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6 widelands - A real-time build-up strategy game
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9 widelands <option0>=<value0> ... <optionN>=<valueN>
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13 In this game, you start out on a small piece of land with nothing more
14 than a few useful resources. Using those, you can build yourself an em‐
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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22 --<config-entry-name>=value overwrites a config file setting
23 --help
25 Show the full list of options
26 --version
28 Show version
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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.
41 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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48 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!
57 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.
64 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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72 For more information and support you can find the website, the wiki,
73 and the forum for questions or general support at:
74 https://www.widelands.org/
76 You can also find the bug tracker at:
78 https://github.com/widelands/widelands/issues
80 If you wish to help with translating, visit:
82 https://www.widelands.org/wiki/TranslatingWidelands/
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86 Many people have contributed to the development of Widelands throughout
87 the years. See the in-game authors list for more information.
88widelands 1.0 June 2021 WIDELANDS(6)