SUPERTUXKART(6)

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✨ SUPERTUXKART(6) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the SuperTuxKart Manual 🎀 — like, the actual manual, manual name SUPERTUXKART, section 6. Grab a snack, we're doing this. 🍓

🌈 NAME 🌈

supertuxkart — a fun racing game with go-karts 💖 vroom vroom

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

supertuxkart [options] [<args>]

✨ OPTIONS ✨

This program accepts some optional parameters. Like, a LOT of them. She's got range. 💅

  • -N, --no-start-screen — skips the menu entirely and just launches you straight into the race. no scrolling, no deciding, no thoughts. main character behavior fr fr 🏁
  • -R, --race-now — literally the same as -N but it ALSO skips the ready-set-go phase and the music. straight to business. 😤
  • -t, --track=NAME — start the track called NAME. your choice bestie 🗺️
  • --gp=NAME — start the Grand Prix you named. 🏆
  • --add-gp-dir=DIR — load Grand Prix files out of DIR. this setting gets saved in config.xml under additional_gp_directory. and if you wanna unset it, use "--add-gp-dir=" with nothing after the equals. bye felicia 👋
  • --stk-config=FILE — use ./data/FILE instead of ./data/stk_config.xml ⚙️
  • -k, --numkarts=NUM — sets how many karts are on the race track. NUM karts, no more no less. 🏎️
  • --kart=NAME — use the kart called NAME 💖
  • --ai=a,b,... — use karts a, b, ... for the AI, PLUS an additional player kart. so like, you're also in there. 🤖
  • --aiNP=a,b,... — use karts a, b, ... for the AI, and NO additional player kart. just vibes and bots. 🙈
  • --laps=N — set the number of laps to N. 🔁
  • --mode=N — N=0 Normal, N=1 Time trial, N=2 Battle, N=3 Soccer, N=4 Follow The Leader. and when you're configuring a server, use "--battle-mode=N" for a battle server, and "--soccer-timed" / goals for a soccer server to control it verbosely — details down below bestie 👇
  • --difficulty=N — N=0 Beginner, N=1 Intermediate, N=2 Expert, N=3 SuperTux. pick your fighter 😼
  • --battle-mode=N — specifies battle mode in network. 0 is Free-For-All and 1 is Capture The Flag. 🚩
  • --soccer-timed — use time limit mode in a network soccer game. ⏱️
  • --soccer-goals — use goals limit mode in a network soccer game. ⚽
  • --reverse — play the track in reverse (if it's allowed). no cap 🚗💨
  • -f, --fullscreen — use fullscreen display. immersive queen 👑
  • -w, --windowed — use windowed display. this one's the default! 🪟
  • -s, --screensize=WxH — set the display size, e.g. 320x200. 📐
  • -v, --version — prints the version of SuperTuxKart. 🏷️
  • --trackdir=DIR — a directory to load additional tracks from. 📂
  • --seed=N — seed for random number generation, so you get reproducible behavior. 🎲
  • --profile-laps=N — enable automatic driven profile mode for N laps. 📊
  • --profile-time=N — enable automatic driven profile mode for N seconds. ⏳
  • --unlock-all — permanently unlock all karts and tracks, for testing. 🔓
  • --no-unlock-all — disable unlock-all, i.e. base the unlocking on player achievement like a normal person. 🔒
  • --no-graphics — do not display the actual race. she's there in spirit ✨
  • --sp-shader-debug — enables debug in sp shader, it will print all unavailable uniforms. 🧪
  • --demo-mode=t — enables demo mode after t seconds of idle time in the main menu. 💤
  • --demo-tracks=t1,t2 — list of tracks to use in demo mode. no spaces allowed in the track names, so watch that. 🚫
  • --demo-laps=N — number of laps to use in a demo. 🔁
  • --demo-karts=N — number of karts to use in a demo. 🏎️
  • --server-config=file — specify the server_config.xml for server hosting. if it doesn't exist, it'll create one for you 🫶
  • --network-console — enable network console. 🖥️
  • --wan-server=NAME — start a Wan server (not a playing client). 🌍
  • --public-server — allow direct connection to the server (without STK server). 📡
  • --lan-server=NAME — start a LAN server (not a playing client). 🏠
  • --server-password=PASS — sets a password for a server (both client and server). 🔑
  • --connect-now=IP — connect to a server whose IP you know right now, in the format x.x.x.x:xxx(port) — and the port should be its public port. ⚡
  • --connect-now6=IP — connect to a server whose IPv6 you know right now, in the format [x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x]:xxx(port) — and again, the port should be its public port. 🛰️
  • --server-id=N — server id in STK addons, for "--connect-now". 🆔
  • --network-ai=N — numbers of AI for connecting to a linear race server, used together with "--connect-now". 🤖
  • --login=S — automatically log in (set the login). 🪪
  • --password=S — automatically log in (set the password). 🤫
