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   NAME
     XEvil - a fast-action explicitly violent game for X

   SYNOPSIS
     xevil [-display _d_i_s_p_l_a_y__n_a_m_e | -d _d_i_s_p_l_a_y__n_a_m_e ] [-display<x>
     _d_i_s_p_l_a_y__n_a_m_e | -d<x> _d_i_s_p_l_a_y__n_a_m_e ] [-duel] [-extended] [-h | -help] [-
     humans _n_u_m_b_e_r ] [-info] [-kill] [-keys alpha | decmips | iris | mac |
     ncd | rsaix | sun3 | sun4 | sun4_sparc | tektronix] [-levels] [-machines
     _n_u_m_b_e_r ] [-map] [-pc] [-regenerate_machines] [-rooms _A_C_R_O_S_S_x_D_O_W_N ] [-
     speed _t_i_m_e-_i_n-_m_s ] [-training]

   DESCRIPTION
     Death, kill, maim.  XEvil is a side-view, fast-action, kill everything
     type of game.  Play is against other human or computer players.  XEvil
     may be played on one or multiple X displays.  Controls are keyboard or
     mouse.  However, if you play with the mouse you'll get your ass kicked.

   COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
     XEvil accepts the following options:

     -display _d_i_s_p_l_a_y__n_a_m_e  | -d _d_i_s_p_l_a_y__n_a_m_e
         Set all X displays to be _d_i_s_p_l_a_y__n_a_m_e.  See X(1) for details on X
         displays.

     -display<x> _d_i_s_p_l_a_y__n_a_m_e  | -d<x> _d_i_s_p_l_a_y__n_a_m_e
         Sets the display for player x to be _d_i_s_p_l_a_y__n_a_m_e.  0 <= x < 6. This
         option may be used multiple times to specify the displays for all
         players.  E.g. "xevil -d0 joe.mit.edu:0 -d1 bob.mit.edu:0 -d2
         fred.mit.edu:0" Any unspecified displays default to the display of
         the local machine.

     -duel
         Set the game style to a human vs. human duel.

     -extended
         Set the game style to a human vs. human extended duel.

     -h | -help
         Print usage summary.

     -humans _n_u_m_b_e_r
         Set the number of human players.  Default is 1.

     -info
         Print information about the absence of warranty for XEvil.

     -kill
         Set the game style to "Kill,Kill,Kill".

     -keys _k_e_y_s_e_t
         Specify the mapping between the keyboard and the controls for
         players.  Default is decmips.  The possible values for _k_e_y_s_e_t are:
         alpha, decmips, iris, mac, ncd, rsaix, sun3, sun4, sun4_sparc,


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         tektronix.  NOTE: You can also use X Resources and the "Set Con-
         trols" button to specify the keyboard controls.

     -levels
         Set the game style to "Levels".

     -machines _n_u_m_b_e_r
         Set the number of machines players.  Default is 3.

     -map
         Give a rough map of the world at the beginning of each game.

     -pc
         Run XEvil in politically correct mode.  Disables some of the more
         "offensive" aspects of XEvil.  Useful for showing XEvil to lame-ass
         wussies who are easily offended.

     -regenerate_machines
         New machine players are created while the game is running.

     -rooms _A_C_R_O_S_S_x_D_O_W_N
         Specify the size of the XEvil world in number of rooms.  Default is
         4x2.

     -speed _t_i_m_e-_i_n-_m_s
         The number of milliseconds between each turn of the game.  Default
         is 40.

     -training
         Play XEvil with the game style set to "Training".

   KEYBOARD CONTROLS
     Each player has 15 control keys.  There is a separate set of controls
     for the left and right sides of the keyboard.

     THE POINTER MUST BE IN ONE OF THE PLAYING FIELDS FOR THE KEYBOARD CON-
     TROLS TO WORK.

     _9 _k_e_y_s _f_o_r _m_o_v_e_m_e_n_t:
         right (move right), left (move left), up (jump up/climb up), down
         (duck/climb down), up_right (jump right), up_left (jump left),
         down_right (crawl right), down_left (crawl left), center (stop).

