.TH 0AD "6" "Sep 24 2022" "0ad 0.0.26 Zhuangzi" "User Commands"

.SH NAME

0ad \- manual page for 0ad 0.0.26 Zhuangzi

.SH SYNOPSIS

.B 0ad

[\fIoptions\fR]

.SH DESCRIPTION

0 A.D. (pronounced "zero ey-dee") is a free, open-source, cross-platform

real-time strategy (RTS) game of ancient warfare. In short, it is a

historically-based war/economy game that allows players to relive or rewrite

the history of Western civilizations, focusing on the years between 500 B.C.

and 500 A.D. The project is highly ambitious, involving state-of-the-art 3D

graphics, detailed artwork, sound, and a flexible and powerful custom-built

game engine.

The game has been in development by Wildfire Games (WFG), a group of volunteer,

hobbyist game developers, since 2001.

.PP

Basic gameplay:

.TP

\fB\-autostart\fR=...

load a map instead of showing main menu (see below)

.TP

\fB\-editor\fR

launch the Atlas scenario editor

.TP

\fB\-mod\fR=\fINAME\fR

start the game using \fINAME\fR mod

.TP

\fB\-quickstart\fR

load faster (disables audio and some system info logging)

.PP

Autostart:

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\fB\-autostart\fR="\fITYPEDIR\fR/\fIMAPNAME\fR"

enables autostart and sets \fIMAPNAME\fR; \fITYPEDIR\fR is \fIskirmishes\fR,

\fIscenarios\fR, or \fIrandom\fR

.TP

\fB\-autostart-seed\fR=\fISEED\fR:\fIAI\fR

sets randomozation seed value (default 0, use -1 for random)

.TP

\fB\-autostart-ai\fR=\fIPLAYER\fR:\fIAI\fR

sets the \fIAI\fR for \fIPLAYER\fR (e.g. 2:petra)

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\fB\-autostart-aidiff\fR=\fIPLAYER\fR:\fIDIFF\fR

sets the \fIDIFF\fRiculty of \fIPLAYER\fR's \fIAI\fR (0: sandbox, 5: very hard)

.TP

\fB\-autostart-aiseed\fR=\fIAISEED\fR

sets the seed used for the \fIAI\fR random generator (default 0, use -1 for

random)

.TP

\fB\-autostart-civ\fR=\fIPLAYER\fR:\fICIV\fR

sets \fIPLAYER\fR's civilisation to \fICIV\fR (skirmish and random maps only)

.TP

\fB\-autostart-team\fR=\fIPLAYER\fR:\fITEAM\fR

sets the team for \fIPLAYER\fR (e.g. 2:2).

.TP

\fB\-autostart-ceasefire\fR=\fINUM\fR

sets a ceasefire duration \fINUM\fR (default 0 minutes)

.TP

\fB\-autostart-nonvisual\fR

disable any graphics and sounds

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\fB\-autostart-victory\fR=\fISCRIPTNAME\fR

sets the victory conditions with \fISCRIPTNAME\fR located in

simulation/data/settings/victory_conditions/ (default conquest). When the

first given \fISCRIPTNAME\fR is "endless", no victory conditions will apply.

.TP

\fB\-autostart-wonderduration\fR=\fINUM\fR

sets the victory duration \fINUM\fR for wonder victory condition (default

10 minutes)

.TP

\fB\-autostart-relicduration\fR=\fINUM\fR

sets the victory duration \fINUM\fR for relic victory condition (default

10 minutes)

.TP

\fB\-autostart-reliccount\fR=\fINUM\fR

sets the number of relics for relic victory condition (default 2 relics)

.TP

\fB\-autostart-disable-replay\fR

disable saving of replays

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Multiplayer:

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\fB\-autostart-playername\fR=\fINAME\fR

sets local player \fINAME\fR (default 'anonymous')

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\fB\-autostart-host\fR

sets multiplayer host mode

.TP

\fB\-autostart-host-players\fR=\fINUMBER\fR

sets \fINUMBER\fR of human players for multiplayer games (default 2)

.TP

\fB\-autostart-client\fR=\fIIP\fR

sets multiplayer client to join host host at given \fIIP\fR address

.PP

Random maps only:

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\fB\-autostart-size\fR=\fITILES\fR

sets random map size in \fITILES\fR (default 192)

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\fB\-autostart-players\fR=\fINUMBER\fI

sets \fINUMBER\fR of players on random map (default 2)

.PP

RL client:

.TP

\fB\-rl-interface\fR

Run the RL interface (see source/tools/rlclient)

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Configuration:

