6)