FREETENNIS(6)

📦 version 0.4.8, in debian bookworm, ubuntu jammy

🎾 freetennis — the manual page but make it cute

okay bestie, so you found freetennis in the Games Manual section (section 6, iykyk), and honestly? it's giving tennis. it's giving free tennis. let's get into it 💖

✨ NAME ✨

freetennis — free tennis simulation game 🎾🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

freetennis [options]

literally that's it. just run it, add options if you're feeling spicy 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Free Tennis is a free tennis simulation game. no cap, that's the whole description. short, sweet, iconic. 👑

✨ OPTIONS ✨

here's the tea, a summary of options is included below. every single one, we're not skipping a single one, periodt. 🎀

  • -help, --help — shows you a summary of the options. your little "wait what do I do" lifeline 🫶
  • -p0 <name> — the name of player 0. the default is ivan. yes really, both players default to ivan, we'll get to that 🌸
  • -p1 <name> — the name of player 1. default is ivan too. so out of the box it's ivan vs ivan, main character energy but twice 🌈
  • -donotshowpause — when the game is paused, don't show the "paused" sign. super useful for screenshots so your pics look clean ✨📸
  • -showfps — displays the number of Frames Per Second, and it goes to the standard output. useful for debugging, aka when the game is acting up and you need receipts 💀
  • -aidebug — shows some info that's useful to debug the AI. the computer opponent is doing its little computer thoughts and you can peek 🧚
  • -realistic — makes the game realistic. this alters the parabola visibility depending on the player and the shot. better gameplay, but not suitable for newbies. so like, hard mode for the girlies who are built different 🔥
  • -newbie — makes the game not realistic, but more suited to newbies. the parabola is fully visible. training wheels era, and honestly? valid 💖
  • -nosound — run with no sound. silent mode, stealth mode, library mode 🤫
  • -xres <integer> — the horizontal resolution. default is 640 🖥️
  • -yres <integer> — the vertical resolution. default is 480 🖥️
  • -port <integer> — the TCP port to use. this one makes sense with -client and -server. the default is 4000 🌐
  • -computerskill <integer> — the skill level of the computer. a number from 0 (very difficult) to 250 (very easy). default is 190. so like, lowkey the computer is set to be pretty easy out of the box, and if you want to suffer you go down to 0 😭
  • -client <ip address> — the IP address of the server. only for multiplayer 👯
  • -server — run Free Tennis as a server. only for multiplayer 🖥️✨
  • -surf <surface> — the surface for the court. choices are "clay", "cement", "grass". pick your vibe, pick your court 🎾🌱
heads up bestie: -computerskill counts down for difficulty — 0 is very difficult and 250 is very easy. don't get it twisted 💅

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

go look at these, they're the whole vibe:

✨ AUTHOR ✨

freetennis was written by Maurizio Colucci <maurizio.colucci@gmail.com>. 🫶

This manual page was written by Bart Martens <bartm@knars.be> and updated by Mehdi Dogguy <dogguy@pps.jussieu.fr>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). 💜

and that's the whole page, bestie! this was the Games Manual, FREETENNIS(6), dated Apr 26, 2008 — shoutout to the 2008 girlies who kept this tennis sim alive 🎾👑 slay, go play some tennis, and remember: ivan vs ivan forever 🌈✨

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