CATACLYSM(6)

💀 CATACLYSM 💀

okay bestie, sit down, we're playing a game about the end of the world and it's lowkey the best thing ever 💅 this is the manual for cataclysm, and yeah it lives in the Games Manual section (section 6, iykyk) 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

cataclysm — a turn-based survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world 🧟♀️🌸

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

cataclysm [--seed seedstring] [--jsonverify] [--check-mods mods ...]
          [--dump-stats what] [--world worldname] [--basepath basepath]
          [--datadir datadir] [--autopickupfile autopickupfile]
          [--motdfile motdfile] [--shared] [--username username]
          [--addadmin username] [--adddebugger username] [--competitive]
          [--worldmenu] [--userdir userdir] [--savedir savedir]
          [--configdir configdir] [--memorialdir memorialdir]
          [--optionfile optionfile] [--keymapfile keymapfile]

no cap, that's a LOT of flags, but we're gonna go through every single one together 🫶

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is a turn-based survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world. some people call it a "zombie game" and honestly? that's giving "only read the first page of the book" 😭 there is far more to Cataclysm than that, bestie. the actual vibe is: struggle to survive in a harsh, persistent, procedurally generated world. yes that means permadeath energy. yes that means your character will die. yes it will be iconic. ✨

👑 OPTIONS 👑

every single flag, in order, no skips, we eat the whole menu 🍓

• --seed seedstring — sets the random number generator's seed value. want the same world twice? this is your girl 💖
• --jsonverify — checks the cataclysm json files. very "let me proofread your essay before you submit it" energy 📝
• --check-mods mods ... — checks the json files belonging to cataclysm mods. plural mods, take as many as you want 💅
• --dump-stats what — dumps item stats. just, like, spills them out 📊
• --world worldname — load world. that's it, that's the whole thing 🌍
• --basepath basepath — base path for all game data subdirectories. the root of the whole tree 🌳
• --datadir datadir — sub directory from which game data is loaded 📁
• --autopickupfile autopickupfile — name of the autopickup options file within the configdir 🎒
• --motdfile motdfile — name of the message of the day file within the MOTD directory 📣
• --shared — activates the map-sharing mode. sharing is caring 🫶
• --username username — instructs map-sharing code to use this name for your character 🏷️
• --addadmin username — instructs map-sharing code to use this name for your character and give you access to the cheat functions. cheat functions bestie, that's main character privileges 😈
• --adddebugger username — informs map-sharing code that you're running inside a debugger 🐛
• --competitive — instructs map-sharing code to disable access to the in-game cheat functions. no cheating allowed, we play fair here 😤
• --worldmenu — enables the world menu in the map-sharing code 📋
• --userdir userdir — base path for user-overrides to files from the ./data directory and named below 🗂️
• --savedir savedir — subdirectory for game saves 💾
• --configdir configdir — subdirectory for game configuration ⚙️
• --memorialdir memorialdir — subdirectory for memorials. rip to your little guy, gone but not forgotten 🪦😭
• --optionfile optionfile — name of the options file within the configdir 🎛️
• --keymapfile keymapfile — name of the keymap file within the configdir ⌨️

🐛 BUGS 🐛

found a bug? bestie, please submit bug reports to https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/issues — the devs literally want to hear from you, it's giving collaborative 💜

💖 AUTHORS 💖

shoutout to Kevin Granade <kevin.granade@gmail.com> for being the icon behind this whole thing 👑

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

• Homepage: https://cataclysmdda.org/
• Forums: https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/
• GitHub: https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA

and that's the whole page bestie, you ate it, you read the entire manpage 🎀✨ this one came from Debian, dated June 23, 2017 — so when you cite it, that's the receipts 💅 now go survive the apocalypse, no cap 🌈💀