Command Line Options

Warzone supports several command line options. Some of them are currently the only way to change the configuration.

Configuration

Some options can be set by editing the config file, located in:

Windows	My Documents\Warzone 2100\config
Linux	~/.warzone2100/config
Mac OS X	~/Library/Application Support/Warzone 2100/config

Using command line options

Preamble: [flags] is a placeholder for the optional flags. If you put a command line switch there, do it without the []! (The [] do commonly mean "this is optional" in documentations)

GNU/Linux

Start Warzone2100 with

./warzone2100 [flags]

Windows

• Create a shortcut to the warzone2100.exe (or modify the one on the Desktop)
• Right-click on the shortcut and go to "Properties"
• Go to the "Shortcut" tab of the Properties box.
• Modify the "Target" box.

The target could look like

"C:\Program Files\Warzone 2100\warzone2100.exe" [flags]

Alternatively:

• Open a command prompt and execute warzone2100.exe [flags]

Mac OS X

• Open a new Terminal window and start Warzone 2100 with

/Applications/Warzone.app/Contents/MacOS/Warzone [flags]

Supported Flags

General

--help	Show the help and exit (output to commandline, won't help Windows users much)
--version	Output version info and exit
--savegame NAME	Load a saved game NAME

Configuration

--fullscreen	Play in fullscreen mode
--window	Play in windowed mode
--resolution WIDTHxHEIGHT	Set the dimensions of the viewport (screen or window)
--shadows/noshadows	Toggle shadows
--sound/nosound	Toggle sound

Debugging

--cheat	Run in cheat mode
--debug FLAG	Show debug for FLAG (Valid flags are: "all", "main", "sound", "video", "wz", "3d", "texture", "net", "memory", "error", "script"). Every flag must be preceded by a new --debug. "all" includes every other option.
--debugfile FILE	Log debug output in FILE

Data

--datadir DIR	Set default datadir to DIR
--configdir DIR	Set the location of game settings and save games to DIR
--mod MOD	Enable global modification MOD
--mod_ca MOD	Enable campaign only modification MOD
--mod_mp MOD	Enable multiplay only modification MOD

Specifying modules

With --mod you can specify a mod to be loaded for all games. It may be a directory or a zipfile (maybe more, depending on what ​PhysFS supports on your system). You have to specify the file extension, i.e. .wz.

The mod is searched in the mods/global/ subdirectory of:

• Directory specified via --datadir
• The default configuration directory or --configdir if supplied
• ../data/
• <prefix>/share/warzone2100/
• .

Where '.' represents the location of the binary and not the current working directory.

Example for NTW Mod v1.6.5 (Windows)

• NTW_Mod_v1.6.5.wz has to placed in: \Warzone 2100\mods\multiplay\
• Add --mod_mp NTW_Mod_v1.6.5.wz to the target of a shortcut to the warzone2100.exe.