Provided by: supertuxkart_1.4+dfsg-3_amd64 
NAME
supertuxkart — a fun racing game with go-karts
SYNOPSIS
supertuxkart [options] [<args>]
OPTIONS
This program accepts some optional parameters.
-N, --no-start-screen
Immediately start race without showing a menu.
-R, --race-now
Same as -N but also skip the ready-set-go phase and the music.
-t, --track=NAME
Start track NAME.
--gp=NAME
Start the specified Grand Prix.
--add-gp-dir=DIR
Load Grand Prix files in DIR. Setting will be saved in config.xml under
additional_gp_directory. Use "--add-gp-dir=" to unset.
--stk-config=FILE
use ./data/FILE instead of ./data/stk_config.xml
-k, --numkarts=NUM
Set number of karts on the race track.
--kart=NAME
Use kart NAME.
--ai=a,b,...
Use the karts a, b, ... for the AI, and additional player kart.
--aiNP=a,b,...
Use the karts a,b, ... for the AI, no additional player kart.
--laps=N
Define number of laps to N.
--mode=N
N=0 Normal, N=1 Time trial, N=2 Battle, N=3 Soccer, N=4 Follow The Leader. In
configure server use "--battle-mode=N" for battle server and "--soccer-timed" / goals
for soccer server to control verbosely, see below.
--difficulty=N
N=0 Beginner, N=1 Intermediate, N=2 Expert, N=3 SuperTux.
--battle-mode=N
Specify battle mode in network, 0 is Free-For-All and 1 is Capture The Flag.
--soccer-timed
Use time limit mode in network soccer game.
--soccer-goals
Use goals limit mode in network soccer game.
--reverse
Play track in reverse (if allowed)
-f, --fullscreen
Use fullscreen display.
-w, --windowed
Use windowed display (default).
-s, --screensize=WxH
Set the display size (e.g. 320x200).
-v, --version
Print version of SuperTuxKart.
--trackdir=DIR
A directory from which additional tracks are loaded.
--seed=N
Seed for random number generation to provide reproducible behavior.
--profile-laps=N
Enable automatic driven profile mode for N laps.
--profile-time=N
Enable automatic driven profile mode for N seconds.
--unlock-all
Permanently unlock all karts and tracks for testing.
--no-unlock-all
Disable unlock-all (i.e. base unlocking on player achievement).
--no-graphics
Do not display the actual race.
--sp-shader-debug
Enables debug in sp shader, it will print all unavailable uniforms.
--demo-mode=t
Enables demo mode after t seconds of idle time in main menu.
--demo-tracks=t1,t2
List of tracks to be used in demo mode. No spaces are allowed in the track names.
--demo-laps=N
Number of laps to use in a demo.
--demo-karts=N
Number of karts to use in a demo.
--server-config=file
Specify the server_config.xml for server hosting, it will create one if not found.
--network-console
Enable network console.
--wan-server=NAME
Start a Wan server (not a playing client).
--public-server
Allow direct connection to the server (without STK server)
--lan-server=NAME
Start a LAN server (not a playing client).
--server-password=PASS
Sets a password for a server (both client and server).
--connect-now=IP
Connect to a server with IP known now (in format x.x.x.x:xxx(port)), the port should
be its public port.
--connect-now6=IP
Connect to a server with IPv6 known now (in format [x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x]:xxx(port)), the
port should be its public port.
--server-id=N
Server id in STK addons for "--connect-now".
--network-ai=N
Numbers of AI for connecting to linear race server, used together with
"--connect-now".
--login=S
Automatically log in (set the login).
--password=S
Automatically log in (set the password).
--init-user
Save the above login and password (if set) in config.
--disable-polling
Don't poll for logged in user.
--port=N
Port number to use.
--auto-connect
Automatically connect to first server and start race.
--max-players=N
Maximum number of clients (server only).
--min-players=N
Minimum number of clients for ownerless server (server only).
--motd
Message showing in all lobby of clients, can specify a .txt file.
--auto-end
Automatically end network game after 1st player finished for some time (currently his
finished time * 0.25 + 15.0).
--no-auto-end
Don't automatically end network game after 1st player finished.
--team-choosing
Enable choosing team in lobby for team game.
--no-team-choosing
Disable choosing team in lobby for team game.
--network-gp=N
Specify number of tracks used in network grand prix.
--graphical-server
Enable graphical view in server.
--no-validation
Allow non validated and unencrypted connection in wan.
--ranked
Server will submit ranking to STK addons server.
--no-ranked
Server will not submit ranking to STK addons server. You require permission for that.
--owner-less
Race will autostart and no one can kick players in server.
--no-owner-less
Race will not autostart and server owner can kick players in server.
--firewalled-server
Turn on all stun related code in server.
--no-firewalled-server
Turn off all stun related code in server.
--connection-debug
Print verbose info for sending or receiving packets.
--no-console-log
Does not write messages in the console but to stdout.log.
-h, --help
Show this help.
--log=N
Set the verbosity to a value between 0 (Debug) and 5 (Only Fatal messages).
--logbuffer=N
Buffers up to N lines log lines before writing.
--root=DIR
Path to add to the list of STK root directories. You can specify more than one by
separating them with colons (:).
--cutscene=NAME
Launch the specified track as a cutscene. This is for internal debugging use only.
--enable-glow
Enable glow effect.
--disable-glow
Disable glow effect.
--enable-bloom
Enable bloom effect.
--disable-bloom
Disable bloom effect.
--enable-light-shaft
Enable light shafts (God rays).
--disable-light-shaft
Disable light shafts (God rays).
--enable-dof
Enable depth of field.
--disable-dof
Disable depth of field.
--enable-particles
Enable particles.
--disable-particles
Disable particles.
--enable-animated-characters
Enable animated characters.
--disable-animated-characters
Disable animated characters.
--enable-motion-blur
Enable motion blur.
--disable-motion-blur
Disable motion blur.
--enable-mlaa
Enable anti-aliasing.
--disable-mlaa
Disable anti-aliasing.
--enable-texture-compression
Enable texture compression.
--disable-texture-compression
Disable texture compression.
--enable-ssao
Enable screen space ambient occlusion.
--disable-ssao
Disable screen space ambient occlusion.
--enable-ibl
Enable image based lighting.
--disable-ibl
Disable image based lighting.
--enable-hd-textures
Enable high definition textures.
--disable-hd-textures
Disable high definition textures.
--enable-dynamic-lights
Enable advanced pipeline.
--disable-dynamic-lights
Disable advanced pipeline.
--anisotropic=N
Anisotropic filtering quality (0 to disable). Takes precedence over trilinear or
bilinear texture filtering.
--shadows=N
Set resolution of shadows (0 to disable).
--apitrace
This will disable buffer storage and writing gpu query strings to opengl, which can be
seen later in apitrace.
AUTHOR
This manual page was based an earlier one written by Gonéri Le Bouder
<goneri@rulezlan.org> (2006, GPLv2) for the GNU/Linux Debian Operating System, in addition
to the official SuperTuxKart command-line options, Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmail.net>
(2004-2015, GPL v3), Joerg Henrichs, Marianne Gagnon (2011-2015, GPLv3). Edited by J. T-
Katiska (2019, GPLv3).
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 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in
/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
NOTES
1. STK homepage: https://supertuxkart.net/Main_Page
2. The SuperTuxKart official FAQ: https://supertuxkart.net/FAQ
3. Previous manual page:
https://web.archive.org/save/https://manpages.debian.org/buster/supertuxkart/supertuxkart.6.en.html