Provided by: gemrb_0.9.0+dfsg-1build2_amd64 
NAME
GemRB - a reimplementation of the Infinity Engine
SYNOPSIS
gemrb [-q] [-c CONFIG-FILE]
gemrb PATH-TO-GAME
torment
DESCRIPTION
GemRB a portable open-source implementation of Bioware’s Infinity Engine, which runs fine
RPGs like Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale and Planescape: Torment.
GemRB reimplements only the game engine. To actually play anything, you have to have the
data from the original game(s), installed or unpackaged where GemRB can find it. See the
GamePath and CDn settings in the engine configuration file below. A full install is
recommended.
OPTIONS
-q Disable audio completely, regardless of supported audio plugins.
-c FILE
Use the specified configuration file FILE instead of the default gemrb.cfg.
Note: You can also use the program's name as a mean to select the configuration
file. For example, if the program's name is torment instead of gemrb, the engine
first searches for torment.cfg and only if it's not found it searches for
gemrb.cfg.
To use this feature, just create a symbolic link torment pointing to the gemrb
binary and then run torment instead.
CONFIGURATION
A configuration file consists of pairs PARAMETER=VALUE, each on its own line. The case of
PARAMETER is not significant, GameType is the same as GAMETYPE. If the same PARAMETER is
defined more than once, only the last occurrence is used.
Empty lines and lines starting with `#' (hash sign) are ignored.
At least the GamePath parameter needs to be changed. That is often enough, so do not
fiddle with the other paths too much.
General Parameters:
GameType=(auto|bg1|bg2|iwd|iwd2|how|pst)
Type of the game. The value is a name of subdirectory in override/ and GUIScripts/
directories with game type-specific files and scripts. It is at present also used
for various tweaks hardcoded in the GemRB engine. To autodetect the game type, use
the default "auto".
GameName=STRING
Arbitrary name of the game. It will be displayed in the window's title bar.
Encoding=(default|polish|czech|german)
Specify language used in the game data.
GUIEnhancements=INT
The value is a bitfield. Set it to 1 to enable a few GUI enhancements, mostly in
BG2. Set to 2 or 3 to try to autoidentify items on transfer (if the character has
enough lore). Disabled by default.
EndianSwitch=(0|1)
Set this to 1 if you are running GemRB on a big-endian machine. Disabled by
default.
MultipleQuickSaves=(0|1)
EXPERIMENTAL. Set this to 1 if you want GemRB to keep multiple quicksaves around.
Disabled by default.
MaxPartySize=INT
Set this to 1-10 if you want more party members or enforce fewer. 6 by default.
NOTE: For bigger parties you need to choose a big enough resolution, so there will
be enough room for all the party portraits! No space for that in PST or IWD2. The
10pp mod is required to fix various game scripts, so the extra party members don't
get stuck in cutscenes.
Logging=(0|1)
By default (set to 1) logging is enabled and several loggers are used depending on
the plaftorm. Use 0 to disable all logging, which can help in performance critical
settings.
Video Parameters:
Width=INT
Game window width (in pixels).
WARNING: This is not arbitrary but depends on the game data. For custom resolutions
the widescreen mod needs to be used.
Height=INT
Game window height (in pixels).
WARNING: This is not arbitrary but depends on the game data. For custom resolutions
the widescreen mod needs to be used.
Bpp=INT
Color depth of the game window (in bits per pixel).
Fullscreen=(0|1)
Whether the game should run in fullscreen mode.
SkipIntroVideos=(0|1)
If set to 1, the intro and logo videos are skipped to save developer's nerves. The
default is 0.
GCDebug=(0|2047)
Bitfield with reserved bits for drawing Map debug layers.
