freecol6
A free clone of colonization
Usage
freecol [OPTIONS]
Overview
This manual page documents briefly the freecol command. This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.
freecol is a free clone of the famous game Colonization. It's a turn based strategy game in which each player becomes leader of an European nation, fighting to obtain the independence of the mother country.
A multiplayer mode has been added to the original game.
Options
A summary of options is included below.
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--freecol-data DIR -
DIR should be the directory with FreeCol's data files, it has a subdirectory called
images.
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--windowed -
Runs FreeCol in windowed mode instead of full screen mode.
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--no-sound -
Runs FreeCol without sound.
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--usage -
Shows summary of options.
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--version -
Shows version of program.
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--server PORT -
Starts a stand-alone server on the specified port.
Java-wrappers note
This program is a shell script wrapper based on java-wrappers(7). You therefore benefit from several features; please see the java-wrappers(7) manual page.
Releases
9 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 2 times.