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SCUMMVM(6) Games Manual SCUMMVM(6)

NAME

scummvmadventure and role-playing game interpreter

SYNOPSIS

scummvm [OPTIONS] [GAME]

DESCRIPTION

scummvm is an interpreter that will play numerous adventure and role-playing games based on a variety of game engines.

GAME is a short name of game to load. This can be either a built-in gameid (as given by --list-games), or a user-configured target (as given by --list-targets).

OPTIONS

The meaning of most long options (that is, those options starting with a double-dash) can be inverted by prefixing them with no-. For example, --no-aspect-ratio will turn aspect ratio correction off. This is useful if you want to override a setting in the configuration file.

|
Add all games from current or specified (with --path=PATH) directory. If --game=ID is passed, only the game with id ID is added.

See also --detect.

| NUM
Pass number NUM to the boot script, for games supporting this feature.
| CONFIG
Use alternate configuration file path.
| [=NUM]
Enable and set debug verbosity level (default: 0).
| MODE
Select music driver:
adlib
Internal AdLib emulation.
alsa
Output using ALSA sequencer device.
core
CoreAudio sound (macOS).
coremidi
CoreMIDI sound (macOS).
fluidsynth
FluidSynth MIDI emulation.
mt32
Internal MT-32 emulation.
null
Null output. Don't play any music.
pcjr
Internal PCjr emulation.
pcspk
Internal PC Speaker emulation.
seq
Use /dev/sequencer for MIDI (some Unix systems).
sndio
Use sndio MIDI.
timidity
Connect to TiMidity++ MIDI server.
towns
Internal FM-TOWNS YM2612 emulation (only usable in SCUMM FM-TOWNS games). Use only if you have a hardware MIDI synthesizer.
windows
Windows built-in MIDI sequencer (Windows).
|
Force windowed mode.
|
Force full-screen mode.
| MODE
Select graphics mode (opengl, surfacesdl).
|
Display a brief help text, and exit.
| CONFIG
Load an initial configuration file if no configuration file has been saved yet.
| PATH
Use alternate path for log file.
| NUM
Set the music volume, 0–255 (default: 192).
| --[no-]subtitles
Enable subtitles (for games that have voice).
| PATH
Set the path to where the game is installed.
| LANG
Select game's language:
ar
Arabic (Modern Standard)
bg
Bulgarian
ca
Catalan
zh
Chinese (Generic)
cn
Chinese (Simplified)
tw
Chinese (Traditional)
hr
Croatian
cs
Czech
da
Danish
nl
Dutch
en
English (Generic, default)
gb
English (Great Britain)
us
English (US)
et
Estonian
fi
Finnish
be
Flemish
fr
French
de
German
el
Greek
he
Hebrew
hu
Hungarian
it
Italian
ja
Japanese
ko
Korean
lv
Latvian
nb
Norwegian (Bokmål)
fa
Persian
pl
Polish
br
Portuguese (Brazil)
pt
Portuguese (Portugal)
ru
Russian
sr
Serbian
sk
Slovak
es
Spanish
se
Swedish
tr
Turkish
uk
Ukrainian
| NUM
Set the voice volume, 0–255 (default: 192).
| NUM
Set the SFX volume, 0–255 (default: 192).
|
Display list of user-configured game targets, and exit.
|
Enable script dumping if a directory called dumps exists in the current directory.
|
Display ScummVM version information, and exit.
| [=SLOT]
Set the saved game slot to load (default: 0 = autosave).
|
Display list of supported games, and exit.
--[no-]alt-intro
Toggle alternative intro for CD versions of Beneath a Steel Sky and Flight of the Amazon Queen (default: disabled).
--[no-]aspect-ratio
Toggle aspect ratio correction.
Display a list of games from current or specified directory, and start the first one. Use --path=PATH to specify a directory.
DRIVE
Set the drive to play CD audio from; can either be a drive, path, or numeric index (default: 0 = best choice drive).
--[no-]copy-protection
Enable copy protection in games, when ScummVM disables it by default.
--[no-]dirtyrects
Toggle dirty rectangles optimisation in software renderer (default: enabled).
Show only the specified debug channels.
FLAGS
Enable engine specific debug flags (separated by commas).
--[no-]demo-mode
Toggle demo mode of Maniac Mansion or The 7th Guest (default: disabled).
Display a list of games with their ID from current or specified directory without adding it to the configuration file. Use --path=PATH to specify a directory.
Dump MIDI events to dump.mid (overwriting it), until quitting from game.
Enable patch mappings to emulate an MT-32 on a Roland GS device for MIDI playback.
ID
In combination with --list-games, --list-all-games, --list-targets, or --stats, only list games for this engine. Multiple engines can be listed separated by a coma.
NUM
Set frame per second limit (0–100) for 3D games, 0 = no limit (default: 60).
--[no-]exit
In combination with commands that exit after running, like --add or --list-engines, toggle opening the launcher instead of exiting.
PATH
Set the extra path to additional game and ScummVM data.
--[no-]filtering
Force filtered/unfiltered graphics mode. Filtered graphics mode uses bilinear interpolation while unfiltered graphics mode uses nearest neighbor.
ID
In combination with --add or --detect, only add or attempt to detect the game with id ID.
THEME
Select a GUI theme, as given by --list-themes.
[=NUM]
Enable joystick input (default: 0 = first joystick).
PATH
Set the path to additional icons for the launcher grid view.
Display list of all engine debugflags, and exit.
Display list of all detection engines, and exit.
Display list of all detected games, and exit.
List all available audio devices, and exit.
[=ENGINE]
Display list of engine specified debugflags, and exit. If the ENGINE argument is “global”, or if it is not specified, list global debugflags.
Display list of supported engines, and exit.
Display a list of saved games for the target specified with --game=TARGET, or all targets if none is specified, and exit.
Display list of all usable GUI themes, and exit.
Show MD5 hash of the file given by --md5-path=PATH. If --md5-length=NUM is passed, then show the MD5 hash of the first (if positive) or last (if negative) NUM bytes of the file given by PATH. If --md5-engine=ENGINE_ID is passed, fetch the MD5 length automatically, overriding --md5-length.
Like --md5, but for old Macintosh files. Show MD5 hash for both the resource fork and data fork of the file.
NUM
Set the gain for MIDI playback, 0–1000 (default: 100). Only supported by some MIDI drivers.
Enable combination of AdLib and native MIDI.
Tell ScummVM that the MIDI device is an actual Roland MT-32 or compatible device. This disables any GM emulation.
DRIVER
Select AdLib (OPL) emulator (alsa, db, mame, nuked, opl2lpt).
RATE
Set output channel count (e.g. 2 for stereo).
RATE
Set output sample rate in Hz (e.g. 22050).
PLATFORM
Specify platform of game (2gs, 3do, acorn, amiga, android, apple2, atari, atari8, beos, c64, cdi, coco, coco3, cpc, fmtowns, ios, linux, macintosh, macintosh2, megadrive, nes, os2, pc, pc98, pce, pippin, playstation, playstation2, ppc, saturn, segacd, shockwave, ti994, wii, windows, xbox, zx).
NUM
Set the random seed number used to initialize entropy.
--[no-]recursive
In combination with --add or --detect, recurse down all subdirectories (default: disabled).
MODE
Enable additional render modes (2gs, amiga, atari, c64, cga, cgaBW, cgaComp, cpc, ega, fmtowns, hercAmber, hercGreen, macintosh, macintoshbw, pc9801, pc9821, vga, zx).
RENDERER
Select 3D renderer (opengl, opengl_shaders, software).
PATH
Specify where saved games are stored.
FACTOR
Set the factor to scale the graphics by.
MODE
Select graphics scaler (normal, hq, edge, advmame, sai, supersai, supereagle, pm, dotmatrix, tv2x).
PATH
Specify path where screenshot files are created.
--[no-]show-fps
Toggle FPS info in 3D games.
FILE
Select the SoundFont for MIDI playback (only supported by some MIDI drivers).
NAME@NUM
Start movie at frame for Director. Either argument can be specified without the other.
Display statistics about engines and games, and exit.
MODE
Select stretch mode (center, even-pixels, fit, fit_force_aspect, pixel-perfect, stretch).
NUM
Set talk delay for SCUMM games, or talk speed for other games.
NUM
Set music tempo (in percent, 50–200) for SCUMM games (default: 100).
PATH
Set the path to GUI themes.
W,H
Set the window size to the specified dimensions (OpenGL only).

