spring(6)
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:man source:  Spring package
:man manual:  Games


Name
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spring - An open source RTS game engine - Default Engine


Synopsis
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*spring* [-f|--fullscreen] [-w|--window] [-x|--xresolution 'SIZE'] [-y|--yresolution 'SIZE'] [-m|--minimise] [[-c|--client] | [-s|--server]] [-p|--projectiledump] [-t|--textureatlas] [-n|--name 'STRING'] [-C|--config 'FILE']

*spring* --list-ai-interfaces

*spring* --list-skirmish-ais

*spring* [-h|--help]

*spring* [-V|--version]


Description
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Spring is a free Real Time Strategy (RTS) game engine, originally designed to
play Total Annihilation ((C) 1997 Cavedog) content.
It has since evolved into a general RTS engine, capable of running various
kind of games (mods).

It is mainly designed around online multiplayer games but can also be played in
single-player mode against AIs.


Options
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*-h, --help*::
  Print the options help message and exit

*-V, --version*::
  Display program version and exit

*-f, --fullscreen*::
  Run in fullscreen mode

*-w, --window*::
  Run in windowed mode

*-x, --xresolution*::'SIZE'
  Set X resolution

*-y, --yresolution*::'SIZE'
  Set Y resolution

*-m, --minimise*::
  Start minimised

*-s, --server*::
  Run as a server

*-c, --client*::
  Run as a client

*-p, --projectiledump*::
  Dump projectile class info into projectiles.txt

*-t, --textureatlas*::
  Dump each finalised textureatlas into textureatlasN.tga

*-n, --name*::'NAME'
  Set your player name

 *-C, --config*::'FILE'
  Configuration file

*--list-ai-interfaces*::
  Dump a list of available AI Interfaces to STDOUT

*--list-skirmish-ais*::
  Dump a list of available Skirmish AIs to STDOUT


DATA DIR
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Data directories are searched for content, and among other things, may contain:
*cache
*mods
*maps
*AI

When running the engine, it may use multiple data directories,
but it will use only a single one of them as writeable, to write cache & log
files to.

Files
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  ~/.spring/

The default data-directory (see section DATA DIR).

  ~/.springrc

Contains the users settings for the engine, for things like graphic and sound.

  /etc/spring/datadir

Contains the ':' separated paths to additional data-dirs (see section DATA DIR).

See also
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spring-dedicated(6)

Homepage
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More information about Spring can be found at
link:http://springrts.com

Author
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Spring was written by the Spring developers.

This manual page was written by Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com>,
for the Debian project (and may be used by others).
