xracer(6)

xracer6

A racing game in the style of psygnosis' wipeout

Usage

xracer [{-h | --help}] [{-V | --version}] [{-v | --verbose}] [[{-s | --size}] WIDTHxHEIGHT] [[{-p | --position}] LEFTxTOP] [{-f | --fullscreen}] [[{-j | --joystick}] DEVICE] [{-L | --nomipmap}]

Overview

xracer is a 3D arcade game in the style of the Psygnosis game WipeOut. You have to fly around the track without crashing, shooting opposing craft where necessary, and arriving in first place.

xracer requires a supported 3D hardware accelerator card and OpenGL or a compatible library such as Brian Paul's Mesa.

Options

-h, --help

Display the options and exit.

-V, --version

Print the current version number and exit.

-v, --verbose

Print verbose messages to stdout about the progress of the game. This can be a useful aid to debugging.

-s, --size WIDTHxHEIGHT

Set the initial screen size.

-p, --position LEFTxTOP

Set the position for the initial window placement.

-f, --fullscreen

This option puts the game into full screen mode. In this mode, the game takes over the screen and keyboard.

-j, --joystick DEVICE

Set joystick device name.

-L, --nomipmap

Disable mipmapping.

Files

/usr/share/games/xracer

Version

This manual page documents xracer version 0.96.9.

Website

http://xracer.annexia.org/

Releases

11 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 3.0–3.1
  2. 5.0–13

Bugs

The fullscreen option is currently broken on 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics and Voodoo2 accelerator cards. Set the MESA_FX_GLX environment to get fullscreen on those boards.

Author

Maintainer: Richard W. M. Jones <[email protected]>. Please see the AUTHORS file for a full list of people who have contributed to the game.

From xracer 0.96.9.1-13 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.