         Tap the key to move in the specified direction.  Holding down a key
         is not as effective as tapping it rapidly.

     _3 _k_e_y_s _f_o_r _w_e_a_p_o_n_s:
         weapon_use (fire/hand-to-hand attack), weapon_change, weapon_drop.
         Hold down weapon_use and press a movement key to fire a weapon in a
         direction or to perform a hand-to-hand attack if weapon is "none".

     _3 _k_e_y_s _f_o_r _i_t_e_m_s:
         item_use, item_change, item_drop.



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         The actual mapping of these functions to the keyboard can be speci-
         fied with the -keys command line option, with X resources, or with
         the "Set Controls" button.  If the -keys option is used to specify a
         specific machine, the default controls for that machine's keyboard
         are used.  The -keys option overrides any keys set through X
         resources.  Keys set through the "Set Controls" button override both
         the X resources and the -keys command line option.  (See X RESOURCES
         below.)

   MOUSE CONTROLS
     Click mouse button 1 on the middle of the playing field to stop your
     character.  Click near the top of the playing field to jump up, near the
     right edge to go right, etc.  Middle button fires weapons or does a
     hand-to-hand attack.  Right button uses items.  Click left or middle
     button on the panel displaying your current weapon to change weapons.
     Click right mouse button on that panel to drop the current weapon.
     Similar for changing and dropping items.

   GAME STYLES
     There are five different styles of play in XEvil,  "Levels",
     "Kill,Kill,Kill", "Duel", "Extended Duel", and "Training".  In "Levels",
     one or more human players work cooperatively to fight through increasing
     levels of difficulty.  After killing all the machine players on one
     level, you advance to the next.  In "Kill,Kill,Kill", it is every
     man/woman/machine for him/her/itself.  Whatever survives is the victor.
     Use "Duel" or "Extended Duel" for battles among human players.  In
     "Duel", each human gets 3 lives and the game is over when only one
     remains.  An "Extended Duel" game never ends, you just keep track who
     has the most kills.  The "Training" game style exists to give novice
     players a chance to learn the controls.

   MULTIPLE DISPLAYS
     XEvil can be played across the net by opening multiple X displays.  One
     player runs XEvil on his machine and remotely opens windows on the
     machines of the other players.  Up to two players can share a single
     display.  One player uses the right side of the keyboard, while the
     other uses the left.  The assignment of players to displays is specified
     at startup time with command line arguments.  Use the -display<x> option
     to specifiy the display for player x.  Remember to use xhost(1X) on all
     remote machines to allow access to the machine running XEvil.  And,
     remember to add ":0" (or whatever screen number is appropriate) to the
     machine name for the -display<x> option.
     Example:  Running a game of XEvil for users on the machines bob.mit.edu,
     joe.mit.edu, and dave.mit.edu.
     On joe.mit.edu:  xhost + bob.mit.edu On dave.mit.edu: xhost +
     bob.mit.edu On bob.mit.edu: xevil -display1 joe.mit.edu:0 -display2
     dave.mit.edu:0

   SCREEN LAYOUT
     The XEvil window is divided into four parts.  At the top of the window
     is a menu with buttons for a variety of options.  Under this is the
     playing field where all the action takes place.  To the right are a
     number of status fields which give information about your character and
     the game in general while the game is running.  At the bottom is a


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     message bar which gives miscellaneous information.

   MENU BAR BUTTONS
     Most of the following options will not take effect until you start a new
     game.

     New Game
         Start a new game.  Abort the current game if one is in progress.

     Humans
         Set the number of humans playing in the next game.  There will be a
         separate window for each human player.  If you set the number of
         humans to 0 you can scroll around with player 0's movement keys and
         watch the machine players kill each other.  If the game style is
         "Training", this value is ignored.

     Machines
         Set the number of machines players for the next game.  Only meanin-
         ful if the game style is "Kill,Kill,Kill", "Duel", or "Extended
         Duel".

