-.TH FAIRLAND 1
+.TH FAIRLAND 6
.SH NAME
fairland \- Empire land generator
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B fairland
[
-.BI \-aioq
+.B \-ahioqv
]
[
-.BI \-s\ scriptout
+.BI \-e " configfile"
]
[
-.BI \-e\ configfile
+.BI \-R " seed"
]
[
-.BI \-R\ seed
+.BI \-s " scriptout"
]
-.IR nc
-.IR sc
+.I nc
+.I sc
[
-.IR ni
-]
+.I ni
[
-.IR is
-]
+.I is
[
-.IR sp
-]
+.I sp
[
-.IR pm
-]
+.I pm
[
-.IR di
-]
+.I di
[
-.IR id
+.I id
+]
+]
+]
+]
+]
]
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.I fairland
+.B fairland
is a program which creates land and ore for Empire. It
-should be run after
-.I files
-has been run and before
+should be run after
+.I files
+has been run and before
.I emp_server
has been started. This is a land generator for empire that creates a
specified number of continents, and spaces them evenly accross the
get nearly any kind of map you want by choosing the right arguments.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
-.B \-a
+.B \-a
mark the continents with a * so that you can tell them from the islands
.TP
+.BI \-e " configfile"
+Use game configuration in \fIconfigfile\fR.
+.TP
+.B \-h
+Help. Print brief usage information and exit.
+.TP
.B \-i
islands will crash into each other and merge
.TP
.B \-o
do not set the resources. If you use this flag, then you will need to
-run some other program (for example the
-.I ore
+run some other program (for example the
+.I ore
program) to set the resources.
.TP
.B \-q
run quietly without printing anything to the terminal
.TP
-.BI \-s\ scriptout
-writes a script for placing capitol to the file
-.I scriptout
-(If you don't specify this argument, then the script will be written
-to "newcap_script".)
-.TP
-.BI \-e\ configfile
-causes
-.I fairland
-to use the game configuration specified in
-.I configfile
-(by default, the file "econfig" in the data directory is used)
-.TP
-.BI \-R\ seed
+.BI \-R " seed"
Use
.I seed
as seed for the pseudo-random number generator. This can be used to reproduce
the server are used as seed.) The seed used to generate a world is printed
along with the map.
.TP
-.IR nc
+.BI \-s " scriptout"
+writes a script for placing capitol to the file
+.I scriptout
+(If you don't specify this argument, then the script will be written
+to "newcap_script".)
+.TP
+.B \-v
+Print version information and exit.
+.SH OPERANDS
+.TP
+.I nc
number of continents
.TP
-.IR sc
+.I sc
continent size
.TP
-.IR ni
+.I ni
number of islands (optional, default = nc)
.TP
-.IR is
+.I is
average size of islands (optional, default = sc/2)
.TP
-.IR sp
+.I sp
spike percentage: 0 = round, 100 = snake (default = 10)
.TP
-.IR pm
+.I pm
the percentage of land that is mountain (default = 0)
.TP
-.IR di
+.I di
the minimum distance between continents (default = 2)
.TP
-.IR id
+.I id
minimum distance from islands to continents (default = 1)
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.SH AUTHOR
Ken Stevens <chidren@empire.net>
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