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<meta name="date" content="2008-09-03T17:19:25+01:00">
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<meta name="author" content="Manuel Moos">
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<title>Armagetron Advanced: Documentation</title>
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<meta name="description" content="Armagetron Advanced: Documentation">
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<table width="90%" align=center>
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<td align=center width="15%">
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<a href="index.html" target="_top">First Start</a>
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<a href="install_linux.html" target="_top"> Installation</a>
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<a href="network.html" target="_top">Network Play</a>
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<strong>Configuration</strong>
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<a href="faq.html" target="_top">FAQ</a>
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<a href="compile.html" target="_top">Redistribution</a>
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<a name=><h1 align=center>Configuration</h1></a>
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All the normal user settings of Armagetron Advanced are configurable in
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the menu system. Since it is quite easy to get lost, here is a
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(not always up-to-date) map of all submenus (the menu items have
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an auto help display below if you don't touch any keys for some seconds,
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so to let you keep the overview here, I omit the simple items):
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<a name=><h4 align=left>Main Menu</h4></a>
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<li><strong>Game</strong> (start and setup a game)</li>
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<li><strong>Local Game</strong> (Starts a local game)</li>
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<li><strong>Network Game</strong> (Connects to or creates a network game)</li>
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<li><strong>Game Setup</strong> (Sets your favourite single player game mode: number of AI opponents)</li>
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<li><strong>Player Setup</strong> (Player customisation: keyboard input, camera setup, multiplayer
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mode on one computer)</li>
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<li><strong>Player 1-4</strong> (the settings for this player)</li>
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<li><strong>Input Configuration</strong> (keyboard and mouse setup)</li>
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<li><strong>Camera Input Configuration</strong> (keyboard and mouse setup for camera controls)</li>
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<li><strong>Camera Setup</strong> (camera mode options)</li>
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<li><strong>Instant Chat</strong> (things you can say with one keystroke)</li>
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<li><strong>Assign Viewports To Players</strong> (which player sees himself on which part of
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<li><strong>System Setup</strong> (Configure sound)</li>
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<li><strong>Display Settings</strong> (screen resolution and graphic details/preferences)</li>
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<li><strong>Screen Mode</strong> (resolution and windowed/fullscreen selection)</li>
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<li><strong>Preferences</strong> (things that depend more on your personal taste)</li>
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<li><strong>Detail Settings</strong> (things that affect visual quality and depend on your
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system's OpenGL power)</li>
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<li><strong>Performance Tweaks</strong> (settings that increase graphics speed, but
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may not work on your system)</li>
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<li><strong>Sound Settings</strong> (sound quality)</li>
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<li><strong>Misc Stuff</strong> (things that did not fit anywhere else: Moviepack, console text
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output, menu wrap option and global keyboard configuration)</li>
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<li><strong>Global Keyboard Configuration</strong> (keyboard setup for player-independent functions (console, scores))</li>
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<li><strong>Language settings</strong> (Choose the language of Armagetron Advanced here)</li>
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<a name=new><a name=><h3 align=left>Game Rule Settings</h3></a></a>
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Some of the maybe less obvious game settings in "Game Setup" available since version 0.2 are explained here:
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<li>The AIs come in various intelligence grades. Select it in the "AI IQ" menu item.</li>
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<li>Explosions can blow away walls. Select in "Blast Radius" how much destruction they bring.</li>
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<li>Cycle walls can be of finite length (a la snake). Choose in "Wall Length" how long they should be.</li>
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<li>The delay between the a cycle explosion and the disappearing of its wall can be configured in "Wall Delay".</li>
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<li>Arena size and overall game speed can be adjusted in "Arena Size" and "Speed". Note that the setting here is logarithmic; that
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means that by increasing the value by 2, you double the arena size/game speed. by increasing the value by 6, you multiply the size/speed by a factor of 8.</li>
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Only important for multiplayer games:
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<li>Limits on the number of teams and the number of players per team can be set in the "Min/Max teams/players per team" settings.</li>
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<li>You can control team ballance with the "Max imbalance" and "Ballance with AIs" settings.</li>
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<a name=recording><h2 align=left>Debug Recording</h2></a>
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Armagetron Advanced supports recording whole program sessions for debugging and performance tuning.
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<a name=><h3 align=left>Usage</h3></a>
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To record a program session, use the command line parameter <code>--record <filename></code>;
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this will store the recording in the file <code><filename></code> in the current directory.
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A suggested file extension would be <code>.rec</code>.
