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freetennis

FREETENNIS(6)							   Games Manual 						     FREETENNIS(6)

NAME

       freetennis - free tennis simulation game

SYNOPSIS

       freetennis [options]

DESCRIPTION

       Free Tennis is a free tennis simulation game.

OPTIONS

       A summary of options is included below.

       -help, --help
	      Show summary of options.

       -p0 <name>
	      The name of player 0 (default: ivan).

       -p1 <name>
	      The name of player 1 (default: ivan).

       -donotshowpause
	      When the game is paused, do not show the "paused" sign. Useful for screenshots.

       -showfps
	      Display the number of Frames Per Second (on the standard output). Useful for debugging.

       -aidebug
	      Shows some info useful to debug AI.

       -realistic
	      Make the game realistic. This alters the parabola visibility depending on the player and shot. Better gameplay, but not suitable for
	      newbies.

       -newbie
	      Make the game not realistic, but more suited to newbies.	The parabola is fully visible.

       -nosound
	      Run with no sound.

       -xres <integer>
	      The horizontal resolution (default: 640).

       -yres <integer>
	      The vertical resolution (default: 480).

       -port <integer>
	      The TCP port to use. Makes sense with -client and -server. The default is 4000.

       -computerskill <integer>
	      Skill level of computer. A number from 0 (very difficult) to 250 (very easy). Default is 190.

       -client <ip address>
	      The IP address of the server. Only for multiplayer.

       -server
	      Run Free Tennis as server. Only for multiplayer.

       -surf <surface>
	      SURF: surface for the court. Choices are "clay", "cement", "grass".

SEE ALSO

       http://freetennis.sourceforge.net/
       /usr/share/doc/freetennis-common/web-site/index.html

AUTHOR

       freetennis was written by Maurizio Colucci <maurizio.colucci@gmail.com>.

       This manual page was written by Bart Martens <bartm@knars.be> and updated by Mehdi Dogguy <dogguy@pps.jussieu.fr>, for the  Debian  project
       (but may be used by others).

								   Apr 26, 2008 						     FREETENNIS(6)