---
name: "boswars"
section: "6"
platform: "linux"
package: "boswars"
version: "2.8-2+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/boswars"
---

# boswars(6)

futuristic real-time strategy game

## NAME

boswars - futuristic real-time strategy game\

## SYNOPSIS

**boswars** \[*OPTIONS*\]

## OPTIONS

- **-c** file.lua

  configuration start file (default stratagus.lua)

- **-d** datapath

  path to stratagus data

- **-e**

  Start editor

- **-h**

  Help shows this page

- **-l**

  Disable command log

- **-P** port

  Network port to use

- **-n** server

  Network server host preset

- **-L** lag

  Network lag in # frames (default 10 = 333ms)

- **-U** update

  Network update rate in # frames (default 5=6x per s)

- **-N** name

  Name of the player

- **-s** sleep

  Number of frames for the AI to sleep before it starts

- **-v** mode

  Video mode (0=default,1=640x480,2=800x600, 3=1024x768,4=1280x960,5=1600x1200)

- **-D**

  Video mode depth = pixel per point (for Win32/TNT)

- **-F**

  Full screen video mode

- **-S**

  Sync speed (100 = 30 frames/s)

- **-W**

  Windowed video mode

map is relative to StratagusLibPath=datapath, use ./map for relative to the current working directory.

## AUTHOR

boswars was written by the Bos Wars and Stratagus Project.

This manual page was written by Cyril Brulebois \<cyril.brulebois@enst-bretagne.fr\>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).