.\" SuperTuxKart -- 3D GoKart racing game

.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Steve Baker, Daniel Kobras

.\" Copyright (c) 2006 The SuperTuxKart Team (See AUTHORS file)

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.\" This manual page was written especially for Debian Linux. It is based

.\" on information available from tuxkart's website at

.\" http://tuxkart.sourceforge.net

.\"

.TH SUPERTUXKART 6 "November 15, 2001"

.SH NAME

SuperTuxKart \- 3D GoKart racing game

.SH SYNOPSIS

.B supertuxkart

.SH DESCRIPTION

\fBsupertuxkart\fP is an arcade-style game where driving faster than your

opponents will do the trick. You're taking the role of Tux, the Linux mascot,

steering its go-kart around various courses, racing against computer-controlled

vehicles.

.PP

The main window that opens on startup provides a menu to select the racemode,

track to race on, the number of laps to go, etc. In the race, you can either

use a joystick, or the keyboard for steering.

.PP

During the race, several goodies can make your life easier while other gadgets

shall give you a really tough ride. Go for the arrow shaped red and black

zipper patches on the track, as they boost your cart onwards. The question mark

cubes hide some nice powerups. Beware of the big spinning banana's though, they

are yucky and slow you down. The herring coins on the other hand make for a

fine appetizer. Eat enough of them, and the next question mark cube might yield

not only one, but up to five powerups at once. Note that bad things happen at

once, while the good things (well, good for you...) need to be activated.

Here's the list of available extras:

.PP

.TP

.B Goodies

.TP

.I Missiles

Unguided but fast. If they hit anything, they explode impressively. The effect

on a cart is to stop it dead, so it has to accelerate again.

.TP

.I Homing missiles

Slower than the regular kind, but they track the nearest kart and are quite

hard to shake off.

.TP

.I Fuzzy blobs

Even slower still - a kart can outrun them quite easily. They ricochet off the

sides of the track and only explode when they hit a cart.

.TP

.I Magnets

If you activate a magnet then it hangs around for about 15 seconds. If anyone

comes within about 20 meters, you'll be pulled towards them and end up glued to

their tail until the magnet 'expires'. Great for catching up with someone -

hopeless for passing them.

.TP

.I Portable Zippers

These are just like the zipper patches on the track itself. They give you 

sudden acceleration and temporarily increase the top speed of your cart.

.TP

.B Badies

.TP

.I Parachute

This pops out the back of your cart and slows you down a little for a few

seconds only. Enough to drop you back one place if it's a close race though.

.TP

.I Anvil

Gets dragged behind your cart on a rope for an even shorter amount of time than

the parachute, but the drag effect is much stronger. Your cart hardly moves at

all.

.PP

.SH CONTROLS

.TP

.B \fRJoystick\fB Left/Right \fRor Key\fB Left/Right

Steer.

.TP

.B \fRJoystick\fB Button 1 \fRor Key\fB Up

Accelerate.

.TP

.B \fRJoystick\fB Button 2 \fRor Key\fB Down

Brake.

.TP

.B \fRJoystick\fB Button 3 \fRor Key\fB f

Use a special item (if you've collected one).

.TP

.B \fRJoystick\fB Button 4 \fRor Key\fB d

Ask to be rescued by Tinytux.

.TP

.B \fRJoystick\fB Button 5 \fRor Key\fB a

Pop a wheelie--makes you go really fast, but you'll be unable to steer.

.TP

.B \fRKey\fB Esc

Pop up or hide the menu.

.PP

.SH KNOWN BUGS

.PP

No drive-with-the-mouse support.

.PP

Slow performance on CPUs less than ~450MHz.

.PP

If you (or one of the computer players) goes off the edge of the

track, or calls for rescue then Tinytux doesn't always manage to

put you back onto the track correctly. If this happens, you may

need to goto the menu to restart the race.

.PP

Sometimes you can be pushed through a solid object if you are hit

by another player when in contact with the surface.

.PP

.SH ENVIRONMENT

.TP

.B MESA_GLX_FX

If this environment variable is set, the game's resolution

will switch from the default 640x480 to 320x240. This is mostly of interest

if you have a Voodoo-1/2 graphics card and usually set this variable to

fullscreen.

.TP

.B TUXKART_DATADIR

Path to the location of game data. Usually you don't have to mess with this

variable.

.TP

.B TUXKART_TRACKLIST

Path to the location of track data. Usually you don't have to mess with this

variable.

.PP

.SH AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Daniel Kobras <kobras@debian.org>,

for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). It was updated

for supertuxkart by Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede@hhs.nl> for the Fedora

GNU/Linux distribution.