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.\"                                      Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*-
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.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
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.Dd Jul 20, 2008
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.Dt OPENTTD 6
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm openttd
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.Nd An open source clone of the Microprose game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe"
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl Defhix
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.Op Fl G Ar seed
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.Op Fl b Ar blitter
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.Op Fl d Ar [level | cat=lvl[, ...]]
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.Op Fl c Ar config_file
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.Op Fl g Ar [savegame]
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.Op Fl l Ar host[:port]
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.Op Fl n Ar host[:port][#player]
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.Op Fl r Ar widthxheight
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.Op Fl t Ar date
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.Op Fl m Ar driver
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.Op Fl s Ar driver
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.Op Fl v Ar driver
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.Op Fl b Ar blitter
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.Sh OPTIONS
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.Bl -tag -width ".Fl n Ar host[:port][#player]"
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.It Fl D Ar [host][:port]
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Start a dedicated server
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.It Fl G Ar seed
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Seed the pseudo random number generator
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.It Fl b Ar blitter
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Set the blitter, see
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.Fl h
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.It Fl c Ar config_file
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Use 'config_file' instead of 'openttd.cfg'
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.It Fl d Ar [level]
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Set debug verbosity for all categories to
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.Ar level
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or 1 if omitted
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.It Fl d Ar cat=level[, ...]
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Set debug verbosity for a specific category
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.It Fl e
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Start in world editor mode
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.It Fl f
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Fork into background (dedicated only, see
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.Fl D )
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.It Fl g Ar [savegame]
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Load
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.Ar savegame
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at start or start a new game if omitted
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.It Fl h
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Display a summary of all options and available drivers
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.It Fl i
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Force to use the DOS palette (use this if you see a lot of magenta)
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.It Fl l Ar host[:port]
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Redirect DEBUG(), See
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.Fl D
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.It Fl m Ar driver
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Set the music driver, see
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.It Fl n Ar host[:port][#player]
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Join a network game, optionally specify player to play as and port to connect to
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.It Fl r Ar widthxheight
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Set the resolution
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.It Fl s Ar driver
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Set the sound driver, see
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.Fl h
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.It Fl t Ar date
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Set the starting date
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.It Fl v Ar driver
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Set the video driver, see
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.Fl h
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.It Fl x
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Do not automatically save to config file on exit
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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http://wiki.openttd.org/, http://www.openttd.org
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.Sh HISTORY
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Transport Tycoon Deluxe was written by Chris Sawyer and published by Microprose.
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.Nm
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is a free reimplementation.