| 1 | .\" Abuse-SDL is (C) 2000-2001 Anthony Kruize <trandor@labyrinth.net.au> |
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| 2 | .\" Abuse is (C) Dave Taylor and Jonathan Clarke |
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| 3 | .\" |
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| 4 | .TH abuse 6 Abuse\ @VERSION@ |
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| 5 | .SH NAME |
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| 6 | abuse \- An SDL port of the Abuse by Crack dot Com. |
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| 7 | |
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| 8 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
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| 9 | .B abuse |
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| 10 | [options] |
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| 11 | |
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| 12 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
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| 13 | .B Abuse |
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| 14 | is a port of the classic Crack dot Com side-scroller shoot-em-up Abuse. |
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| 15 | It uses the Simple DirectMedia Layer API to draw it's graphics and play sound. |
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| 16 | .PP |
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| 17 | .B Abuse |
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| 18 | has the following additional features over the original game: |
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| 19 | .PP |
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| 20 | Stereo sound with panning. |
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| 21 | .br |
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| 22 | Runs at any colour depth from 8bpp to 32bpp. |
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| 23 | .br |
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| 24 | Can use a mousewheel for changing weapons. |
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| 25 | .br |
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| 26 | Scaling to any resolution. |
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| 27 | .br |
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| 28 | Can use OpenGL for hardware accelerated scaling and anti-aliasing. |
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| 29 | .br |
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| 30 | Customizable keys. |
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| 31 | |
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| 32 | |
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| 33 | .SH REQUIREMENTS |
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| 34 | .B Abuse |
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| 35 | requires the following: |
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| 36 | .IP |
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| 37 | SDL 1.1.6 or above. |
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| 38 | .IP |
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| 39 | Datafiles(graphics, sounds, maps etc.) from either Registered Abuse, Shareware Abuse, or fRaBs (Free Abuse). |
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| 40 | |
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| 41 | .SH OPTIONS |
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| 42 | The following command-line options are available: |
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| 43 | .TP |
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| 44 | .B -fullscreen |
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| 45 | Run Abuse in fullscreen mode. |
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| 46 | .TP |
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| 47 | .B -doublebuf |
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| 48 | Use double-buffering when blitting to the screen. |
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| 49 | This is slower but can reduce image tearing or other artifacts. |
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| 50 | Only use if you notice any display problems. |
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| 51 | .TP |
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| 52 | .B -mono |
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| 53 | Use mono sound like the original Abuse. This is faster. |
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| 54 | .TP |
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| 55 | .B -nosound |
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| 56 | Disable sound altogether. |
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| 57 | .TP |
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| 58 | .B -scale <arg> |
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| 59 | Scale the window by |
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| 60 | .I <arg> |
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| 61 | amount. |
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| 62 | .TP |
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| 63 | .B -gl |
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| 64 | Enable OpenGL support. |
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| 65 | .TP |
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| 66 | .B -antialias |
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| 67 | Enable anti-aliasing. (Only with -gl) |
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| 68 | |
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| 69 | .SH CONFIGURATION |
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| 70 | .B Abuse |
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| 71 | can load it's settings from a configuration file stored in the users home |
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| 72 | directory. The file is located at ($HOME/.abuse/abuserc). If either the |
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| 73 | directory or the configuration file don't exist they will be created |
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| 74 | automatically with default values. |
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| 75 | .LP |
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| 76 | The configuration file contains various settings for adjusting how |
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| 77 | .B Abuse |
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| 78 | behaves. Except for key settings, most of the options have an equivalent |
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| 79 | command-line option. Lines starting with a semi-colon(;) are ignored as |
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| 80 | comments. |
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| 81 | .LP |
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| 82 | The following options are available: |
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| 83 | .TP |
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| 84 | .B fullscreen = 1 | 0 |
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| 85 | Set starting in fullscreen mode 'on' or 'off'. |
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| 86 | .TP |
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| 87 | .B doublebuf = 1 | 0 |
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| 88 | Turn double buffering 'on' or 'off'. |
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| 89 | .TP |
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| 90 | .B mono = 1 | 0 |
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| 91 | Turn mono audio to 'on' or 'off'. |
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| 92 | .TP |
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| 93 | .B grabmouse = 1 | 0 |
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| 94 | Set locking the mouse to the window 'on' or 'off'. |
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| 95 | .TP |
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| 96 | .B scale = <amount> |
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| 97 | Scale the game by the specified amount. |
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| 98 | .TP |
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| 99 | .B gl = 1 | 0 |
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| 100 | Turn OpenGL support 'on' or 'off'. |
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| 101 | .TP |
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| 102 | .B antialias = 1 | 0 |
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| 103 | Turn anti-aliasing 'on' or 'off'. |
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| 104 | .TP |
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| 105 | .B nosdlparachute = 1 | 0 |
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| 106 | Turn SDL handling segfaults to either 'on' or 'off'. |
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| 107 | For debugging purposes only. |
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| 108 | .LP |
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| 109 | The following options are for setting the keys used in the game. |
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| 110 | Valid values are any letter of the alphabet or number. |
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| 111 | Special keys like the cursor-keys include: |
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| 112 | .IP |
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| 113 | LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN, CTRL_L, CTRL_R, ALT_L, ALT_R, SHIFT_L, SHIFT_R, |
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| 114 | BACKSPACE, INSERT, DELETE, PAGEUP, PAGEDOWN, TAB |
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| 115 | .TP |
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| 116 | .B left = <key> |
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| 117 | Move character left. |
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| 118 | .TP |
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| 119 | .B right = <key> |
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| 120 | Move character right. |
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| 121 | .TP |
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| 122 | .B up = <key> |
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| 123 | Jump or climb up ladders. |
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| 124 | .TP |
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| 125 | .B down = <key> |
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| 126 | Use switches, doors, teleports or climb down ladders. |
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| 127 | .TP |
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| 128 | .B fire = <key> |
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| 129 | Fire currently selected weapon. |
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| 130 | .TP |
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| 131 | .B weapprev = <key> |
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| 132 | Switch to the previous available weapon. |
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| 133 | .TP |
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| 134 | .B weapnext = <key> |
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| 135 | Switch to the next available weapon. |
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| 136 | |
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| 137 | .SH FILES |
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| 138 | ~/.abuse/abuserc - Abuse configuration file. |
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| 139 | |
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| 140 | .SH AUTHORS |
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| 141 | Anthony Kruize <trandor@labyrinth.net.au> |
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| 142 | See also the AUTHORS file included with Abuse. |
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