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legesmotus(6)                        Games                       legesmotus(6)

NAME
       legesmotus - A team-based, networked, 2D shooter set in zero-gravity

SYNTAX
       legesmotus [-f] [-n name] [-w width] [-h height]

       Only the most useful options are listed here; see below for the
       remainder.

DESCRIPTION
       Leges Motus is a networked, team-based, 2D shooter set in zero-gravity.
       Using only the force from jumping off of walls and the recoil from
       their guns, players must travel across the arena to lower their
       opponent's gate.

OPTIONS
       -f     Run the game in fullscreen.

       -n <name>
              Sets your player name to <name> (defaults to your username).

       -w <width>
              Sets the width of the game window to <width>.

       -h <height>
              Sets the height of the game window to <height>.

       -s <hostname>
              Immediately connect to the server on <hostname>.

       -t red|blue
              Join the given team (only makes sense if you specify -s too).

       -p <portno>
              Connect to the server running on port <portno> (only makes sense
              if you specify -s too).

       -?, --help
              Output help information and exit.

       --version
              Output version information and exit.

CONTROLS
       space  Jump in direction of mouse pointer.

       left click
              Fire in direction of mouse pointer.

       right click
              Switch weapons

       1 through 8
              Switch weapons (if available)

       t      Open chat.

       y      Open team chat.

       ~      Open chat log.

       ESC    Return to the main menu / close chat console.

       tab    Show the scoreboard.

COMMANDS
       These commands are entered in the client's chat bar (press t or ~ to
       show):

       /tchat <message>
              Send <message> privately to your teammates (you may also use the
              y control to open a dedicated team chat bar).

       /name <name>
              Change your player name to <name>.

       /team red|blue
              Change to the specified team.

       /quit  Quit the game.

       /server <command>
              Send <command> to the server (see lmserver(6) for a list of
              commands supported by the server).

       /legal Display legal information (copyright and warranty).

       <name>: <message>
              Send <message> privately to the player named <name>.

GAMEPLAY
       The objective of the game is to reach the opposing team's gate and stay
       next to it until it opens fully.

       Shoot enemy players to freeze them. They will un-freeze a number of
       seconds after they are frozen.

       You can move by jumping off of any obstacle, and you will jump in the
       direction of the mouse pointer. You will also move due to the recoil
       from firing your gun. When frozen, you will bounce off of obstacles. If
       you unfreeze away from obstacles, shoot your weapon to move back
       towards the nearest obstacle.

FILES
       $LM_DATA_DIR/fonts
       $LM_DATA_DIR/maps
       $LM_DATA_DIR/sounds
       $LM_DATA_DIR/sprites
       $LM_DATA_DIR/weapons
       $HOME/.legesmotusrc
       /etc/legesmotusrc

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       LM_DATA_DIR
              Specifies the location of the directory containing Leges Motus
              data files.

       LM_METASERVER
              Specifies the address to use for connecting to the meta server
              (which allows the Internet-wide server browser to work).  This
              is useful only for testing alternative meta servers, and should
              not be used generally.

EXAMPLES
       To just run the game:

       legesmotus

       To run the game in fullscreen:

       legesmotus -f

       To connect to the server on example.com, port 1234, on the blue team:

       legesmotus -s example.com -p 1234 -t blue

       To set your name from within the game:

       /name Andromedus

       To send a message to your team:

       /tchat Cover me, I'm going for the gate!

AUTHORS
       Andrew Ayer <agwadude@users.sourceforge.net>
       Nathan Partlan <greywhind@users.sourceforge.net>
       Jeffrey Pfau <archaemic@users.sourceforge.net>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2009-2010 Andrew Ayer, Nathan Partlan, Jeffrey Pfau

       Leges Motus is free and open source software.  You may redistribute it
       and/or modify it under the terms of version 2, or (at your option)
       version 3, of the GNU General Public License (GPL), as published by the
       Free Software Foundation.

       Leges Motus is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
       WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the full text
       of the GNU General Public License for further detail.

       For a full copy of the GNU General Public License, please see the
       COPYING file in the root of the source code tree.  You may also
       retrieve a copy from <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt>, or
       request a copy by writing to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59
       Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307  USA

SEE ALSO
       lmserver(6), lmscan(6)

AGWA, Greywhind, Archaemic            0.4                        legesmotus(6)