No Debugging features = 0 (default)
DEBUG_SHOW_INFOPOINTS = 1
DEBUG_SHOW_CONTAINERS = 2
DEBUG_SHOW_DOORS = 4
DEBUG_SHOW_DOORS_SECRET = 8
DEBUG_SHOW_DOORS_DISABLED = 16
DEBUG_SHOW_DOORS_ALL = 28
DEBUG_SHOW_LIGHTMAP = 32
DEBUG_SHOW_WALLS = 64
DEBUG_SHOW_WALLS_ANIM_COVER = 128
DEBUG_SHOW_WALLS_ALL = 192
DEBUG_SHOW_SEARCHMAP = 256
DEBUG_SHOW_FOG_UNEXPLORED = 512
DEBUG_SHOW_FOG_INVISIBLE = 1024
DEBUG_SHOW_FOG_ALL = 1536
Audio Parameters:
AudioDriver=(openal|sdlaudio|none)
Use the specified plugin as the audio driver. The default is openal, while none
will disable all audio.
Path parameters:
CaseSensitive=(0|1)
When this parameter is set to 1, the engine will try to find files regardless of
their names' case at the cost of a slight speed penalty. This is especially
important when using game files on CD-ROMs, where the files can't be renamed. Like
many Windows programs, the original games use inconsistent mix of lower/upper case
letters for naming and referencing their files.
Set this parameter to 1 on Unix-like systems.
GamePath=PATH
Path to the directory where the original game is installed. If you can't install
the game under MS Windows or with WINE, you can try to unpack the data files with
the unshield program found at http://synce.sourceforge.net.
CD1=PATH
CD2=PATH
CDn=...
Path to the data files for the game's particular CDs or any other data sources.
CachePath=PATH
User-writable directory where the engine caches uncompressed and temporary files.
Defaults to a subdirectory of the current directory.
GemRBPath=PATH
Path to the GemRB installation. (To be obsoleted; preset at build time).
GUIScriptsPath=PATH
Path to the directory with scripts controlling the game's GUI. (To be obsoleted;
preset at build time).
GemRBOverridePath=PATH
Path where GemRB looks for its game override directory. It defaults to GemRBPath.
GemRB reuses some of the unused files from the original or replaces them and this
is the where they can be found. The path is preset at build time. This directory
has the highest priority when searching, so putting files in the game override will
not affect them. Use another directory and add it as ModPath to the GemRB config.
GemRBUnhardcodedPath=PATH
Path where GemRB looks for its unhardcoded engine data. It defaults to GemRBPath.
The original games hardcoded this information in the engine. The path is preset at
build time.
The following variables do not need to be altered, unless you are doing something really
special!
SavePath=PATH
Path to the directory with save games. Note that this directory has to contain
save/ and/or eventually mpsave/ subdirectories and that only these subdirectories
contain the actual saved games.
SavePath defaults to GamePath.
GameDataPath=PATH
Path to the original game's installed data files, relative to GamePath. Usually
it's data.
GameOverridePath=PATH
Path to the original game's override dir, relative to GamePath. Usually it's
override. Original games use this directory to place last-minute patches.
GameCharactersPath=PATH
Path to the original game's installed data files, relative to GamePath. Usually
it's characters.
GamePortraitsPath=PATH
Path to the original game's installed data files, relative to GamePath. Usually
it's portraits.
GameScriptsPath=PATH
Path to the original game's installed data files, relative to GamePath. Usually
it's scripts.
GameSoundsPath=PATH
Path to the original game's installed data files, relative to GamePath. Usually
it's sounds.
ModPath=PATH
Path where GemRB looks for additional engine override files. It is not set by
default. This directory has precedence over GemRBOverridePath.
CustomFontPath=PATH
Path where GemRB looks for additional font files. It is meant to be used with the
TTF font plugin and fonts.2da as a way to specify where to look for system or other
external fonts. Check the online documentation for the details. It is not set by
default.
Input Parameters:
DoubleClickDelay=INT
Millisecond threshold for detecting a double click. The default is 250.
RepeatKeyDelay=INT
Millisecond threshold for detecting a repeated key press. The default is 250.
