TRACKGEN(6)

✨ trackgen — Terrain generator for tracks ✨

okay so you found trackgen(6) in the manual pages, bestie, and you're like "what even is this" — don't worry, I got you. 🫶 This is the terrain generator for tracks, and it lives in the Games corner of your man pages. Grab a strawberry 🍓 and let's go.

🌸 NAME 🌸

trackgen — the terrain generator for tracks. that's it, that's the whole name section, she's concise, she's iconic 💅

🎀 SYNTAX 🎀

trackgen -c category -n name [-a] [-m] [-s] [-S] [-E <n> [-H <nb>]]

yes that's the whole invocation. -c and -n are mandatory, everything else is vibes-based optional. 🔥

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This manual is describing the Ac3d compiler application that ships with the game TORCS. so if you're out here generating terrain for a track, this is literally the program, no cap. ✨

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -c category — the track category. like road, oval, dirt... pick your girl's whole aesthetic. 🛣️
• -n name — the track name. name your baby. 👑
• -b — draw bump track. bumps. she has texture. 🫧
• -B — Don't use terrain border (relief supplied int clockwise, ext CC). okay this one is highkey cryptic but that's the whole note, I'm not making stuff up for you. 🙈
• -a — draw all. the default is track only, so this is the "give me EVERYTHING" option. 💖
• -s — split the track and the terrain.
• -S — split all.
• -E <n> — save elevation file n. and n can be:
  • 0 — all the elevatation files
  • 1 — elevation file of terrain + track
  • 2 — elevation file of terrain with track white
  • 3 — track only
  • 4 — track elevations with height steps
• -H <nb> — number of height steps for the 4th elevation file. default is [30]. ⭐

okay real talk: -E and -H are besties. -H only makes sense next to -E, and the synopsis literally nests it as [-E <n> [-H <nb>]], so don't go passing -H all alone like it's a main character without a plot. 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• torcs(6) — go look at the actual game, she's the moment. 🎮

💜 AUTHOR 💜

This manual page was written by Rudy Godoy <rudy@kernel-panik.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). shoutout Rudy, we love a documented tool. 🫶

okay and that's the whole page, we ate and left no crumbs 💅 — this was version 1.2 of the trackgen(6) man page, authored by Rudy Godoy, in the Games section. go generate some terrain, bestie, you got this 🌸✨