---
name: "billard-gl"
section: "6"
platform: "linux"
package: "billard-gl"
version: "1.75-17+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/billard-gl"
---

# billard-gl(6)

OpenGL billiards game

## NAME

billard-gl - OpenGL billiards game

## SYNOPSIS

**billard-gl** \[*options*\]\

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents the **billard-gl** program. This manual page was written for Debian because the original program does not have a manual page.

**billard-gl** implements a game of 8- or 9-ball billiards, which you can play against the computer or a friend.  The general idea of billiards is to hit the coloured balls with the cue ball in such a way that these balls fall in one of the six pockets of the table.

## OPTIONS

- **-f** **-fullscreen**

  **switches to fullscreen mode (can currently not be changed from inside** **billard-gl** itself)

- **-f** **-windowed**

  **switches to windowed mode (default; can currently not be changed from inside** **billard-gl** itself)

- **-t VALUE**

  texture size for the balls.  Valid values are 1 for full size textures, 2 for half size textures, 4 for quarter size textures, and 8 for eighth size textures.

- **-tt VALUE**

  texture size for the table.  Valid values are 1 for full size textures, 2 for half size textures, 4 for quarter size textures, 8 for eighth size textures, and 0 for no textures.

- **-at VALUE**

  texture size for the display.  Valid values are 1 for full size textures and 2 for halfsized textures.

- **-g VALUE**

  ball geometry; odd numbers \>= 3.  Higher values create more complex geometry.

To run **billard-gl** with minimum settings, try

-

  **billard-gl -t 8 -tt 0 -at 2 -g 3**

or for maximum settings, try

-

  **billard-gl -t 1 -tt 1 -at 1 -g 11**

All of the options are configurable from within **billard-gl** itself, unless stated otherwise.

## AUTHOR

**billard-gl** was written by Stefan Disch, Tobias Nopper and Martina Welte.

This manual page was written by Jamie Wilkinson \<jaq@debian.org\> and updated by Thierry Reding \<thierry@doppeltgemoppelt.de\> for Debian (but may be used by others).