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To playback a recording, use the command line parameter <code>--playback <filename></code>.
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If you want to skip ahead to the interesting part,
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you can do so by giving the additional parameter <code>--fastforward <time></code>.
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While playing back a client session, the current time will always be
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displayed in the upper right corner of the screen.
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During playback, input from the keyboard is not disabled.
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You can use it safely for nonessential input,
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like controlling the camera or toggling the score display.
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However, issuing cycle turn commands is likely to break the playback.
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It is possible to combine both playback and recording arguments on the command line;
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this gives you rudimentary recording editing possibilities.
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The command line switch <code>--benchmark</code> plays the recording
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back frame by frame as it was recorded and give performance statistics at the end of the run.
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Without this option, the playback will try to match the real speed.
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On MS Windows, to give the Armagetron Advanced command line arguments, open up a command console (aka dos box)
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and type (if you have installed Armagetron Advanced into E:\Program Files\armagetronad-dedicated):
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cd E:\Program Files\armagetronad-dedicated
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./armagetronad-dedicated <command line arguments>
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But you don't have to go through that hassle; there are three start menu entries that record
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to a file on your desktop and play it back normally or in benchmarking mode.
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<a name=><h3 align=left>Background</h3></a>
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Recording works by storing all external input
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(keypresses, time measurements, file reads and network traffic)
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in a file and feeding the stored input to the program on playback.
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Due to the purpose and the implementation, there are limitations:
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It is unlikely that a recording done with one version will play back on another version.
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It often happens that even with the same version, different builds
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(Windows vs. Linux, different GCC versions used to compile, PC vs. Mac, Debug vs. Optimized)
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produce incompatible playbacks because of subtle
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differences in the way numbers are treated by different processors,
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compilers and operating systems.
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<a name=><h3 align=left>Protect Your Passwords</h3></a>
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Since all network traffic is logged and the ingame admin password is currently sent unencrypred,
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it is not a good idea to publish server recordings where you or anyone else logs in as admin.
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The same holds for a client session recording where you log in anywhere; remember that all your
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keypresses are recorded without exception.
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<a name=><h3 align=left>Primary Use: Bug Reports</h3></a>
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Sometimes, when you report a bug, the team may ask you do send a recording of
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It is then most useful if you do your recording while you have
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VSYNC enabled in your video driver settings
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(so your framerate and the rate of recording is limited by your video refresh,
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which makes the recording smaller and faster to fast forward through) and spark rendering disabled.
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Please try to make the bug happen as soon as possible.
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Because of the limitations of the recordings, we'll also
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need to know the exact version and build you are using.
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A screenshot or even a series of screenshots edited by you that show us what you think is
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wrong also helps greatly;
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if you make them while playing back your recording,
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we have the added benefit that we see the timestamp and know where to fast forward to.
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<a name=><h3 align=left>Secondary Use: Demo Recording</h3></a>
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If you want to use a recording to show off,
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it is best to do record it on the client in a network
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session even if you just want to demonstrate your superior AI killing ability.
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This increases the chances for compatibility greatly because all game physics decisions are
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made on the server and stored in the recording in the form of the network traffic.
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Keep the limitations in mind, though;
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it is not a bug if this recording does not play back
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on anything but your own machine and the exact version it was recorded with.
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<a name=files><h2 align=left>Advanced Configuration</h2></a>
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Take a look at the files
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<strong>settings.cfg</strong> and <strong>settings_dedicated.cfg</strong> for the dedicated server
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(best save all your changes to
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<strong>autoexec.cfg</strong> if you don't want the next
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release of Armagetron Advanced to overwrite them). They contain a lot of settings
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inaccessible from the menu system. All relevant settings are synced from the
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server to the connected clients.
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You can place comments preceeded by <code>#</CODE> anywhere in these files.
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The settings that affect only the visual appearance (<code>FLOOR_*</code> ...)
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are not transferred; It stays a matter of taste if you want the floor
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<a name=><h3 align=left>Game Physics</h3></a>
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<a name=><h4 align=left>Speed</h4></a>
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The game is too slow for you? Then
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play a bit with <code>CYCLE_SPEED</code> and all the other
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nice variables and see what happens.
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Not all possible setting items are included in these files, you can add everything
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you find in <a href="commands.html" target=_top>this unsorted document</a>.
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The base acceleration in an open field is <pre>(CYCLE_SPEED-current speed) * f</pre>
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<code>CYCLE_SPEED_DECAY_BELOW</code> if the current speed is smaller than <code>CYCLE_SPEED</code> resp.
