NAME

       vcmiclient - A free reimplementation of the Heroes of Might and Magic 3 engine.

SYNOPSIS

       vcmiclient [options]

DESCRIPTION

       This is the client program.

       Starting...   VCMI  1.6.5  - A Heroes of Might and Magic 3 clone Copyright © 2007-present VCMI dev team -
       see AUTHORS file This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty;  not
       even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

   Allowed options:
       -h [ --help ]
              display help and exit

       -v [ --version ]
              display version information and exit

       --testmap arg

       --testsave arg

       --logLocation arg
              new location for log files

       -s [ --spectate ]
              enable spectator interface for AI-only games

       --spectate-ignore-hero
              wont follow heroes on adventure map

       --spectate-hero-speed arg
              hero movement speed on adventure map

       --spectate-battle-speed arg
              battle animation speed for spectator

       --spectate-skip-battle
              skip battles in spectator view

       --spectate-skip-battle-result
              skip battle result window

       --onlyAI
              allow one to run without human player, all players will be default AI

       --headless
              runs without GUI, implies --onlyAI

       --ai arg
              AI to be used for the player, can be specified several times for the consecutive players

       --oneGoodAI
              puts one default AI and the rest will be EmptyAI

       --autoSkip
              automatically skip turns in GUI

       --disable-video
              disable video player

       -i [ --nointro ]
              skips intro movies

       -d [ --donotstartserver ]
              do not attempt to start server and just connect to it instead server

       --serverport arg
              override port specified in config file

       --savefrequency arg
              limit auto save creation to each N days

FILES

         user data:   $HOME/.local/share/vcmi
         user saves:  $HOME/.local/share/vcmi/Saves
         user cache:  $HOME/.cache/vcmi
         user config: $HOME/.config/vcmi

EXAMPLES

       Start  multiplayer  server,  indicated  players  0 and 1 (red and blue) are human players, control all AI
       players and player 0 (Red) from this client.

           vcmiclient --loadserver --loadnumplayers  2  --loadhumanplayerindices  0  --loadhumanplayerindices  1
       --loadplayer 0

       Connect  to  server  at 127.0.0.1 port 3030, but do not start a server there, and control player 1 (Blue)
       from this client. Do not control AI players from this client.

           vcmiclient --loadplayer 1 --loadserverip 127.0.0.1 --loadserverport 3030

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to http://bugs.debian.org/vcmi or vcmi@packages.qa.debian.org

vcmiclient 1.6.5                                  February 2025                                    VCMICLIENT(1)