---
name: "freetennis"
section: "6"
platform: "linux"
package: "freetennis"
version: "0.4.8-14+b2"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/freetennis/6"
---

# freetennis(6)

free tennis simulation game

## NAME

freetennis - free tennis simulation game

## SYNOPSIS

**freetennis** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Free Tennis is a free tennis simulation game.

## OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

- **-help, --help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-p0 \<name\>**

  The name of player 0 (default: ivan).

- **-p1 \<name\>**

  The name of player 1 (default: ivan).

- **-donotshowpause**

  When the game is paused, do not show the "paused" sign. Useful for screenshots.

- **-showfps**

  Display the number of Frames Per Second (on the standard output). Useful for debugging.

- **-aidebug**

  Shows some info useful to debug AI.

- **-realistic**

  Make the game realistic. This alters the parabola visibility depending on the player and shot. Better gameplay, but not suitable for newbies.

- **-newbie**

  Make the game not realistic, but more suited to newbies.  The parabola is fully visible.

- **-nosound**

  Run with no sound.

- **-xres \<integer\>**

  The horizontal resolution (default: 640).

- **-yres \<integer\>**

  The vertical resolution (default: 480).

- **-port \<integer\>**

  The TCP port to use. Makes sense with -client and -server. The default is 4000.

- **-computerskill \<integer\>**

  Skill level of computer. A number from 0 (very difficult) to 250 (very easy). Default is 190.

- **-client \<ip address\>**

  The IP address of the server. Only for multiplayer.

- **-server**

  Run Free Tennis as server. Only for multiplayer.

- **-surf \<surface\>**

  SURF: surface for the court. Choices are "clay", "cement", "grass".

## SEE ALSO

http://freetennis.sourceforge.net/\
 /usr/share/doc/freetennis-common/web-site/index.html

## AUTHOR

freetennis was written by Maurizio Colucci \<maurizio.colucci@gmail.com\>.

This manual page was written by Bart Martens \<bartm@knars.be\> and updated by Mehdi Dogguy \<dogguy@pps.jussieu.fr\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).