INGAME HOTKEYS

Ctrl-F5
Display the Global Menu
Cmd-q
Quit (macOS)
Ctrl-q
Quit (Most platforms)
Ctrl-u
Mute all sounds
Ctrl-m
Toggle mouse capture
Ctrl-Alt 1-8
Switch between graphics filters
Ctrl-Alt +
Increase scale factor
Ctrl-Alt -
Decrease scale factor
Ctrl-Alt a
Toggle aspect-ratio correction
Ctrl-Alt f
Toggle graphics filtering
Ctrl-Alt s
Cycle through scaling modes
Alt-Enter
Toggle full screen/windowed mode
Alt-s
Take a screenshot
Ctrl-F7
Open virtual keyboard (if available). This can also be triggered by a long press of the middle mouse button or wheel
Ctrl-Alt d
Open the ScummVM debugger

There are many more game-specific hotkeys. See: https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Category:Supported_Games

ENVIRONMENT

The sequencer device to use with the ‘seq’ MIDI driver.
The number of the sequencer to use when using the ‘seq’ MIDI driver.
The ALSA port to open for output when using the ‘alsa’ MIDI driver.
Override the default save path (POSIX systems).

FILES

$HOME/.config/scummvm/scummvm.ini
Configuration file on most Unix systems. XDG environment variables take precedence, if defined.
$HOME/Library/Preferences/ScummVM Preferences
Configuration file on macOS.

EXAMPLES

Running the built-in game launcher:

$ scummvm

Running Day of the Tentacle, specifying the path:

$ scummvm -p /usr/local/share/games/tentacle scumm:tentacle

Running The Dig with advmame2x filter and subtitles (with the dig-steam target already defined in the configuration file):

$ scummvm --scaler=advmame --scale-factor=2 -n dig-steam

Running the Italian version of Maniac Mansion fullscreen, from the content of the current directory:

$ scummvm -q it -f scumm:maniac

SEE ALSO

https://docs.scummvm.org

AUTHORS

ScummVM was written by the ScummVM team. See AUTHORS file for more information.

June 13, 2023 Linux 6.4.0-150600.23.17-default