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endless-sky(6)			  Endless Sky			endless-sky(6)

NAME
       endless-sky - a space exploration and combat game.

SYNOPSIS
       endless-sky   [-h]   [--help]  [-v]  [--version]	 [-s]  [--ships]  [-w]
       [--weapons] [-t]	 [--talk]  [-r]	 [--resources]	[-c]  [--config]  [-p]
       [--parse-save] [--test]

DESCRIPTION
       Endless Sky is a	space exploration and combat game combining action and
       role playing elements.

       Explore other star systems. Earn	money by trading, carrying passengers,
       or  completing  missions.  Use your earnings to buy a better ship or to
       upgrade the weapons and engines on your current one. Blow  up  pirates.
       Take sides in a civil war. Or leave human space behind and hope to find
       some friendly aliens whose culture is more civilized than your own.

       For  keyboard  controls,	 click	the  "Preferences" button on the title
       screen. You can pause and return	to the title screen at	any  point  in
       the game	by pressing <escape>.

       Most  of	 the controls should be	self-explanatory. Your ship has	no re-
       verse thrusters,	so as with a real spacecraft, the  only	 way  to  slow
       down  is	to turn	your ship around and accelerate	in the opposite	direc-
       tion from your current heading. To assist with some  tricky  maneuvers,
       your  ship has an autopilot which engages when you press	'L' to land or
       'J' to enter hyperspace;	the autopilot disengages if you	press  any  of
       the  movement keys. The autopilot will also automatically aim your ship
       if you are firing a weapon and have a target selected.

       For a manual and	other information, visit https://endless-sky.github.io

       When run	from the command line, if a resource directory is  not	speci-
       fied,  the  program will	check to see if	the current directory contains
       directories named "data"	and "images" and files	named  "keys.txt"  and
       "credits.txt"; if so it will read resources from	the current directory.
       Otherwise  it will use /usr/local/share/games/endless-sky if it exists,
       or /usr/share/games/endless-sky/	otherwise.

OPTIONS
       -h, --help
	      prints a short help message.

       -v, --version
	      prints the software version.

       -t, --talk
	      reads a data file	from STDIN and looks for a "conversation" node
	      at the root level	(i.e. not indentated). If it finds  one,  that
	      conversation  is displayed in a pop-up dialog. This is for test-
	      ing conversations	in a new mission you are developing.

       -r, --resources <directory>
	      sets the directory from which game resources (images, etc.) will
	      be loaded.

       -c, --config <directory>
	      sets the directory where preferences and	saved  games  will  be
	      stored.

       -p, --parse-save
	      prints  any  content or whitespace-formatting errors found while
	      loading data files and the most recent saved game.  This	option
	      prevents the game	from launching.

       --test <name>
	      execute  the test	case with the given name. By default, the game
	      will be muted while running tests.

       --tests
	      prints (to STDOUT) a list	of available tests, usable  for	 auto-
	      matic test runs. This option prevents the	game from launching.

       --nomute
	      prevents muting the game when running tests.

       -s, --ships
	      prints  (to  STDOUT) a table of ship stats (just the base	stats,
	      not considering any stored outfits). This	 option	 prevents  the
	      game from	launching.

	      --sales
		     prints (to	STDOUT)	a table	of ships with every 'shipyard'
		     each appears in.

	      --loaded
		     prints  (to  STDOUT) a table of ship stats	accounting for
		     installed outfits.	Does not include variants.

	      --list prints (to	STDOUT)	a list of all ship names.

	      --variants
		     consider ship variants as well.

       -w, --weapons
	      prints (to STDOUT) a table of characteristics of all the	avail-
	      able weapons. This option	prevents the game from launching.

       -e, --engines
	      prints  (to STDOUT) a table of characteristics of	all the	avail-
	      able engines. This option	prevents the game from launching.

       --power
	      prints (to STDOUT) a table of power outfit stats.

       -o, --outfits
	      prints (to STDOUT) a table of characteristics of all the	avail-
	      able outfits. This option	prevents the game from launching.

	      --sales
		     prints  (to  STDOUT) a list of outfits and	every 'outfit-
		     ter' each appears in.

	      -a, --all
		     prints a table of outfits and all attributes used by  any
		     outfits present.

       --sales
	      prints  (to  STDOUT)  a list of all shipyards and	outfitters and
	      the ships	and outfits they each contain.

	      -s, --ships
		     prints a list of shipyards	and the	ships they  each  con-
		     tain.

	      -o, --outfits
		     pritns  a	list  of  outfitters and the outfits they each
		     contain.

       --planets
	      prints (to STDOUT) a list	of all planets.

	      --descriptions
		     prints (to	STDOUT)	a table	of all planets and  their  de-
		     scriptions.

	      --attributes
		     prints  (to  STDOUT) a table of all planets and their at-
		     tributes.

		     --reverse
			    prints (to STDOUT) a table of all  planet  attrib-
			    utes and which planets have	them.

       --systems
	      prints (to STDOUT) a list	of all systems.

	      --attributes
		     prints  (to  STDOUT)  a list of all systems and their at-
		     tributes.

		     --reverse
			    prints (to STDOUT) a list of all system attributes
			    and	which systems have them.

       --matches
	      reads a data file	from STDIN and looks for a "location" node  at
	      the  root	level (i.e. not	indentated). If	it finds one, prints a
	      list of all systems and planets which match the location	filter
	      in that node.

AUTHOR
       Michael Zahniser	(mzahniser@gmail.com)

       This  is	 free software;	you can	redistribute it	and/or modify it under
       the terms of the	GPL.

ver. 0.10.10			  26 Oct 2024			endless-sky(6)

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