.TP

\fB\-conf\fR=\fIKEY\fR:\fIVALUE\fR

set a config value

.TP

\fB\-nosound\fR

disable audio

.TP

\fB-noUserMod\fR

disable loading of the user mod

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\fB\-shadows\fR

enable shadows

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\fB\-vsync\fR

enable VSync, i.e. lock FPS to monitor refresh rate

.TP

\fB\-xres\fR=\fIN\fR

set screen \fIX\fR resolution to '\fIN\fR'

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\fB\-yres\fR=\fIN\fR

set screen \fIY\fR resolution to '\fIN\fR'

.PP

Installing modes:

\fBPATHS\fR

install mods located at \fIPATHS\fR. For instance:

"./pyrogenesis mod1.pyromod mod2.zip"

.PP

Advanced / diagnostic:

.TP

\fB\-version\fR

print the version of the engine and exit

.TP

\fB\-dumpSchema\fR

creates a file \fIentity.rng\fR in the working directory, containing

complete entity XML schema, used by various analysis tools

.TP

\fB\-entgraph\fR

(disabled)

.TP

\fB\-listfiles\fR

(disabled)

.TP

\fB\-profile\fR=\fINAME\fR

(disabled)

.TP

\fB\-replay\fR=\fIPATH\fR

non-visual replay of a previous game, used for analysis purposes

\fIPATH\fR is system path to \fIcommands.txt\fR containing simulation log

.TP

.TP

\fB\-replay-visual\fR=\fIPATH\fR

visual replay of a previous game, used for analysis purposes

\fIPATH\fR is system path to \fIcommands.txt\fR containing simulation log

.TP

\fB\-writableRoot\fR

store runtime game data in root data directory

(only use if you have write permissions on that directory)

.TP

\fB\-ooslog\fR

dumps simulation state in binary and ASCII representations each turn,

files created in sim_log within the game's log folder. \fBNOTE\fR: game will

run much slower with this option!

.TP

\fB-serializationtest\fR

checks simulation state each turn for serialization errors; on test

failure, error is displayed and logs created in oos_log within the

game's log folder. \fBNOTE\fR: game will run much slower with this option!

.TP

\fB\-rejointest\fR=\fIN\fR

simulates a rejoin and checks simulation state each turn for serialization

errors; this is similar to a serialization test but much faster and

less complete. It should be enough for debugging most rejoin OOSes.

.TP

\fB\-unique-logs\fR

adds unix timestamp and process id to the filename of mainlog.html,

interestinglog.html and oos_dump.txt to prevent these files from becoming

overwritten by another pyrogenesis process.

.TP

\fB\-hashtest-full\fR=\fIX\fR

whether to enable computation of full hashes in replaymode (default true).

Can be disabled to improve performance.

.TP

\fB\-hashtest-quick\fR=\fIX\fR

whether to enable computation of quick hashes in replaymode (default false).

Can be enabled for debugging purposes.

.PP

Archive builder:

.TP

\fB\-archivebuild\fR=\fIPATH\fR

system \fIPATH\fR of the base directory containing mod data to be

archived/precached specify all mods it depends on with \fB-mod\fR=\fINAME\fR

.TP

\fB\-archivebuild-output\fR=\fIPATH\fR

system \fIPATH\fR to output of the resulting .zip archive (use with

archivebuild)

.TP

\fB\-archivebuild-compress\fR

enable deflate compression in the .zip

(no zip compression by default since it hurts compression of release packages)

.SH "EXAMPLES"

.TP

\fB1)\fR "Bob" will host a 2 player game on the Arcadia map:

.nf

-autostart="scenarios/Arcadia 02" -autostart-host -autostart-host-players=2 -autostart-playername="Bob"

.fi

"Alice" joins the match as player 2:

.nf

-autostart="scenarios/Arcadia" -autostart-client=127.0.0.1 -autostart-playername="Alice"

.fi

The players use the developer overlay to control players.

.TP

\fB2)\fR Load Alpine Lakes random map with random seed, 2 players (Athens

and Britons), and player 2 is PetraBot:

.nf

-autostart="random/alpine_lakes" -autostart-seed=-1 -autostart-players=2 -autostart-civ=1:athen -autostart-civ=2:brit -autostart-ai=2:petra

.fi

.TP

\fB3)\fR Observe the PetraBot on a triggerscript map:

.nf

 -autostart="random/jebel_barkal" -autostart-seed=-1 -autostart-players=2 -autostart-civ=1:athen -autostart-civ=2:brit -autostart-ai=1:petra -autostart-ai=2:petra -autostart-player=-1

.fi

.SH "REPORTING BUGS"

Bugs should be reported on Trac. For information on reporting problems

and finding logs, see http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/ReportingErrors

.SH COPYRIGHT

0 A.D. is released as open source: you can freely use, copy, modify and

distribute the game's source code and data files, as long as you include

attribution to Wildfire Games and let anyone freely modify and distribute any

of your own modifications to the game's files.