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exult(6)							   Games Manual 							  exult(6)

NAME

       exult - an engine for running Ultima VII

SYNOPSIS

       exult [options]

DESCRIPTION

       Exult  is an engine built for running Ultima VII. It started its life as a map-browser for Ultima VII and has evolved from there, thanks to
       the open source-model and contributions of time and code from many people.

       You cannot use Exult without game data files. At present, the only finished games are Origin's Ultima VII: The Black Gate and  Ultima  VII,
       Part  2:  The  Serpent Isle. In any case, both Ultima VII's are some of the best computer Role-Playing-Games made to date. Check your local
       computer dealer's bargain bin or an online auction site. Ultima VII can still be purchased for only a few dollars. Run out and buy it!

       There is a world editor available to create your own games: Exult Studio. Check the exult homepage (URL below) for more information.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
	      Show the available command-line options

       -v, --version
	      Display (detailed) Exult version information

       -c configfile
	      Specify an alternate configuration file to load

       --bg   Skip the main Exult menu and run Black Gate

       --si   Skip the main Exult menu and run Serpent Isle

       --nomenu
	      Skip the game menu for BG/SI

       --buildmap type
	      Create a fullsize map of the current gameworld.  If type = 0, paint all roofs. If type = 0, skip second-floor roofs. If  type  =	2,
	      don't paint any roofs. You also need to specify --bg or --si.

       --nocrc
	      Skip the CRC check of the .flx datafiles. Only use this if you modified them yourself without recompiling exult

FILES

       See the README supplied with exult for information on this (Note: you NEED this configuration file to set up and run the game).

NOTES

       For more help and information with exult go to:

       http://exult.sourceforge.net/

       http://sourceforge.net/projects/exult/

       Ultima  itself  remains the property of Origin Systems, Inc.  Ultima VII (The Black Gate) is copyright Origin Systems, Inc. Ultima VII (The
       Serpent Isle) is copyright Origin Systems, Inc. The Exult Team is in no way affiliated with Origin  Systems,  Inc.,  Electronic	Arts,  and
       those companies probably neither know nor care about Exult. Don't go bugging them if you have problems. Bug the Exult Team instead.

BUGS

       There are always bugs. Please report them at:

       http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=2335
	      (be sure to mention information about your operating system, and which version of exult you are running)

AUTHOR

       The Exult Team

								   July 22, 2003							  exult(6)

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textpack(1)						      General Commands Manual						       textpack(1)

NAME

       textpack - Pack and unpack Flex files containing text

SYNOPSIS

       textpack -c FLEXFILE [TEXTFILE]

       textpack -x FLEXFILE [TEXTFILE]

DESCRIPTION

       Text  Flex files are used for the storage of strings by the games Exult supports. While expack(1) can operate on such files, using textpack
       to pack and unpack them is more comfortable.

       The first parameter determines the mode of operation, -c stands for creation, -x for extraction.

   Creation
       TEXTFILE (or stdin if it is missing) is read and must conform to the file format (see below).  FLEXFILE	will  be  created  containing  the
       strings from this input.

   Extraction
       The strings contained in FLEXFILE are extracted and written to TEXTFILE (if given, stdout otherwise) in the file format documented below.

   File Format
       Empty lines, and lines starting with a pound sign (#) are ignored. Other lines must begin with a number, followed by a colon (:).  The num-
       ber is the index of the string and may be given either in decimal, in octal prefixed with 0; or in hexadecimal prefixed with 0x.   Anything
       following the colon belongs to the string and gets stored in the Flex verbatim. Lines are limited in length to 1024 characters.

EXAMPLES

       textpack -x text.flx
	      Writes all the strings contained in text.flx to stdout in the format discussed above.

       textpack -c text.flx strings.list
	      Reads strings.list and puts its contents into the Flex file text.flx

   Example text file
       # An example
       0:the zeroth string
       # strings may be empty
       1:
       # holes are allowed, strings 2 to 16 will be empty
       17:string seventeen
       # 13 hexadecimal == 19 decimal, 24 octal == 20 decimal
       0x13:nineteen
       024:twenty
       # numbers need not go up
       18:eighteen
       # this will overwrite the definition from above
       19:overwritten

AUTHOR

       This manpage was written by Robert Bihlmeyer. It may be freely redistributed and modified under the terms of the GNU General Public License
       version 2 or higher.

SEE ALSO

       expack(1), exult(6)

Exult								    2002-03-24							       textpack(1)
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