UseSoftKeyboard=(0|1)
Toggles use of software keyboard on devices that support one. It pops up when text
input is required. Disabled by default.
NumFingScroll=(2|3|4)
Number of fingers for multitouch to trigger scrolling. The default is 2.
NumFingKboard=(2|3|4)
Number of fingers for multitouch to open up the software keyboard. The default is
3. The value should not be equal to NumFingScroll above.
NumFingInfo=(2|3|4)
Number of fingers for multitouch to emulate a special keypress (alt, tab). The
default is 2.
MouseFeedback=(0-3)
Bitfield with reserved bits for disabling the mouse.
Show mouse+tooltips = 0 (default)
Hide mouse = 1
Hide tooltips = 2
Hide mouse+tooltips = 3
TouchInput=(0-1)
Override setting for when autodetection does not have satisfactory results.
Autodetect = -1 (default)
Force disable = 0
Enable = 1
Development parameters:
EnableCheatKeys=(0|1)
This parameter is meant for developers. If set to 1, certain keys allow you to
inspect the internal state of objects, do forbidden things, etc. The keys are
listed in the CheatKeys.txt file. Do NOT use this option unless you want to make
your hands dirty :-). The default is 0.
DrawFPS=(0|1)
This parameter is meant for developers. If set to 1, the current FPS (Frames per
Second) value is drawn in the top left window corner. The default is 0.
DebugMode=(n)
This parameter is meant for developers. It is a combination of bit values
1 - count references,
2 - display cutscene warnings,
4 - display variable warnings,
8 - display action warnings,
16 - display trigger warnings,
32 - enable views debug mode,
64 - enable window debug mode,
128 - enable font debug mode,
256 - enable text debug mode.
The default is 0.
DelayPlugin=FILENAME
Named plugin will be loaded after other (nondelayed) plugins were loaded. FILENAME
is a name without path, but with extension, for example libNullSound.so or
libNullSound.dll. You can use this parameter more than once.
SkipPlugin=FILENAME
Named plugin will not be loaded. FILENAME is a name without path, but with
extension, for example libNullSound.so or libNullSound.dll. You can use this
parameter more than once.
SaveAsOriginal=(0|1)
Set this parameter to 1, if you want to keep the save game compatible with the
original engine. It is enabled by default.
KeepCache=(0|1)
Set this parameter to 1, if you want to keep the cache after exiting GemRB. It is
disabled by default.
IgnoreOriginalINI=(0|1)
Set this parameter to 1, if you want to ignore the settings from the original
configuration files - baldur.ini / icewind.ini / torment.ini. It is disabled by
default.
GamepadPointerSpeed=INT
Pointer movement speed with gamepads. The default is 10.
VitaKeepAspectRatio=(0|1)
If set to 1, original aspect ratio is preserved while game area is scaled to native
PS Vita resolution. It is enabled by default.
FILES
/etc/gemrb/gemrb.cfg
system-wide configuration file
/usr/share/gemrb/unhardcoded/
directory with GemRB-distributed data files. These used to be hardcoded in the
original engine. The files are sorted into directories for specific games.
/usr/share/gemrb/override/
directory with GemRB-distributed data files. These files override their namesakes
in the original data.
/usr/share/gemrb/GUIScripts/
directory with Python scripts providing GUI setup and interaction. The files are
sorted into directories for specific games.
~/.gemrb/gemrb.cfg
~/.gemrb/override/
~/.gemrb/GUIScripts/
user's own configuration and data files.
~/.gemrb/cache/
cache directory
BUGS
Many. GemRB is still in development stage and not complete.
If you stumble over something which is supposed to work but doesn't, file an issue at
https://github.com/gemrb/gemrb or first visit the official IRC channel #GemRB on the
FreeNode IRC network.
AUTHOR
The GemRB Project development team at https://gemrb.org
COPYING
Copyright (C) 2003-2021 The GemRB Project
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 2 of the License, 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 MERCHANTABILITY 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., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
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