Command line?

[Argitoth]

Where is the command line guide?

[Arralen]

On the command line ...

... "dom3.exe -help" writes the command line options to "stdout.txt" in the dominions directory. (On windoze. no idea how it works on Mac or *nix)


Code:

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usage: dom3 [option(s)] [gamename]

options:

-v  --version       Print version number and exit

-d                  Increase debug level

-g  --host          Generate new turn and exit

    --verify        Verify all 2h-files and exit (creates .chk files)

    --statfile      Create a player info file after each turn (stats.txt)

    --scoredump     Create a score file after each turn (scores.html)

    --finalhost     Generate new turn, send out final score msg and exit

-c  --nocredits     Disables the end credits

******* Network Options *******

-C  --tcpclient     Connect to a Dominions multiplayer server

-S  --tcpserver     Start a Dominions multiplayer server

    --ipadr XXX     Use this IP-adr when connecting to server

    --port X        Use this port nbr

    --preexec CMD   Execute this command before each turn generation

    --postexec CMD  Execute this command after each turn generation

-t  --hosttime X Y  Host on day X (0=sunday) hour Y (0-23)

    --minutes X     Set host interval in minutes

-h  --hours X       Set host interval in hours

    --pauseday X    Stop timer on this day (0=sunday)

-q  --quickhost     Host as soon as all turns are done

-n  --nonationsel   No nation selection when resuming a network game

    --noclientstart Clients cannot start the game during Choose Participants

    --uploadtime X  Game is created after this many minutes.

    --uploadmaxp X  Game is created if this many players join.

    --closed X      Nation closed X=nation number (0-79)

    --easyai X      Nation ai controlled X=nation number (0-79)

    --normai X      Nation ai controlled X=nation number (0-79)

    --diffai X      Nation ai controlled X=nation number (0-79)

    --mightyai X    Nation ai controlled X=nation number (0-79)

    --impai X       Nation ai controlled X=nation number (0-79)

******* New Game Options *******

    --mapfile XXX   Filename of map. E.g. eye.map

    --randmap X     Make and use a random map with X prov per player (10,15,20)

    --research X    Research difficulty 0-3 (default 1)

    --hofsize X     Size of Hall of Fame 5-15 (default 10)

    --indepstr X    Strength of Independents 0-9 (default 5)

    --magicsites X  Magic site frequency 0-75 (default 40)

    --eventrarity X Random event rarity 1-2, 1=common 2=rare

    --totalvp X     Vic. points available in the world 0-25

    --capitalvp     One extra victory per capital

    --requiredvp X  Vic. points required for victory (default total/2)

    --summervp      Vic. points are accumulated each summer

    --richness X    Money multiple 50-300 (default 100)

    --resources X   Resource multiple 50-300 (default 100)

    --supplies X    Supply multiple 50-300 (default 100)

    --masterpass XX Master password. E.g. masterblaster

    --startprov X   Number of starting provinces (1-9)

    --renaming      Enable commander renaming

    --noscoregraphs Disable score graphs

    --nonationinfo  No info at all on other nations

    --era X         New game created in this era (1-3)

-M  --enablemod XXX Enable the mod with filename XXX

******* Random Map Options *******

    --makemap XXX   Generate a random map with filename XXX and exit

    --riverpart X   100 = normal amount of rivers, 0=no rivers

    --seapart X     Percent of map that is below water level (default=30)

    --mountpart X   Percent of map that is mountains (default=20)

    --forestpart X  Percent of lands that are forests (default=20)

    --farmpart X    Percent of lands that are farm lands (default=15)

    --wastepart X   Percent of lands that are wastes (default=10)

    --swamppart X   Percent of lands that are swamps (default=10)

    --mapaa         Enable antialiasing for random maps

    --mapsize W H   Set width and height of random map (default=1600 1200)

    --mapprov X     Set number of provinces (default=150)

    --passmount     Don't use impassable mountains on random maps

    --mapgcol RGBA  Ground color 0-255 (default=170 146 116 255)

    --mapscol RGBA  Sea color 0-255 (default=54 54 130 255)

    --mapbcol RGBA  Ground border color 0-255 (x4)

    --mapsbcol RGBA Sea border color 0-255 (x4)

    --mapnoise X    Ground color noise 0-255 (default 15)

    --borderwidth X Border width 0-500 (default 100)

