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  1. papa_dog_1999

    papa_dog_1999 Well-Known Member

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    Greetings all.

    Outside of "-norandom" and "-fullscreen", are there any other arguments/options to the Arcanum.exe command line?

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  2. Anonymous

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    Here's a list of all of them, straight from arcanum.exe. Although, I never bothered to find out what all of them do. Moreover, some of them may even be disabled (in fact the developers talked about -norandom being disabled in one of irc chats, since it's a cheat, but turns out they forgot about it in the end). Earlier builds had more options, like -loadlastsave for example, but they were cut later. Anyway, here's the list, with my comments.

    -logcheck // Checks all log entries, prints the results to the debug log (debug.txt). The debugger must be turned on.
    -mod: // Runs a different module. E.g. -mod:vormantown
    -scrolldist:
    -scrollfps: // Scrolling speed. E.g. set it to 300 and the screen will be scrolling really fast
    -gendercheck
    -dialognumber // Shows line numbers for all PC lines
    -dialogcheck // Checks all dialog files for missing lines, prints the results to the debug log. The debugger must be turned on.
    -patchlvl
    -fullscreen // Compact-UI mode
    -mpnobcast
    -mpautojoin
    -pathtimelimit
    -pathlimit
    -msmousez
    -nonmsmousez
    -norandom // No random encounters.
    -animdebug
    -animcatchup
    -vidfreed
    -doublebuffer // Double buffer. May help on some systems
    -3dref
    -no3d // Software renderer. No severe memory leaks in this mode
    -nosound // No sound
    -fps // Shows an fps counter in the top left corner.

    NOTE: To enable the debugger add this to registry:
    Code:
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Troika\TIG]
    
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Troika\TIG\Debug Output]
    "console"=dword:00000001
    "debugger"=dword:00000001
    "file"=dword:00000001
    "mono"=dword:00000000
    You can then Alt+Tab from the game to the debugger.
     
  3. papa_dog_1999

    papa_dog_1999 Well-Known Member

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    Thank you, Drog.

    BTW: Thanks for all of your other work for the betterment of Arcanum. (UAP, etc..). I find it fascinating that there is more support for a 'defunct' game now than when it was still new-ish.
     
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    croDarkElf New Member

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    And how exactly do i use/activate these commands?
     
  5. papa_dog_1999

    papa_dog_1999 Well-Known Member

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    Just add them to the command line in the Arcanum short cut. I believe it's the 'Target:' line...
    i.e. "C:\Program Files\Sierra\Arcanum\Arcanum.exe -fullscreen"
     
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