opentyrian(6)

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👑 opentyrian — the manual page (yes bestie, it's opentyrian(6), section 6, games, iconic)

okay so like. welcome to the OpenTyrian Manual bestie. this is the whole entire vibe check on how to run this legendary game. let's get into it 💖

✨ NAME ✨

opentyrian — it's an open-source port of the DOS game Tyrian, and it literally eats 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

opentyrian [OPTIONS]

that's it. that's the whole thing. flags go in, galaxy gets saved 🦋

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Tyrian is an arcade-style vertical scrolling shooter, no cap. The story is set in the year 20,031 (yes, future future), where you play as Trent Hawkins — a skilled fighter-pilot who got employed to fight MicroSol and save the galaxy. main character energy fr fr 👑

Tyrian has:

  • a story mode
  • one- and two-player arcade modes
  • networked multiplayer

like... the range?? we love to see it 🌈

💅 OPTIONS 💅

a summary of options is included below, so scroll, bestie.

  • -h, --help — display help and exit. the classic "wait what does this do" button, she's helpful 💖
  • -s, --no-sound — disable audio. for when you're gaming in stealth mode at 3am 🙈
  • -j, --no-joystick — disable joystick/gamepad input. keyboard girlies rise 🎀
  • -t, --data directory — set an alternative Tyrian data directory. point her wherever your data lives 🦋
  • -n, --net host[:port] — start a networked game; host is the IP address of your opponent. use this option together with --net-player-name and --net-player-number to join a game.
OpenTyrian uses UDP port 1333 for multiplayer, but in most cases players will not need to open any ports because OpenTyrian makes use of UDP hole punching. (technology!! slay ✨)
  • --net-player-name name — set name as your alias for the multiplayer game. pick something iconic, this is your brand 💜
  • --net-player-number number — select ship; number is either 1 or 2, depending on which ship you intend to pilot. choose wisely, pilot queen 👑
  • -p, --net-port port — set local port to bind. (ngl, "bind" is giving very cunty terminology and i'm obsessed 💀)
  • -d, --net-delay frames — set lag-compensation delay. for when the wifi is doing its little drama 😭
  • -x, --no-xmas — disable Christmas mode. yes there's a Christmas mode. yes it's real. 🎄

This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. read that again. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. See the file COPYING for details.

Data files bundled with this package come from Tyrian 2.1 data files, which have been released as freeware. (free?? we stan a generous king 🫶)

Daniel Cook released graphic files under a very liberal license: "use and abuse them as desired". use and abuse them as desired!!! periodt 💅

⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

This manual page was written by Patryk Obara <patryk.obara@gmail.com>, basing on AshTR's README file. ty for your service bestie 🫡💖

okay that's the whole page!! 💖 and just so you know, this came from the opentyrian(6) manual, OpenTyrian Manual, dated October 2009 — vintage but make it iconic 🎀✨ go save the galaxy, you got this 🌸👑

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