ROCKSNDIAMONDS(6)

💎 NAME 💎

rocksndiamonds — okay bestie, this is the one that literally starts the Rocks'n'Diamonds game ✨ (and yes it's the game, from the Games Manual, we love a classic 🎀)

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

rocksndiamonds [options]
rocksndiamonds [--debug] -V|--version
rocksndiamonds --serveronly
rocksndiamonds -e|--execute <command>

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

rocksndiamonds starts the Rocks'n'Diamonds game. That's it. That's the vibe. 💖

rocksndiamonds -V shows you the program's version information. And if you prepend the --debug option, you get some of the dependencies' versions displayed too — currently that's SDL 👀 so you can see exactly what's under the hood.

rocksndiamonds --serveronly starts a network server, and ngl it's giving absolutely no graphical output. Just a server, doing server things, no screens, no drama 🧚

rocksndiamonds --execute <command> runs the given batch command — and the deets for that are down in BATCH COMMANDS, keep scrolling bestie, I got you 🫶

✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -b, --basepath <path> — uses path as the base directory. 🏠 your whole world lives here
• -l, --level <path> — uses path as the level directory. 🗺️
• -g, --graphics <path> — uses path as the graphics directory. 🎨
• -s, --sounds <path> — uses path as the sounds directory. 🔊
• -m, --music <path> — uses path as the music directory. 🎵
• --mytapes — uses private tapes for tape tests. 🎀 these are your tapes, nobody else's
• -n, --network <host> [<port>] — starts a network game, connecting to the given host on the given port. 🌈
• -v, --verbose — enables verbose mode. 🗣️ she will tell you EVERYTHING
• --debug — displays debugging information. 🐛

👑 BATCH COMMANDS 👑

rocksndiamonds --execute <command> recognises the following commands — and important: each one must be provided as a single argument after --execute. One argument. Not a bunch of words scattered everywhere. One. 💀

• "print graphicsinfo.conf" — prints the default graphics configuration. 🎨
• "print soundsinfo.conf" — prints the default sounds configuration. 🔊
• "print musicinfo.conf" — prints the default music configuration. 🎵
• "print editorsetup.conf" — prints the default editor configuration. 🛠️
• "print helpanim.conf" — prints the default helpanim config TODO 👀 (yes, it literally says TODO, we're keeping it fr fr)
• "print helptext.conf" — prints the default help text configuration. 📖
• "dump level <file>" — dumps the level data from file. 📤
• "dump tape <file>" — dumps the tape data from file. 📼
• "autotest <leveldir> [<number> [...]]" — tests level tapes for leveldir. 🧪
• "autoplay <leveldir> [<number> [...]]" — plays level tapes for leveldir. ▶️
• "autoffwd <leveldir> [<number> [...]]" — fast-forwards level tapes for leveldir. ⏩
• "autowarp <leveldir> [<number> [...]]" — warps level tapes for leveldir. 🌀
• "convert <leveldir> [<number>]" — converts levels in leveldir. 🔄
• "create images <directory>" — writes BMP images to directory. 🖼️
• "create CE image <directory>" — writes a custom element BMP image to directory. ✨ one whole custom element, immaculate

💡 psst — the <number> bits in the brackets are optional and repeatable, so you can absolutely pass more than one. Slay. 🫶

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 💖 this iconic little doc came out of the Games Manual, dated November 9 2018, and yeah — it's ROCKSNDIAMONDS(6) 🎀💅 go forth and start that game ✨👑🌈