CURSEOFWAR-SDL(6)

💖 CURSEOFWAR-SDL 💖

okay bestie, so you know curseofwar? The ncurses one? Well this is the curseofwar-sdl manual page, and it's literally the same game but with SDL doing the graphics. Same energy, prettier window. ✨

---

✨ NAME ✨

curseofwar-sdl — An SDL version of the game curseofwar.

---

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

curseofwar [ -c port ] [ -C IP ] [ -d difficulty ] [ -e port ]
       [ -E clients ] [ -h ] [ -H height ] [ -i inequality ]
       [ -l countries ] [ -q quality ] [ -r ] [ -R seed ] [ -s speed ] [
       -S shape ] [ -T ] [ -v ] [ -W width ]

---

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so the deets on the actual game? go read the main CURSEOFWAR manpage, that's where the full lore lives, bestie. 📖

the tea on the SDL version is that it takes the exact same command line arguments as the original ncurses version. no cap. same flags, same vibes, just a different rendering situation. 🎀

---

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -c port — the clients's port. default is 19150, iykyk. 📡
• -C IP — starts a client and connects it to the server at the IP-address you provide. main character networking moment. 🔌
• -d [ee|e|n|h|hh] — difficulty level of the AI, from the easiest all the way to the hardest. default is normal. pick your struggle. 😤
• -e port — the server's port. default is 19140. 🖥️
• -E [1|2| ... L] — starts a server for not more than L clients. know your limits, queen. 👑
• -h — displays this help. hi hello here's the help. 🙋‍♀️
• -H height — map height. default is 21, maximum is 29. 📏
• -i [0|1|2|3|4] — inequality between the countries, where 0 is the lowest and 4 is the highest. 💀
• -l [2|3| ... N] — sets L, the number of countries. default is N. 🗺️
• -q [1|2| ... L] — choose your player's location by its quality: 1 = the best available on the map, L = the worst. only in singleplayer mode btw, so don't come for me. ✨
• -r — absolutely random initial conditions. overrides options -l, -i, and -q. chaos mode, periodt. 🎲
• -R seed — specify a random seed (unsigned integer) for map generation. reproducibility slay. 🌱
• -s [p|sss|ss|s|n|f|ff|fff] — game speed from the slowest to the fastest. default is normal. go fast or go home. 🏃‍♀️
• -S [rhombus|rect|hex] — map shape, and rectangle is the default. max number of countries N=4 for rhombus and rectangle, and N=6 for the hexagon. hexagon girlies stay winning. 🔷
• -T — show the timeline. history class but make it a game. ⏳
• -v — display the version number. 👀
• -W width — map width. default is 21, maximum is 40. 📐

---

🫶 AUTHORS 🫶

the credits, because we always give credit:

Game:

• Alexey Nikolaev <koiwai at yandex dot com>

Makefile:

• Maximilian Dietrich <dxm at openmailbox dot org>
• Anton Balashov <sicness at darklogic dot ru>
• Kirill Dmitrenko <kdmitrenko at gmail dot com>

CMakeLists.txt and Windows support:

• Yves Quemener

Manpage:

• Anton Balashov <sicness at darklogic dot ru>
• Maximilian Dietrich <dxm at openmailbox dot org>

---

and that's the whole page, bestie 💖 this was curseofwar-sdl from v1VERSION1, dated July 2013, living its CURSEOFWAR-SDL(6) manual-page fantasy. go forth and conquer some countries 🦋👑✨