gl-117(6)

NAME

   gl-117 - an OpenGL action flight simulator

SYNOPSIS

   gl-117 [-dlevel -h -v]

DESCRIPTION

   gl-117  is  an  OpenGL and SDL based action flight simulator written in
   ISO C++.  Enter the Eagle Squadron and succeed in  several  challanging
   missions  leading  though different landscapes.  Five predefined levels
   of video quality and an amount of  viewing  ranges  let  you  perfectly
   adjust  the  game to the performance of your system.  The game provides
   joystick and mouse support, sound effects, and music.

OPTIONS

   -dlevel
          Set the debug level to level in [0..5]. '0' means quiet and will
          avoid  any output, '1' will log fatal errors causing the program
          to crash on stderr, '2' will also print  exceptions  on  stderr,
          '3'   will   add  warnings  on  stdout,  '4'  prints  additional
          information (predefined) on  stdout,  and  '5'  gives  developer
          specific messages on stdout.

   -h     Print a short summary on stdout and then quit immediately.

   -v     Display the version number of gl-117 and then quit immediately.

CONFIGURATION

   gl-117 uses a predefined working directory ".gl-117" in the user's home
   directory to load and store all savegame files and read the plain  text
   configuration  files  "conf"  and  "conf.interface".   If  there are no
   config  files  available,  gl-117  will  create  them  using   standard
   settings. The contents of the files are quite self-explanatory.

DOCUMENTATION

   Please  look  at  the  gl-117 user manual (gl-117.pdf) for installation
   instructions and further gameplay related descriptions.

COPYRIGHT

   gl-117 is distributed under the terms of the GPL.

AUTHORS

   Thomas A. Drexl ([email protected])

                           27 February 2003                      GL-117(6)

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