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<code>CYCLE_SPEED_DECAY_ABOVE</code> if it is bigger. The effect is that the cycle's speed will
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approach <code>CYCLE_SPEED</code> over time. The bigger the constants, the faster the approach.
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The acceleration caused by the wall at distance <code>D</code> is
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<pre>acceleration=CYCLE_ACCEL * F(D)</pre>
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F(D) = 1 / (CYCLE_ACCEL_OFFSET + D)
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- 1 / (CYCLE_ACCEL_OFFSET + CYCLE_WALL_NEAR)
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if the wall is closer than <code>CYCLE_WALL_NEAR</code>.
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the stuff in the second
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line just makes sure that the acceleration is 0 if
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<code>D=CYCLE_WALL_NEAR</code>, so there are no "jumps".
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Depending on the nature of the wall (whether it belongs to you, your teammate,
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your enemy or is the arena rim), the acceleration gets multiplied with
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<code>CYCLE_ACCEL_SELF</code>, <code>_TEAM</code> resp. <code>_ENEMY</code> or <code>_RIM</code>. If your cycle
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is stuck between one of your walls and a wall of any other type, your total
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acceleration by walls gets multiplied by <code>CYCLE_ACCEL_SLINGSHOT</code>. If you drive
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between two walls that are not your own, your acceleration gets multiplied with
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<code>CYCLE_ACCEL_TUNNEL</code>.
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Furthermore, to make the overall speed feeling configurable without disturbing the
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tuning of the values with respect to each other, <code>CYCLE_SPEED</code> and <code>CYCLE_ACCEL</code>
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are multiplied by exp(<code>SPEED_FACTOR</code>*ln(2)/2), where <code>SPEED_FACTOR</code> is the
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value accessible as "Game Speed" in the game settings menu.
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On single player games on a dedicated server, the value of <code>SP_SPEED_FACTOR</code>
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<a name=><h4 align=left>Turning</h4></a>
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Cycles are not allowed to make arbitrarily fast turns; mostly, this is to take away
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the advantage the AI opponents would have over you, and to avoid flooding a server
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with fast turn commands. The minimum time between turns is determined by <code>CYCLE_DELAY</code>.
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It may be desirable to modify the minimum time between turns based on the cycle's speed;
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that's what the setting <code>CYCLE_DELAY_TIMEBASED</code> does. If it is at the default value
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of 1, the cycle delay works as described in the above paragraph. If it is increased,
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the time between turns gets longer the faster you go, if it is decreased, the time between
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turns gets shorter the faster you go. At 0, two fast consecutive turns will approximately
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have the same distance from each other.
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At every turn, your cycle loses a bit of speed; how much is determined by
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<code>CYCLE_TURN_SPEED_FACTOR</code>. At every turn, your speed gets multiplied with this value.
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Set it to 1 to disable the turn slowdown.
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When you turn away from a wall, your cycle can get an instant speed boost or speed drain
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from it. The formula for your speed after the break is
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<pre>speed_after=speed_before + (F(D)/F(0)) * ( CYCLE_BOOST_? + ( CYCLE_BOOSTFACTOR_? - 1 ) * speed_before )
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</pre>where ? is, as for the different acceleration effects of walls, either SELF, TEAM, ENEMY or
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RIM for your own walls, teammates' walls, enemy walls or rim walls that you break away from, and
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F(D) is the same function that is used in the wall acceleration formula.</p>
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In words: If you break away from a wall after grinding it really hard, your speed gets multiplied
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with CYCLE_BOOSTFACTOR_?, then CYCLE_BOOST_? is added. If you're not really close, the boost
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is scaled down with the same profile as the continuous wall acceleration.</p>
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<a name=><h4 align=left>Rubber</h4></a>
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The <code>CYCLE_RUBBER</code> setting is a niceness thing, especially useful
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in an internet game where player prediction is poor: if you
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hit a wall, you are not directly deleted; you are stopped for a
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short time and your supply of "rubber" is decreased. If you manage
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to turn fast enough, you won't die. Rubber has three aspects: how close
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you can get to walls, how fast you do so, and how long long you survive.</p>
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How close you can get to a wall is determined by the <code>CYCLE_RUBBER_MINDISTANCE</code>
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family of settings. All contributions are summed up. The basic one is
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<code>CYCLE_RUBBER_MINDISTANCE</code> itself: you won't be able to get closer to a wall
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than that. <code>CYCLE_RUBBER_MINDISTANCE_RATIO</code> is there to avoid trouble with inexact
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internal calculations: The lenght of the wall in front of you is multiplied by
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this value, then added to the effect of <code>CYCLE_RUBBER_MINDISTANCE</code>. The next
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two contributions influence gameplay: <code>CYCLE_RUBBER_MINDISTANCE_RESERVOIR</code> gets
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multiplied with the rubber you have left to burn. If your rubber meter
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shows no rubber used, the effect is in full force; if your rubber meter is almost full,
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there is virtually no effect. <code>CYCLE_RUBBER_MINDISTANCE_RESERVOIR</code> makes grinds
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where you use up all your rubber deeper. <code>CYCLE_RUBBER_MINDISTANCE_UNPREPARED</code> gets
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added if your last turn was only a short time ago; if you turn right into a wall, it is
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at full effect; if your last turn was more than <code>CYCLE_RUBBER_MINDISTANCE_PREPARATION</code>
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seconds ago, the effect gets weakened approximately inversely proportional to the time
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All these <code>MINDISTANCE</code> settings get overridden if your last turn was already very close
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to a wall (like the maneuvers known as 180s and adjusts), your cycle is allowed to
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get closer to the wall by the factor <code>CYCLE_RUBBER_MINADJUST</code> before they kick in.
