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.\"     Title: warzone2100
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.\"      Date: 2026-09-05
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.\"  Language: English
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.TH "WARZONE2100" "6" "2026-09-05" "\ \&" "\ \&"
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.SH "NAME"
warzone2100 \- 3D real time strategy game
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBwarzone2100\fP [\fIOPTIONS\fP]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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This manual page documents briefly the warzone2100 command.
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Warzone 2100 is a 3D science fiction real time strategy game.
.SH "OPTIONS"
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Note: In contrast to older versions option parameters need a \fI=\fP, space doesn\(cqt
work anymore.
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\fB\-\-cheat\fP
.RS 4
Run in cheat mode.
.RE
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\fB\-\-datadir\fP=\fIDIR\fP
.RS 4
Set default datadir to \fIDIR\fP.
.RE
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\fB\-\-debug\fP=\fIFLAG\fP
.RS 4
Show debug for \fIFLAG\fP, use this several times for several flags. Useful
flags include \fIwz\fP, \fI3d\fP, \fIsound\fP, \fIvideo\fP. \fIall\fP gives all of that and
much more.
.RE
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\fB\-\-debugfile\fP=\fIFILE\fP
.RS 4
Log debug output in \fIFILE\fP.
.RE
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\fB\-\-fullscreen\fP
.RS 4
Play in fullscreen mode.
.RE
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\fB\-\-help\fP
.RS 4
Show help and exit.
.RE
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\fB\-\-mod\fP=\fIMOD\fP
.RS 4
Enable global mod \fIMOD\fP.
.RE
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\fB\-\-mod_ca\fP=\fIMOD\fP
.RS 4
Enable campaign only mod \fIMOD\fP.
.RE
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\fB\-\-mod_mp\fP=\fIMOD\fP
.RS 4
Enable multiplay only mod \fIMOD\fP.
.RE
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\fB\-\-savegame\fP=\fINAME\fP
.RS 4
Load a saved game \fINAME\fP (needs to include the .gam extension).
.RE
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\fB\-\-continue\fP
.RS 4
Continue playing the last saved game, if it exists.
.RE
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\fB\-\-window\fP
.RS 4
Play in windowed mode.
.RE
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\fB\-\-version\fP
.RS 4
Output version info and exit.
.RE
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\fB\-\-resolution\fP=\fIWIDTHxHEIGHT\fP
.RS 4
Run  at \fIWIDTH\fP times \fIHEIGHT\fP screen resolution. This needs to be a
resolution supported by your X server.
.RE
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\fB\-\-(no)shadows\fP
.RS 4
Toggle the shadows.
.RE
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\fB\-\-(no)sound\fP
.RS 4
Toggle the sound.
.RE
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\fB\-\-(no)texturecompression\fP
.RS 4
Toggle texture compression (default on). At least on systems where Mesa\(cqs
libtxc\-dxtn handles texture compression, loading is slower with it enabled.
In\-game FPS are also higher though.
.RE
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\fB\-\-gfxbackend\fP=\fIBACKEND\fP
.RS 4
Change the graphics backend to \fIBACKEND\fP. Possible backends include:
\fIopengl\fP, \fIopengles\fP, \fIvulkan\fP, \fIdirectx\fP (Windows only).
Not all backend options may be available on every system, depending on OS,
driver support, and whether the game was built with support.
.RE
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The fullscreen/window, resolution,  sound,  gfxbackend,  and  shadows  settings
are  stored,  so  they  only  need to be specified once, or when you want to
change them.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
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\fIwarzone2100 \-\-fullscreen \-\-resolution=800x600\fP
.RS 4
Run in full screen at 800x600 screen resolution.
.RE
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\fIwarzone2100 \-\-window \-\-resolution=800x600\fP
.RS 4
Run in a window at 800x600 screen resolution.
.RE
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\fIwarzone2100\fP
.RS 4
Run the game, with the last used resolution, fullscreen/window, sound and
shadow settings.
.RE
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\*(Aqwarzone2100 \-\-gfxbackend=vulkan
.RS 4
Run using the Vulkan backend.
.RE
.SH "AUTHORS"
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See the copyright file included in the package.
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This manual page was originally written by Linas Zvirblis  \c
.MTO "0x0007\(atgmail.com" "" ""
for the Debian project, and modified by the Warzone project.