     Regenerate Machines
         New machine players are created while the game is running.  You gen-
         erally cannot win if this option is set.  Try to see how many kills
         you can make before you die.  The total number of machine players
         will never exceed that specified by the Machines option.  Only mean-
         ingful if the game style is "Kill,Kill,Kill", "Duel", or "Extended
         Duel".

     Set Controls
         While XEvil is running, you can specify the keyboard controls by
         clicking "Set Controls".  A window will appear and you will be
         prompted for the key for each action.  You must press the desired
         key with the cursor in the "Set Controls" window.  Note that these
         changes take place immediately.  So, if you just want to set the
         controls for player 0, you can do so without bothering to set the
         controls for player 1.  Controls set here are not saved.  If you
         want to set controls to work over multiple sessions of XEvil, set
         them with X resources. (See KEYBOARD CONTROLS and X RESOURCES.)

     Show Controls
         Toggle to display a window showing all the current keyboard con-
         trols.  (See KEYBOARD CONTROLS and X RESOURCES.)

     Game style
         Set the style of play for the next game.  See GAME STYLES above.

     Speed
         The number of milliseconds between each turn of the game.  I.e.
         smaller values make the game go faster.  0 will make XEvil run as
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   STATUS FIELDS

     Name
         The name of your character's intelligence.  This stays constant over
         the course of a game even when you are soul-swapped or brought back
         from the dead.

     Class
         The class of your character's physical body.  E.g. ninja, hero,
         enforcer.  This may change if your intelligence is put in a dif-
         ferent body.

     Health
         When your health goes negative, you are dead.

     Mass
         Lighter objects get pushed around more.

     Weapon
         Displays your current weapon.  Hit weapon_use or weapon_drop to use
         or drop it, respectively.  You can hold more than one weapon, but
         only the current one will be shown.  Use weapon_change to cycle
         through all your weapons.  The lettering will be green if the weapon
         is ready to be used or red if the weapon is recharging.  If your
         character is able to perform hand-to-hand combat, set Weapon to
         "none" to fight hand-to-hand.

     Item
         Displays your current item.  Press item_use or item_drop to use or
         drop it, respectively.  Press item_change to cycle through all your
         items.

     Extra lives / Humans killed
         Extra lives: If you have a positive number of extra lives, when you
         die you will come back from the dead in a new body.  Humans killed:
         For the "Extended Duel" game style, the number of humans you have
         killed (minus the number of times you have killed yourself).

     Kills / Machines killed
         Kills: The number of your enemies that you have sent to the grave
         since the beginning of the game.  I.e. your score.  Machines killed:
         For the "Extended Duel" game style, the number of machine players
         killed.

     Humans remaining
         The number of human players currently alive.

     Machines remaining
         The number of machine players currently alive.  When the game style
         is "Levels", this tells you how many more machines you must kill
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   OBJECTS IN XEVIL
          This is not an exhaustive list of the objects in XEvil.  Figure the
     rest out yourself.

     _C_h_a_r_a_c_t_e_r _C_l_a_s_s_e_s

         hero
             Generic pumped-up hero type character.  Walks, jumps, and climbs
             ladders.  Can fight effectively with his fists.  Uses weapons
             and items.  Has lots of health and healing powers.

         ninja
             An oriental assasin of the night.  Can climb on walls and ceil-
             ings.  Expert martial artist.  Not completely a traditional
             Japanese warrior as he/she believes it's is ok to use modern
             weapons and items such as machine-guns and bombs.

         chopper-boy
             Some freaked out kid with a helicopter backpack.  Can fly and
             walk on the ground.  Uses weapons and items, but has no hand-
             to-hand attack.

