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- [ Excerpt from documentation PLUS THE GRAPHIC MODE LIST ]
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- RUNNING AT-ROBOTS
-
- To run AT-robots, you must have at least one robot program ready, and you
- must make a configuration file to use it. To run AT-Robots, you type
- "atrobots", then a space, then the name of the config file.
- ex: ATROBOTS MYFILE.DAT
- The config file tells AT-Robots what settings to use, and which robots to run.
- Inside the file you put ONE item per line. Settings start with a dash (-),
- and sometimes have a parameter number. For the robots you put the name of the
- robot file, but without the ATR extension. The settings will be explained
- shortly. Here is an example:
-
- -d0
- -gn
- -s100
- myrobot
- robot1
- robot1
-
- This file would tell AT-robots to have no delay (thus run at the maximum
- speed), with NO graphics (so as to get a quick result), and to update the
- output every 100 cycles (again to increase speed. This setting usually
- defaults to 10). It then loads MYROBOT.ATR into robot #1, ROBOT1.ATR into
- robot #2, and ROBOT1.ATR into robot #3. There can be up to 6 robots,
- and in this case only 3 are used.
-
- On the following page you will find the settings and graphic modes. There
- are some features that will be unavailable to those not using mode #9 (VGA).
- These are:
- 1. Fancy status bars that are easy to read.
- 2. On-screen display of error-codes generated
- by robots.
-
- Note that all those things can only be used if the -A option is used,
- and you are using mode 9. If you have an 8514 and want these, you'll need
- to put a -M9 in the config file.
-
- A. T-Robots = (c) 1992 = Ed T. Toton III pg 3
-
- The settings are as follows:
-
- -D## Sets the delay in hundredths of a second. Should never be over 20
- (unless in combination with -N#).
- -A If graphics are on, this will allow the status bars to be displayed.
- -GN Turns the graphics OFF.
- -S## Number of cycles between output updates. (increase for greater speed)
- only works with the graphics turned off.
- -N## Cycles between each delay. Usually 1, but can be increased when using
- it with -D1 to speed things up (to make it faster than -D1 by itself).
- -P## Increases the number of program commands each robot executes each
- cycle. Can be useful when using complicated programs. Don't set too
- high though, it can mess things up.
- -R## Tells AT-robots to Run a number of battles as you specify.
- -TN Turns off the title screen. Once you've seen it a few times, you'll
- get tired of it and this is here for that purpose.
- -Q Sets AT-Robots to run in Quiet mode.
- -C Tell AT-Robots to save compiled versions of the robots in binary
- files. As of yet there is no purpose for it.
- -M# Force a specific graphic driver (usually automatic). Drivers are listed
- later. Modes are set automatically ONLY if driver is automatic.
- -L# Graphics mode setting.
-
- Here are the default settings:
- -D 1
- -A off, you must use -A if you want status bars on.
- -GN on, you must use -GN if you want the graphics off.
- -TN on, you must use -TN if you want the the title screen off.
- -S 10
- -N 1
- -P 9
- -R 1
- -Q on, you must use -Q if you want the sound off.
- -M 0 (auto-detect)
- -L 0 (auto-detect if -M is 0, otherwise it's the mode number)
-
- Graphic drivers:
- 0 : Autodetect (default) 6 : IBM 8514 SVGA
- 1 : CGA 7 : Hercules
- 2 : MCGA 8 : AT&T400
- 3 : EGA 9 : VGA *
- 4 : EGA64 10 : PC3270
- 5 : EGA mono
-
- * Vga is required for a few special features.
-
- Graphic modes: (Driver is the -M setting, Num is for the -L setting)
- Driver: Num: Res: Colors:
- 1 0 320x200 4
- 1 1 320x200 4
- 1 2 320x200 4
- 1 3 320x200 4
- 1 4 640x200 2
- 2 0 320x200 4
- 2 1 320x200 4
- 2 2 320x200 4
- 2 3 320x200 4
- 2 4 640x200 2
- 2 5 640x480 2
- 3/4 0 640x200 16
- 3/4 1 640x350 4/16
- 3/5 3 640x350 16
- 6 0 640x480 256
- 6 1 1024x768 256
- 7 0 720x348 2
- 8 0 320x200 4
- 8 1 320x200 4
- 8 2 320x200 4
- 8 3 320x200 4
- 8 4 640x200 2
- 8 5 640x400 2
- 9 0 640x200 16
- 9 1 640x350 16
- 9* 2* 640x480 16
- 10 0 720x350 2
-
- * the mode needed for the neat-stuff.
-
- If you set the -M but not the -L you will automatically get mode 0 for
- the driver you chose with -M.
-