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#summary Full list of command line switches for hedgewars, hwengine and server
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#labels Documentation,Engine,Frontend
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*Table of Contents*
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<wiki:toc max_depth="2" />
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= Engine =
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It is possible to start a replay or save file directly from the terminal issuing the standalone {{{hwengine}}} utility with very simple syntax. 
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== Standard Use ==
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{{{$ hwengine [options] <path to replay file>}}}
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By default hwengine will look in the current folder for game assets, if you wish to use another directory you should set the --prefix and --user-prefix option. See below for even more commands.
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The replay file can be stored anywhere. Note that, as always, engine can only load replay files generated from the same Hedgewars version.
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== Advanced Use ==
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It is possible to specify almost any settings by adding additional arguments:
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  * {{{--prefix [path to Hedgewars data folder]}}} - Sets the path to the system game data folder
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  * {{{--user-prefix [path to custom Hedgewars folder]}}} - Sets the path to the custom data folder to find game content
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  * {{{--locale [language file]}}} - Sets the game language (en.txt for sample)
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  * {{{--nick [string]}}} - Represents the user nickname
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  * {{{--width [size]}}} - Starts the game with the given width (in pixels)
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  * {{{--height [size]}}} - Starts the game with the given height (in pixels)
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  * {{{--volume [level]}}} - Sets the volume level, possible values range from 0-100 (negative is muted)
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  * {{{--nomusic}}} - Disables music
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  * {{{--nosound}}} - Disables sound effects
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  * {{{--fullscreen}}} - Starts game in fullscreen
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  * {{{--showfps}}} - Shows a fps counter in the top right
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  * {{{--altdmg}}} - Uses an alternative damage indicator
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  * {{{--low-quality}}} - Lowers the game quality
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  * {{{--stereo [type]}}} - Sets stereoscopic rendering type (1 to 14)
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  * {{{--help}}} - Shows this list of command line options
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=== More Advanced use ===
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Generally you don't need to set these options but here they are for full documentation:
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  * {{{--frame-interval [interval]}}} - Sets minimum interval (in ms) between each frame. Eg, 40 would make the game run at most 25 fps
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  * {{{--raw-quality [flags]}}} - (For advanced users only). Manually specifies the reduced quality flags, see below. 
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  * {{{--stats-only}}} - Outputs the round information without launching the game, useful for statistics only
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  * {{{--fullscreen-width [size]}}} - Starts the game with the given width (in pixels) when fullscreen
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  * {{{--fullscreen-height [size]}}} - Starts the game with the given height (in pixels) when fullscreen
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Note: any modification to the command line arguments should be reflected in the autostart .desktop file, game.cpp, GameInterfaceBridge.m.
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--prefix location is usually hardcoded at compile time, but should you changed the installation directory, then you can use this flag to override it; alternatively you can just specify --user-prefix.
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Personal game data is by default contained in the following directory:
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  * _Windows_: {{{%USERPROFILE%\Hedgewars}}}
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  * _Linux_: {{{~/.hedgewars}}}
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  * _Mac OS X_: {{{~/Library/Application Support/Hedgewars}}}
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--raw-quality value is determined by combining the values of the flags you wish to enable. Up to date variables (in hex) are online. [http://code.google.com/p/hedgewars/source/browse/hedgewars/uConsts.pas#62 uConsts.pas]
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  * {{{qLowRes        = 1}}}
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  * {{{rqBlurryLand   = 2}}}
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  * {{{rqNoBackground = 4}}}
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  * {{{rqSimpleRope   = 8}}}
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  * {{{rq2DWater      = 16}}}
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  * {{{rqAntiBoom     = 32}}}
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  * {{{rqKillFlakes   = 64}}}
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  * {{{rqSlowMenu     = 128}}}
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  * {{{rqPlainSplash  = 256}}}
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  * {{{rqClampLess    = 512}}}
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  * {{{rqTooltipsOff  = 1024}}}
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  * {{{rqDesyncVBlank = 2048}}}
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Eg: to have blurry land and simple rope, you would use the number 10 (2+8)
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There are some internal commands, such as --internal, --port [int], that are not meant for command line usage.
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If you want to get your hands dirty and see how the engine interprets commands, you can check out the source code.
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[http://code.google.com/p/hedgewars/source/browse/hedgewars/ArgParsers.inc ArgParsers.inc]
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= Frontend =
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There are two options that enable to load the data directory and the configuration directory in non standard locations.
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  * {{{--data-dir=[path containing 'hedgewars/Data']}}}
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  * {{{--config-dir=[path containing 'Demos' 'Saves' etc.]}}}
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You can set up both on the command line. The program exits if either one of the folders is not correct; quotes are optional, but needed if your path contains spaces.
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_Example_ 
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$ /usr/bin/hedgewars --data-dir="/opt/local/share/" --config-dir=".hedgewars/tesing config/"
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}}}
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= Server =
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Server can be configured to run on non standard port or to run as separate process.
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  * {{{--port=PORT}}} - Server listens on PORT (-p)
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  * {{{--dedicated=BOOL}}} - Spawn a separate process (-d)