  • --init-user — save the above login and password (if set) in config. 💾
  • --disable-polling — don't poll for logged in user. 🚫
  • --port=N — port number to use. 🔌
  • --auto-connect — automatically connect to the first server and start the race. 🚀
  • --max-players=N — maximum number of clients (server only). 👥
  • --min-players=N — minimum number of clients for an ownerless server (server only). 👤
  • --motd — message showing in all lobby of clients, can specify a .txt file. 📢
  • --auto-end — automatically end the network game after the 1st player finished, for some time (currently his finished time * 0.25 + 15.0). ⏲️
  • --no-auto-end — don't automatically end the network game after the 1st player finished. ✋
  • --team-choosing — enable choosing team in lobby for a team game. 🎽
  • --no-team-choosing — disable choosing team in lobby for a team game. 🚷
  • --network-gp=N — specify number of tracks used in network grand prix. 🏁
  • --graphical-server — enable graphical view in server. 🖼️
  • --no-validation — allow non validated and unencrypted connection in wan. ⚠️
  • --ranked — server will submit ranking to STK addons server. 📈
  • --no-ranked — server will not submit ranking to STK addons server. you require permission for that. 📉
  • --owner-less — race will autostart and no one can kick players in server. 🎬
  • --no-owner-less — race will not autostart and server owner can kick players in server. 🥾
  • --firewalled-server — turn on all stun related code in server. 🔥
  • --no-firewalled-server — turn off all stun related code in server. 🧯
  • --connection-debug — print verbose info for sending or receiving packets. 🐛
  • --no-console-log — does not write messages in the console but to stdout.log. 📝
  • -h, --help — show this help. 🆘
  • --log=N — set the verbosity to a value between 0 (Debug) and 5 (Only Fatal messages). 🔊
  • --logbuffer=N — buffers up to N lines log lines before writing. 🧺
  • --root=DIR — path to add to the list of STK root directories. you can specify more than one by separating them with colons (:). 🌳
  • --cutscene=NAME — launch the specified track as a cutscene. this is for internal debugging use only. 🎥
  • --enable-glow — enable glow effect. ✨
  • --disable-glow — disable glow effect. ✨🚫
  • --enable-bloom — enable bloom effect. 🌸
  • --disable-bloom — disable bloom effect. 🌸🚫
  • --enable-light-shaft — enable light shafts (God rays). 🌤️
  • --disable-light-shaft — disable light shafts (God rays). 🌤️🚫
  • --enable-dof — enable depth of field. 📷
  • --disable-dof — disable depth of field. 📷🚫
  • --enable-particles — enable particles. 🫧
  • --disable-particles — disable particles. 🫧🚫
  • --enable-animated-characters — enable animated characters. 🕺
  • --disable-animated-characters — disable animated characters. 🕺🚫
  • --enable-motion-blur — enable motion blur. 💫
  • --disable-motion-blur — disable motion blur. 💫🚫
  • --enable-mlaa — enable anti-aliasing. 🪞
  • --disable-mlaa — disable anti-aliasing. 🪞🚫
  • --enable-texture-compression — enable texture compression. 🗜️
  • --disable-texture-compression — disable texture compression. 🗜️🚫
  • --enable-ssao — enable screen space ambient occlusion. 🌑
  • --disable-ssao — disable screen space ambient occlusion. 🌑🚫
  • --enable-ibl — enable image based lighting. 💡
  • --disable-ibl — disable image based lighting. 💡🚫
  • --enable-hd-textures — enable high definition textures. 🔍
  • --disable-hd-textures — disable high definition textures. 🔍🚫
  • --enable-dynamic-lights — enable advanced pipeline. 🚰
  • --disable-dynamic-lights — disable advanced pipeline. 🚰🚫
  • --anisotropic=N — anisotropic filtering quality (0 to disable). takes precedence over trilinear or bilinear texture filtering. 🥇
  • --shadows=N — set resolution of shadows (0 to disable). 🌚
  • --apitrace — this will disable buffer storage and writing gpu query strings to opengl, which can be seen later in apitrace. 🎬

💜 AUTHOR 💜

This manual page was based an earlier one written by Gonéri Le Bouder <goneri@rulezlan.org> (2006, GPLv2) for the GNU/Linux Debian Operating System, in addition to the official SuperTuxKart command-line options, Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmail.net> (2004-2015, GPL v3), Joerg Henrichs, Marianne Gagnon (2011-2015, GPLv3). Edited by J. T-Katiska (2019, GPLv3).

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

🌟 NOTES 🌟

  1. STK homepage: https://supertuxkart.net/Main_Page
  2. The SuperTuxKart official FAQ: https://supertuxkart.net/FAQ
  3. Previous manual page: https://web.archive.org/save/https://manpages.debian.org/buster/supertuxkart/supertuxkart.6.en.html
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