Luola

Luola http://www.saunalahti.fi/~laakkon1/linux/luola/index.php --------------------------------------------------------------- Luola is a simple yet addictive arcade game where you fly a little V-shaped ship inside caverns and try to blow up other players. It was inspired by V-Wing, an old Finnish caveflying game. Installation -------------------------------------------------------------- See INSTALL for generic installation instructions. But most of the time, you just do this: ./configure make make install By default, sounds are not compiled in. If you want to compile sounds in, use --enable-sound. If you have SDL_gfx installed, by default, luola uses it for some drawing operations. If you don't wan't luola to use SDL_gfx, pass --disable-sdl-gfx to configure. Luola can use Truetype fonts if you have SDL_ttf installed. If you don't want to enabled truetype support, pass --disable-ttf to configure. 'make install' puts the actual game binary in /usr/local/bin and the data files to /usr/local/share/luola/ . If you don't want to install the game, just play it straight out the src/ directory, edit the config.h and remove or comment out the following line: #define PACKAGE_DATA_DIR You must do this after running configure and then run make in the src/ subdirectory, to prevent make from reconfiguring luola thus overwriting the config.h file. Some usage notes ---------------------------------------------------------------- Screenshots: You can take a screenshot anytime by pressing F11. (that is, if you WM doesn't trap that key) The screenshot will be named luola_*.bmp and placed in ~./luola/ directory. The * is the number of ticks that has elapsed since luola was started. This way, you can take multiple screenshots and keep them in chronological order. Fullscreen: To enter fullscreen mode, run luola with the --fullscreen parameter. If luola runs in fullscreen mode by default and you want to run it in windowed mode, use the --window paremeter. You can also switch between fullscreen and windowed mode by pressing alt-enter any time in the game. See the FAQ if you can't get fullscreen mode to work under Linux. Playing the game: * Players control their ships with the keys previously selected in key configuration. * Pressing Esc ends the level. * The level ends when there is only one ship remaining or the last surviving ship has landed on a base. * Pressing Weapon1 and downkey at the same time ejects the pilot. The pilot can also be ejected when the ship is dead (gray) by pressing Weapon2. * You can return to your empty ship by walking over it. You can also take over empty enemy ships this way... * When on a base, hold down downkey and press left/right to switch special weapons. (Note that when switching weapons, you lose the ammo you have. Water can't turn to missiles, right? ;) Playmodes: * Normal - This is the normal playmode, nothing special * Start outside ships - Otherwise the same as normal, but pilots start outside their ships * Start outside ships-1 - like above, but one unlucky player has no ship... * Random criticals - Players start with random ship criticals * Random weapons - Standard and special weapons are chosen at random Pilot controls: * Move with Left and Right keys. * Shoot with Weapon1 key * Weapon2 key opens the parachute or cuts the rope * Jump with the up key. While jumping, pressing the Up key again shoots the rope in a 45 degree angle. * While on the rope, Weapon2 drops you free. You can sling back and forth and climb up and down with the arrow keys. * Shoot the rope straight up with the Down key. * You can lock the pilot controls by holding down Weapon2 key. When locked, the pilot does not move, so you can aim your gun. When locked, the pilot does not automaticly aim at enemies. * You can kick another player out of his/hers ship by first attaching the ninja rope to it, getting as close as possible and then pressing Down+Weap1. * If Ship Recall is enabled, you can teleport your ship back to you by pressing Weapon2 while standing on a base. If your ship is destroyed, a new one will be created. If someone else has boarded your ship, it cannot be recalled. Team play: Team play is just like normal game with 4 players, except some rules are enforced by the game itself. All games are actually team games as far as Luola is concerned. Usually you just have only one player per team. The game ends when all opposing teams are destroyed. Certain weapons are team- aware: * Homing missiles only target enemy team members * Helicopters and infantry won't attack teammates Game end modes: A level can end in two different ways. It can end immediately after all opponents have been destroyed, or after last surviving player has landed on a base. If the level does not have any bases, the level ends immediately when only one player/team is left . Configuration file: The configuration file contains the player key and game settings. You should not need to modify it by hand as all the settings can be changed from Luola's menus. Function keys: * F11 anytime, takes a screenshot. * Alt-Enter anytime, switches between fullscreen and windowed mode. * F1 during gameplay, toggle radar. * F5 during gameplay, decrease sound effect volume * F6 during gameplay, increase sound effect volume * F7 during gameplay, decrease music volume * F8 during gameplay, increase music volume * Pause key during gameplay, pauses/resumes the game Background music: Luola can play any sound file as background music that is supported by SDL_mixer, such as MP3 or OGG. Put your playlist in ~/.luola/battle.pls and Luola will pick a song and play it during gameplay. Supported playlist format is M3U. This format is produced by many media players such as XMMS, Noatun and Winamp. You can change the sound effect and music volumes during gameplay with F5-F8 buttons. Levels ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download the level packs from the luola homepage. The level pack contains descriptions of the levels. Luola can also use levels from pretty much any other caveflying game that use palette based levels. Sample level configuration files are provided for V-Wing and Wings levels in the tools/ subdirectory. See the LEVELFILE text file for more information. Level specials ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jump gates: Jump-gates provide permanent wormholes between two or more points in the level. They activate when a player flies over them. You can set the number of jump-gates per level from the level settings screen. Weapons like Megabomb and Rocket can travel thru wormholes. Turrets: These are automatic turrets that fire at everybody. There are three types of turrets. 1. A normal turret, has an ordinary cannon. 2. Grenade launcher, fires grenade shells 3. SAM-Site, fires homing missiles You can change the number of turrets from the level settings screen. Critters: Unlike other level specials, these don't do anything, except walk (or fly or swim) around and get killed. (Note. Technically, infantry and helicopters are also critters, so some critters actually do something) You can enable/disable critters from the level settings screen. You can also set the number of different critter species, including per player limits for infantry and helicopters