******* Video Options *******

-w  --window        Run Dominions 3 in a window

-u  --fullscreen    Use the entire screen

    --bitplanes X   Try to use a color depth of X bits per pixel

    --zbuffer X     Try to use a depth buffer of X bits per pixel (default=16)

-T  --textonly      Use this with --tcpserver to get graphicless server

    --gamma X       Set gamma function (brightness) 0.1 - 5.0 (default=1.0)

    --opacity X     Set gui opacity 0 - 100

-r  --res X Y       Set screen resolution / window size (default=800 600)

    --animback      Use animated backgrounds

-a  --noanimback    Don't use animated backgrounds

    --fade          Use fade effects

-f  --nofade        No fade effects

    --nopopups      No helpful popups

    --fps X         Aim for this nbr of frames per second (default=20)

    --maxfps X      Maximum nbr of frames per second (default=50)

    --filtering X   Quality of OpenGL filtering 0-3 (default=2)

    --maxtexsize X  Max texture size in pixels 32-4096 (default=unlimited)

    --treequal X    Tree quality 1-5 (default=3)

    --texqual X     Texture quality 1-5 (default=3)

    --nolightfx     No light effects in battles

    --partamount X  Max nbr of particles 0-8 (0=none, 4=default, 8=max)

    --nograss       Don't draw the grass

    --noarcade      Don't draw floating damage numbers

    --noglext       Don't use any OpenGL extensions

    --vsync         Enable vsync

-V  --novsync       Disable vsync

    --renderpath X  Use different optimizations 0-1 (0=good for low mem cards)

-x  --fastgrx       Faster graphics (use 3 times for best performance (-xxx))

-p  --perftest      Run a performance test and exit

******* Audio Options *******

-s  --nosound       No sound effects or music

-m  --nomusic       No music

    --musicvol X    Set music volume, 0-100

    --clickvol X    Set mouse click volume, 0-100

    --defsound      Use default sound device

    --directsound   Use direct sound

    --waveout       Use waveout for sound

Example: dom3 -wm   Run Dominons 3 in a window and without music

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[Endoperez]

I have it in my \Dominions 3\doc\ folder, but I might've copied it from somewhere here. It's probably made by Gandalf.

Here's the text:

SNIPPED, because I was SNIPED. 2 minutes late!

[Lingchih]

Hmm. Pardon me for being a Mac afficianado... Although not a knowledgeable one. How do you implement these command lines on a Mac?

[llamabeast]

It's exactly the same on a Mac as on Linux. (Although re-reading the above thread I see that wasn't described explicitly).

To get a terminal, go to Applications->Utilities->Terminal. Then get to your dominions directory, and finally type:
./dom3 --options
(replacing --options with whatever you want to use from the list Edi gave)
To get the list from Dominions itself, type
./dom3 --help

If you're not accustomed to using the terminal, finding the Dominions directory may be a little tricky. To help you here're some commands:
cd pig : Change to the directory called pig
cd .. : Go up a directory
ls : List the files and directories in your current directory

Hope that helps!

[Lingchih]

Thanks!

[Evil Dave]

Well, there are some differences between the MacOS and Linux versions. So, first, to find your copy of Dominions, start the Terminal (as previously described). At the prompt, type:

find . -name Dominions3 -type f

this will find the file named Dominions3, and ignore all the directories with Dominions3 in their name. Find will print an answer that looks like:

./dominions3/Dominions3.app/Contents/MacOS/Dominions3

It might be a little different. cd to that directory. You can use cut and paste in the terminal to get the directory name, and just leave off the "Dominions3" at the end.

Unfortunately, there's a bug in the Mac port, so we're going to have to change directories again. (I had you go here because the system can find this directory for you.) So, type

cd ../Resources

Now you can type

../MacOS/Dominions3 --help

and Dominions will list all its options in the terminal. To set some options, just replace "--help" with what you want. For example, "--fullscreen" will, well, start Dominions in full screen mode.

Hope this helps.

[Lingchih]

Yes, it does help. Thanks for the detailed explanation.

[llamabeast]

Ah okay, I didn't know there were differences between Linux and Mac versions.

[Evil Dave]

Those are the only ones: the binary has a different name, it's in a different place, and it's got a bug that makes it path-dependent. It's otherwise identical, and so almost all advice about Dom3 works on either Linux or MacOS.