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How fast you are allowed to approach a wall is determined by <code>CYCLE_RUBBER_SPEED</code>.
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It's a logarithmic speed; you will be able to make half the distance to a wall
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in no less than T=ln(2)/<code>CYCLE_RUBBER_SPEED</code> seconds, make the next quarter
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in another T seconds, and so on; you never reach the wall completely.
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Rubber usage gets activated only if your current speed is larger than the speed determined
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by this (<distance_to_wall>*<code>CYCLE_RUBBER_SPEED</code>) at every moment).
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On 0.2.7.0 and earlier, the corresponding code was dependant on your framerate;
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the new code behaves approximately like the old code at <code>CYCLE_RUBBER_SPEED</code>/ln(2) fps.
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The main variable that determines how long you survive is
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<code>CYCLE_RUBBER</code>. In network games, your ping (in seconds) is multiplied by
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<code>CYCLE_PING_RUBBER</code> and added on top of that. How much rubber is used
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is based on the distance you would have covered had the rubber not stopped
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you or slowed you down. If you use up all your rubber, it loses its effect
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and usually you die. Your reservoir gets refilled slowly over a timescale
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determined by <code>CYCLE_RUBBER_TIME</code> (defaults to 10 seconds).
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Since rubber is based on distance, it is used up faster if you go faster.
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You can change that with <code>CYCLE_RUBBER_TIMEBASED</code>; set it to 1 to base
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the rubber usage on time instead. You can also set it to 2 to make rubber
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even more effective as you go faster, or -1 to make it more ineffective
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than usual when you go fast. Intermediate values are also allowed.
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How would you call it if you drive parallel close to a wall, then turn towards it?
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I'd call it stupid. To punish this stupidity, the rubber efficency can be modified
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for a short time after each turn (so more rubber is used than usual).
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To activate this, set <code>CYCLE_RUBBER_DELAY</code>
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to a positive value. For <code>CYCLE_RUBBER_DELAY</code>*<code>CYCLE_DELAY</code> seconds after every
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turn, the rubber efficiency gets multiplied with <code>CYCLE_RUBBER_DELAY_BONUS</code>. Values
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smaller than 1 will increase rubber usage, a value of zero deactivates the rubber
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protection completely for that time.
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Summary: You're certainly confused about all these settings for such a simple feature;
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the most important ones to play with first are <code>CYCLE_RUBBER</code>, <code>CYCLE_RUBBER_SPEED</code>
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(set it to something low to feel its effect) and <code>CYCLE_RUBBER_TIME</code>. They determine
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how long you survive, how fast you grind, and how fast your rubber replenishes (in that
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order). An alternative description can be found in
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<a href="http://forums.armagetronad.net/viewtopic.php?t=1774" target=_top><strong>this forum thread</strong></a>.
