1vavoom(6)                        Games Manual                        vavoom(6)
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5   NAME
6       vavoom  -  The  most  advanced  Doom/Heretic/Hexen/Strife  source  port
7       around!
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SYNOPSIS

10       vavoom [ -opengl ] [ -d3d ] [ -particles n ] [  -surfcachesize  n  ]  [
11       -nosound  ]  [  -no3dsound ] [ -nomusic ] [ -cddev file ] [ -openal ] [
12       -nomouse ] [ -nojoy ] [ -nolan ] [ -noudp ] [ -ip ip_addr ] [ -noipx  ]
13       [ -mpath ] [ -port n ] { [ -freedoom] | [ -doom ] | [ -doom2 ] | [ -tnt
14       ] | [ -plutonia ] | [ -heretic ] | [ -hexen ] | [ -strife ] }  [  -game
15       directory  ] [ -devgame directory ] [ -devsnd sndinfo_script ] [ -progs
16       directory ]
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DESCRIPTION

20       Vavoom is a source port based on sources of Doom, Heretic, Hexen and  a
21       little  bit  from  Quake.  Supported  platforms  are Windows and Linux.
22       Vavoom has a graphical launcher (vlaunch).
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Graphic Options

26       -opengl
27              selects OpenGL driver
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29       -d3d   selects Direct3D driver
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31       -particles <count>
32              specifies number of particles to use, default is 2048,  but  you
33              can't have less than 512 (i.e. you can't disable them)
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35       -surfcachesize <size>
36              specifies size of surface cache memory, in kilobytes
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Sound Options

39       -nosound
40              disables all sound, music and CD-Audio
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42       -nosfx disables sound
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44       -no3dsound
45              disables 3D sound, use original mode, Windows version only
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47       -nomusic
48              disables music
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50       -nocdaudio
51              disables CD music
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53       -cddev <file>
54              specifies CD device file, default /dev/cdrom, LINUX version only
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56       -openal
57              enabled OpenAL driver.
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Input Options

60       -nomouse disables mouse
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62       -nojoy disables joystick
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Network Options

65       -nolan disables all LAN drivers
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67       -noudp disables TCP/IP driver
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69       -ip <address>
70              specifies IP address, Windows version only
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72       -noipx disables IPX driver
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74       -mpath enables MPATH TCP/IP driver, DOS version only
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76       -port <port>
77              sets default LAN port
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Game selection

80       -freedoom look only for FreeDoom IWAD files
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82       -doom  look only for Doom IWAD files
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84       -doom2 look only for Doom 2: Hell On Earth IWAD files
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86       -tnt   look only for Doom TNT: Evilution IWAD files
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88       -plutonia
89              look only for Doom: The Plutionia Experiment IWAD files
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91       -heretic
92              look only for Heretic IWAD files
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94       -hexen look only for Hexen IWAD files
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96       -strife
97              look only for Strife IWAD files
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Custom games and development

100       -game <directory> specifies custom game.
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102       -devgame <directory>
103              like -game, but also sets Vavoom in development mode.
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105       -devsound <SNDINFO_script>
106              sets  sound  development mode, uses given SNDINFO script, sounds
107              and music are loaded form archive directory, which is  specified
108              in script.
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110       -progs <directory>
111              specifies  directory  where  to look for progs. Server progs are
112              loaded from file svprogs.dat, client progs -  clprogs.dat.  Path
113              must include ending slash.
114                  Example: -progs progs/myprogs/
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116       -file <file1>[<file2>...]
117              specifies additional files.
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119       -iwaddir <dir1>[<dir2>...]
120              specifies additional directories where to look for IWAD files.
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Debugging Options

123       -debug creates a debug file basev/debug.txt with all console messages.
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125       -starttime <time>
126              sets start time, not in LINUX version and dedicated servers
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128       -rhide prints  debugfile to stderr, in DOS version Sys_Error exits with
129              call frame traceback
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More Information

132       http://vavoom-engine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Command_line_arguments
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134       /usr/share/doc/vavoom/vavoom.txt.gz
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136       Doom is a  registered  trademark  of  id  software  (http://www.idsoft‐
137       ware.com/).
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Author

140       See the copyright file on /usr/share/doc/vavoom/copyright
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