FLARE(6)

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version 1.15 · 2 versions
  • 1.15 · debian bookworm, debian trixie, fedora 43, fedora 44, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking (latest)
  • 1.12 · ubuntu jammy
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🎀 NAME 🎀

okay bestie, meet flare — it's an action role-playing engine ✨ like, the whole vibe of the page in one line, iykyk 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

flare [options]

that's it. that's the whole thing. she's simple, she's iconic 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so FLARE stands for Free Libre Action Roleplaying Engine (yes the name is literally the acronym, no cap 🌸). She's a single-player, 2D-isometric action role-playing engine 👑

and here's the part that lowkey makes her the main character: she uses simple file formats — specifically INI-style config files — for most of the game data. Which means anyone can easily modify game contents. no gatekeeping, no secret proprietary nonsense, just open files you can poke at 💅✨

🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

  • --help — prints a description of the command line flags. your bestie when you're lost 🥺
  • --version — prints the release version. for when you gotta know exactly which era of flare you're in 💫
  • --data-path=path — specifies an exact path to look for mod data. like, precise. exact. that one. 📍
  • --debug-event — prints verbose hardware input information. she's gonna narrate every single keypress and click you do, very chatty, very transparent 🙈
  • --renderer=renderer — specifies the rendering backend to use. the default is sdl_hardware. also available is sdl, which is a software-based renderer. pick your fighter 🎮
  • --no-audio — disables sound effects and music. silent mode activated 🤫 (the visuals ate, the audio left the chat 💀)
  • --mods=mod,... — starts the game with only these mods enabled. comma-separated list, and she means only — everybody else stays home 🎀
  • --load-slot=slot — loads a save slot by numerical index. numbers, bestie, not names 🔢
  • --load-script=script — executes a script upon loading a saved game. note that the script path is mod-relative 🦋 (so it's looking from inside the mod, not from wherever you happen to be standing)

🌈 FILES 🌈

the engine settings and key bindings are stored in

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/flare/

$HOME/.config/flare/

and the game data is stored in

$XDG_DATA_HOME/flare/

$HOME/.local/share/flare/

two homes, both valid, both slay 🏠💖

⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

for more information about the FLARE engine, visit http://flarerpg.org — go read, go learn, go be obsessed 🌐✨

and that's the whole page, bestie 💜 this one's from the Games Manual, dated November 2014, filed under FLARE(6). yeah she's an elder but she still ate 🫶🎀

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