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<a name=><h3 align=left>Camera Modes</h3></a>
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A special feature are the <code>CAMERA_FORBID_*</code> settings;
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example that using the free floating camera is cheating, simply
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set <code>CAMERA_FORBID_FREE</code> to 1 on your server;
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none of the clients will
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then be able to use the free camera. (Of course, it is possible
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for a modified client to cheat at this point, using the forbidden
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camera perspectives anyway.) Try a match with all but the internal
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<p align=justify>Likewise, you can override the glance settings with server defined glance
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settings with CAMERA_OVERRIDE_CUSTOM_GLANCE 1 for all cameras or just for the server defined
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custom camera with CAMERA_OVERRIDE_CUSTOM_GLANCE_SERVER_CUSTOM 1. You can forbid custom
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glancing settings alltogether with CAMERA_FORBID_CUSTOM_GLANCE 1. Note that only relatively
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new clients (0.2.8.3 or later) respect these settings.</p>
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<a name=><h3 align=left>Maps</h3></a>
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New in 0.2.8 is the possibility to select an arena to fight in. It is still a bit experimental
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(not because the arena code itself is buggy, but because the AI opponents have not been adapted),
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and to stress this, it is not yet possible to choose the map in the menu. Also, apologies
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quite strict rules server administrators need to follow (see below), we're working on automating
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some of the administrative overhead.
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To change the map, set the <code>MAP_FILE</code> variable to the path to the map. Maps are searched in the
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<a href="config.html#resource" target=_top>resource folders</a>. There are example setting lines for
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all the included maps in settings.cfg, you just have to uncomment the appropriate lines.
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If you want to override a map's number of driving directions, you can do so with <code>ARENA_AXES</code>.
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If you want to create your own map, you should read the <a href="Howto-Maps.txt" target=_top>Maps HOWTO</a>.
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<a name=><h4 align=left>Automatic downloading</h4></a>
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Maps will be automatically downloaded from the internet if they are not available locally. First,
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the URI given in the setting <code>MAP_URI</code> is tried; if that fails, the URI
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<code>RESOURCE_REPOSITORY/MAP_FILE</code> is used.
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<strong>Important for server administrators:</strong> MAP_FILE needs to follow strict rules since
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it determines the position the map will be stored under for all clients that connect to your
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server. Not following these simple guidelines will mess up your clients' automatic resource
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directory and they'll blame the development team for not providing a mechanism that
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magically puts maps into the right place (and they are right with that, but that's
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another stroy). Anyway, the guidelines: <code>MAP_FILE</code> should be of the form
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AuthorName/[SubDirectory/]ResourceName-VersionNumber.aamap.xml, and usually, the attributes
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of the Map tag will tell you what you should use for AuthorName, ResourceName and
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VersionNumber and, if the author chooses to be organized, the optional SubDirectory part as well.
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If the map you want to use does not give you
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enough information to uniquely derive <code>MAP_FILE</code> from it, ask the author. There is a python
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script called <code>sortresources.py</code> that automates putting the resource files into the right place.
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<p align=justify>Also, it should be noted that maps <strong>need</strong> to be versioned:
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no two files with different content and the same VersionNumber must exist. Ever. Really confused
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clients would be the result.
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<a name=console><h2 align=left>The Console</h2></a>
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All the settings you alter permanently in the .cfg-files can be
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tested temporarily if you enter them at the console. To enter a
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line to the console, you have to bind a key to it
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(in "Misc Stuff/Global Keyboard Configuration") and press it, of course.
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The line you enter will be interpreted just as if it was read from
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if you type in an incomplete
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name, you'll get a list of settings that contain that name. Just typing
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the name of a setting will print the current value.
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If you run a <a href=network.html#dedicated>dedicated server</a>,
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everything you type will be considered console input.
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<a name=><h4 align=left>Special Console Commands</h4></a>
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<code>x</code> always is a real number, <code>n</code> an integral number,
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<code>b</code> a boolean value (0=false,1=true) and <code>s</code> a string
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(all the rest of the line will be read).
