VCMICLIENT(1)

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version 1.7.3 · 6 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 VCMICLIENT 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the vcmiclient page — it's a User Commands joint, and it's literally a free reimplementation of the Heroes of Might and Magic 3 engine. no cap. 👑

✨ NAME ✨

vcmiclient — a free reimplementation of the Heroes of Might and Magic 3 engine. 🏰🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

vcmiclient [options]

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So like… this is the client program. 🫶

When it starts up you get this whole vibe:

VCMI 1.7.3 - A Heroes of Might and Magic 3 clone Copyright
© 2007-present VCMI dev team - see AUTHORS file This is free software;
see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even
for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
fr fr, there is NO warranty — not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. she said what she said. 💀

🎀 Allowed options 🎀

  • -h, --help — display help and exit. the classic. 🥰
  • -v, --version — display version information and exit. ✨
  • --testmap arg — takes an arg. (the manpage is being mysterious, and honestly? respect. 🙈)
  • --testsave arg — takes an arg. also mysterious. also respect. 🙈
  • --logLocation arg — new location for log files. move the receipts, bestie. 📁
  • -s, --spectate — enable spectator interface for AI-only games. main character energy, but you're just watching. 👀
  • --spectate-ignore-hero — wont follow heroes on adventure map. like, it will NOT be following them. 🚫🦸
  • --spectate-hero-speed arg — hero movement speed on adventure map. zoom zoom. 🏃♀️
  • --spectate-battle-speed arg — battle animation speed for spectator. 💥
  • --spectate-skip-battle — skip battles in spectator view. not me skipping the drama. 💅
  • --spectate-skip-battle-result — skip battle result window. no popup, no problem. 🪟
  • --onlyAI — allow one to run without human player, all players will be default AI. bots only, iconic. 🤖
  • --headless — runs without GUI, implies --onlyAI. 🧠
  • --ai arg — AI to be used for the player, can be specified several times for the consecutive players. 🎮
  • --oneGoodAI — puts one default AI and the rest will be EmptyAI. one girl doing all the work, literally. 😭
  • --autoSkip — automatically skip turns in GUI. bye turns. ⏭️
  • --disable-video — disable video player. 📺🚫
  • -i, --nointro — skips intro movies. we've all seen them, bestie. 🍿
  • -d, --donotstartserver — do not attempt to start server and just connect to it instead server. 🙈 (yes, the "instead server" is in the original. we don't ask questions, we just vibe.) 🔌
  • --serverport arg — override port specified in config file. 🚪
  • --savefrequency arg — limit auto save creation to each N days. 📆

🌈 FILES 🌈

  • user data: $HOME/.local/share/vcmi
  • user saves: $HOME/.local/share/vcmi/Saves
  • user cache: $HOME/.cache/vcmi
  • user config: $HOME/.config/vcmi

⭐ EXAMPLES ⭐

Start multiplayer server, indicated players 0 and 1 (red and blue) are human players, control all AI players and player 0 (Red) from this client. 🍓

vcmiclient --loadserver --loadnumplayers 2 --loadhumanplayerindices
0 --loadhumanplayerindices 1 --loadplayer 0

Connect to server at 127.0.0.1 port 3030, but do not start a server there, and control player 1 (Blue) from this client. Do not control AI players from this client. 🧚

vcmiclient --loadplayer 1 --loadserverip 127.0.0.1 --loadserverport
3030

💀 REPORTING BUGS 💀

Report bugs to http://bugs.debian.org/vcmi or vcmi@packages.qa.debian.org. 🫶

okay that's the whole thing bestie, go forth and slay 💅✨

this was vcmiclient 1.7.3, dated March 2026, and it's VCMICLIENT(1) — iykyk. mwah, love u, bye 🎀🦋

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