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Command line options

If you are in the directory in which FreeCol is installed, you can start the game with the command java -Xmx128M -jar FreeCol.jar. This will tell the Virtual Machine to load the game and to set the maximum heap size to 128 MB. Refer to the manual of your Java Virtual Machine for details.

There are many other Java options, but you probably won't need to change the default settings. FreeCol is developed in English, but it includes translations into Breton, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, (Brazilian) Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish, some of which are not very complete, however. Java will automatically select the translation for your locale, if available, and English otherwise. If you should wish to select a different language, or if language selection fails, you can choose a different language from the Client optionspreferences menu.

FreeCol also provides several application-specific command line options:

There are several other options that you will probably only be interested in if you are a developer:

Game setup


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2008-02-10