---
name: "rott"
section: "6"
platform: "linux"
package: "rott"
version: "20230810-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rott"
---

# rott(6)

Rise of the Triad

## NAME

rott - Rise of the Triad

## SYNOPSIS

**rott** \[*options*\]

**rott-shareware** \[*options*\]

**rott-commercial** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**ROTT** is a port of Apogee's 3D action title Rise of the Triad, originally released in 1994. This port duplicates the functionality of the original game on modern operating systems, including Linux, Win32, and Mac OS X.

The **rott-shareware** and **rott-commercial** binaries start the **Shareware Version** and **Commercial Version** (including the **CD Version** and the **Site License CD Version** ) of the game, respectively. The **rott** binary is a symbolic link to one of these and is handled via Debian's **update-alternatives** mechanism.

## OPTIONS

- **aim**

  Give aim crosshair.

- **fullscreen**

  Start in fullscreen mode.

- **window**

  Start in windowed mode.

- **resolution** *width*x*height*

  Specify the screen resolution to use (next parameter is widthxheight). Valid resolutions are 320x200 and 640x480.

- **nojoys**

  Disable check for joystick.

- **nomouse**

  Disable check for mouse.

- **nosound**

  Disable sound.

- **ver**

  Version number.

- **mapstats**

  Dump Map statistics to ERROR.

- **tilestats**

  Dump Tile statistics to ERROR.

- **mono**

  Enable mono-monitor support.

- **screenshots**

  Clean screen capture for shots.

- **pause**

  Pauses startup screen information.

- **enablevr**

  Enable VR helmet input devices.

- **noecho**

  Turn off sound reverb.

- **demoexit**

  Exit program when demo is terminated.

- **warp** *level*

  Warp to specific ROTT level (next parameter is level to start on).

- **timelimit** *time*

  Play ROTT in time limit mode (next parameter is time in seconds).

- **maxtimelimit** *time*

  Maximum time to count down from (next parameter is time in seconds).

- **dopefish**

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## AUTHORS

ROTT was created and published as shareware by Apogee Software, Ltd. and was published commercially by FormGen, Inc.

The primary contributors to the icculus.org port are: Steven Fuller, Ryan C. Gordon, John Hall and Dan Olson.

This manual page was written by Fabian Greffrath \<fabian@debian-unofficial.org\> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).