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<tr><td valign=top><code>START_NEW_MATCH </code></td><td>reset the scores and start a new match in the next round</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>DEDICATED_IDLE x </code></td><td>Only used by the dedicated server: after running for x hours, the server takes the next opportunity (when no one is online) to quit.</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>QUIT or EXIT </code></td><td>shuts the server down</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>KICK s </code></td><td>Kicks player s from the server</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>CENTER_MESSAGE/CONSOLE_MESSAGE s </code></td><td>Prints a message for all connected clients at the
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center of the screen/on the console</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>SAY </code></td><td>Dedicated server only: let the server administrator say something</td></tr>
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<a name=><h4 align=left>Other Console Commands</h4></a>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>CYCLE_SPEED x </code></td><td>basic cycle speed (m/s)</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>CYCLE_START_SPEED x </code></td><td>cycle speed at startup</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>CYCLE_ACCEL x </code></td><td>acceleration multiplicator</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>CYCLE_ACCEL_OFFSET x </code></td><td>acceleration offset (higher means lower acceleration)</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>CYCLE_DELAY x </code></td><td>minimum time between turns</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>CYCLE_WALL_NEAR x </code></td><td>when is a wall near?</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>CYCLE_SOUND_SPEED x </code></td><td>sound speed divisor; the speed at which the cycle sound is played at normal speed</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>CYCLE_BRAKE x </code></td><td>brake strength</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>CYCLE_RUBBER x </code></td><td>niceness when hitting a wall</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>CYCLE_PING_RUBBER x </code></td><td>niceness when hitting a wall, influence of your ping</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>FLOOR_RED/GREEN/BLUE x </code></td><td>floor colour (without moviepack)</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>FLOOR_MIRROR_INT x </code></td><td>floor mirror intensity(if enabled)</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>GRID_SIZE x </code></td><td>distance of the grid lines</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>CAMERA_FORBID_SMART b </code></td><td>forbid smart camera</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>CAMERA_FORBID_IN b </code></td><td>forbid internal camera</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>CAMERA_FORBID_FREE b </code></td><td>forbid free camera</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>CAMERA_FORBID_FOLLOW b </code></td><td>forbid fixed external camera</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code> </code></td><td></td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>SCORE_WIN n </code></td><td>points you gain for being last one alive</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>SCORE_SUICIDE n </code></td><td>points you gain for every stupid death
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(race into the rim/your own wall); should be negative</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>SCORE_KILL n </code></td><td>points you gain for everyone racing into your wall</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>SCORE_DIE n </code></td><td>points you gain for every time you race into someone's wall (should be negative)</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code> </code></td><td></td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>LIMIT_SCORE n </code></td><td>score limit (all limits for one match)</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>LIMIT_ROUNDS n </code></td><td>maximum number of rounds to play</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>LIMIT_TIME n </code></td><td>maximum time (in minutes)</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>MESSAGE_OF_DAY_1/2/3/4 s </code></td><td>message lines sent to the clients upon connection</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code> </code></td><td></td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>COLOR_STRINGS b </code></td><td>draw strings in colour?</td></tr>
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<p align=justify><a name=sphh>Settings for single player highscore hunt on this server:</a>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>SP_SCORE_WIN n </code></td><td>points you gain for being last one alive</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>SP_LIMIT_ROUNDS n </code></td><td>max number of rounds to play</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>SP_LIMIT_TIME n </code></td><td>max time (in minutes)</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>SP_AIS n </code></td><td>number of opponents you will face</td></tr>
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<p align=justify>Ladder league constants:
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<tr><td valign=top><code>LADDER_PERCENT_BET x </code></td><td>percentage of your score to be put in the pot</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>LADDER_MIN_BET x </code></td><td>minimum credits to be put in the pot</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>LADDER_TAX x </code></td><td>percentage the IRS takes from the pot</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>LADDER_LOSE_PERCENT_ON_LOAD x </code></td><td>you lose this percentage of your
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score every time the server is restarted</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>LADDER_LOSE_MIN_ON_LOAD x </code></td><td>but minimum this value</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top><code>LADDER_GAIN_EXTRA x </code></td><td>the winner gets his ping+ping charity
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(in seconds) times this value extra</td></tr>
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<a name=><h2 align=left>Complete List</h2></a>
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A complete list of all available commands is available <a href="commands.html" target=_top>here</a>.
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<a name=resource><h2 align=left>Resource Path</h2></a>
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The directories searched for resources are the explicit resource path given by
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the <code>--resourcedir</code> command line
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argument and the <strong>resource</strong> subdirectories of the systemwide data directories
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and user data directories. The
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<strong>included</strong> subdirectories of these resource directories are searched as well, but you should
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not put files in there, they are reserved for resources we include in our distribution.
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a directory reserved for resources automatically downloaded from the network; usually, it is the
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directory called <strong>resource/automatic</strong> under the user data directory, but falls back to
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the same subdirectory of the system data directory and can be overridden by the
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<code>--autoresourcedir</code> command line argument. The <strong>automatic</strong> subdirectory of the explicit
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resource path given with <code>--resourcedir</code> overrides the default automatic resource
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<p align=center>This document was created by
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<a href="http://armagetron.sf.net/contact.html" target=_top><strong>Manuel Moos</strong></a>
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Last modification: Jul 18 2008
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