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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)