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fairland \- Empire land generator
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B fairland
[\fB\-ahioqv\fP]
[\fB\-e\fP \fIconfigfile\fP]
[\fB\-R\fP \fIseed\fP]
[\fB\-s\fP \fIscriptout\fP]
[\fIoption\fP]...
\fInc\fP
\fIsc\fP
[\fIni\fP
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.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B fairland
is a program which creates land and ore for Empire. It
should be run after
is a program which creates land for Empire. It 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
map. It tries to make all of them the same size, and makes sure that
they don't meet. It gives each start island exactly the same
distribution of resources and the same number of mountains. You can
get nearly any kind of map you want by choosing the right arguments.
has been started. It creates a specified number of start islands
("continents"), and spaces them evenly accross the map. It makes all
of them the same size, and makes sure that they don't meet. It gives
each start island exactly the same distribution of resources and the
same number of mountains. Different arguments produce quite different
kinds of maps.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI \-e " configfile"
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Help. Print brief usage information and exit.
.TP
.B \-i
islands will crash into each other and merge
Islands will crash into each other and merge.
.TP
.B \-q
run quietly without printing anything to the terminal
Run quietly without printing anything to the terminal.
.TP
.BI \-R " seed"
Use
.I seed
as seed for the pseudo-random number generator. T his can be used to
as seed for the pseudo-random number generator. This can be used to
reproduce a previously created world. The seed used to generate a
world is printed along with the map.
.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".)
.BI \-s " script"
Write script to add countries and sanctuaries to file \fIscript\fP
(default "newcap_script").
.TP
.B \-v
Print version information and exit.
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continent size
.TP
.I ni
number of islands (optional, default = nc)
number of additional islands (default \fInc\fP)
.TP
.I is
average size of islands (optional, default = sc/2)
average size of additional islands (default \fIsc\fP/2)
.TP
.I sp
spike percentage: 0 = round, 100 = snake (default = 10)
land spikiness (in percent, default 10), low values result in rounded
islands, high values result in snakes
.TP
.I pm
the percentage of land that is mountain (default = 0)
how much of each island is mountain (in percent, default 0)
.TP
.I di
the minimum distance between continents (default = 2)
minimum distance between continents (default 2)
.TP
.I id
minimum distance from islands to continents (default = 1)
minimum distance between additional islands and continents (default 1)
.SH AUTHOR
Ken Stevens <chidren@empire.net>
Ken Stevens <children@empire.net>