     _W_e_a_p_o_n_s

         pistol
             Single shot weapon.  Wimpy, but better than nothing.

         machine-gun
             A rapid fire gun.  Probably the best all-around weapon.

         lancer
             The lancer is a sniper rifle.  It fires lances which travel fas-
             ter and do more damage than any other shot in the game.  How-
             ever, it takes a significant amount of time to recharge between
             shots.

         flame-thrower
             Burn, baby, burn.

         soul-swapper
             If you nail someone with a soul-swapper, your souls will swap.
             You will end up controlling his/her/its physical body and
             he/she/it will end up controlling yours.  This will not affect
             your number of kills or number of extra lives.  Needless to say,
             be careful with this weapon.

     _I_t_e_m_s

         med-kit
             When you use this item, you will return to full health.  Can
             only be used once.  Note that you must explicitly use a med-kit,
             just picking it up will not heal you.

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             A rather dangerous toy.  If you shoot it or attack a bomb, it
             will explode.  If your current item is bomb and you hit
             item_use, the bomb will be set with a fuse of approximately five
             seconds.  It is strongly suggested that you drop the bomb and
             run away before this time has elapsed.

         t-shield, n-shield
             Personal body shields.  I leave it up to you to figure out the
             difference between a t-shield and an n-shield.  Hint:  Think
             about their names.

   X RESOURCES
     Keyboard controls for both the left and right sides of the keyboard can
     be specified by adding the appropriate lines to your .Xdefaults or
     .Xresources file in your home directory.  See the man pages on X(1) and
     xrdb(1) for more information on X resources.

     There is a separate set of controls for the right and left sides of the
     keyboard.  Player 0 uses the right and player 1 uses the left side.  For
     each function, up to two actual keys can be mapped to it.  E.g. for a
     decmips keyboard, pressing either 'm' or ',' will give the command to
     move down left.  The possible keysyms to map to each function are those
     listed in /usr/include/X11/keysymdef.h with the XK_ prefix stripped off.

     Examples:

     XEvil.right_weapon_use
         The keysym to use a weapon for the controls on the right side of the
         keyboard.

     XEvil.right_left
         The keysym for the move left command for the controls on the right
         side of the keyboard.

     XEvil.right_left_2
         The second keysym for the move left command for the controls on the
         right side of the keyboard.

     An example resource file is given below.  Further examples are in the
     app-defaults directory in the XEvil distribution.

     ! Example resources for a sun4 SPARC station 1.
     XEvil.right_center:                     F31
     XEvil.right_right:                      Right
     XEvil.right_down_right:                 F35
     XEvil.right_down:                       Down
     XEvil.right_down_left:                  F33
     XEvil.right_left:                       Left
     XEvil.right_up_left:                    F27
     XEvil.right_up:                         Up
     XEvil.right_up_right:                   F29
     XEvil.right_weapon_use:                 F21
     XEvil.right_weapon_change:              F22
     XEvil.right_weapon_drop:                F23


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     XEvil.right_item_use:                   F24
     XEvil.right_item_change:                F25
     XEvil.right_item_drop:                  F26

     XEvil.left_center:                      l
     XEvil.left_right:                       semicolon
     XEvil.left_down_right:                  slash
     XEvil.left_down:                        period
     XEvil.left_down_left:                   m
     XEvil.left_down_left_2:                 comma
     XEvil.left_left:                        k
     XEvil.left_up_left:                     i
     XEvil.left_up:                          o
     XEvil.left_up_right:                    p
     XEvil.left_up_right_2:                  bracketleft
     XEvil.left_weapon_use:                  a
     XEvil.left_weapon_change:               s
     XEvil.left_weapon_drop:                 d
     XEvil.left_item_use:                    z
     XEvil.left_item_change:                 x
     XEvil.left_item_drop:                   c


   VERSION
     This man page is valid for XEvil version 1.4.

   UNRESTRICTIONS
     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 1, or (at your option) any
     later version.

     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
     WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABIL-
     ITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public
     License for more details.

     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
     with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
     675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.


   COPYRIGHT
     Copyright 1994,1995 Steve Hardt

   AUTHOR
     Steve Hardt hardts@theory.lcs.mit.edu hardts@athena.mit.edu
     hardts@media.mit.edu hardts@blake.3dem.bioch.bcm.tmc.edu








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