Running the game
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General
You need a 3D graphics card and a suitable driver which is installed on your system to run UFO:AI. There is no software renderer available.
You can use commandline parameters to start the game.
- +map <day|night> [mapname] will automatically start the given map
- +set [cvar] [value] will automatically set the cvar from start
Examples:
- +map day farm starts the map farm in the day mode
- +set r_mode 6 sets the given cvar to value 6
Every available command can be executed and every available cvar be set in this way from the commandline.
SVN version
You have grabbed the SVN version and now you are lost? Look at the articles at compiling the source. There you will find some more information about several plattforms.
Windows
Missing dll's for start
You might come into trouble when you try to start ufo.exe. The binary won't be able to load some dll's that are needed. These are:
- iconv.dll
- intl.dll
- jpeg62.dll
- SDL.dll
- SDL_ttf.dll
- zlib1.dll
- libpng13.dll
Put them in the root dir - see directory tree for more information.
Links
Linux
(get)text issues in the GUI
If you see a lot of the text in the GUI that looks like "b_radar_txt", try running the game with the option "+set s_language en_US". This issue and work-around was reported on a Gentoo Linux with LINGUAS stripped down.
Distribution notes
Interface
Key Bindings
- See Keymap
Console
Note: In windowed mode, entering the console (with ^) will free the mouse cursor.
