---
name: "wolf4sdl"
section: "6"
platform: "linux"
package: "wolf4sdl"
version: "20230117-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wolf4sdl"
---

# wolf4sdl(6)

An open-source port of id Software's classic first-person shooter

## NAME

wolf4sdl - An open-source port of id Software's classic first-person shooter

## SYNOPSIS

**wolf4sdl** \[*options*\]

**wolf4sdl-wl6** \[*options*\]

**wolf4sdl-wl6a** \[*options*\]

**wolf4sdl-wl6a1** \[*options*\]

**wolf4sdl-wl1** \[*options*\]

**wolf4sdl-sod** \[*options*\]

**wolf4sdl-sdm** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**Wolf4SDL** is an open-source port of id Software's classic first-person shooter **Wolfenstein 3D** to the cross-plattform multimedia library **Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL)** (http://www.libsdl.org). It is meant to keep the original feel while taking advantage of some improvements.

The **wolf4sdl-wl6,** **wolf4sdl-wl6a,** **wolf4sdl-wl6a1,** **wolf4sdl-wl1,** **wolf4sdl-sod** and **wolf4sdl-sdm** binaries start the  **Wolf3d Full v1.4 GT/ID/Activision,** **Wolf3d Full v1.4 Apogee (with ReadThis),** **Wolf3d Full v1.1 Apogee (with ReadThis),** **Wolf3d Shareware v1.4,** **Spear of Destiny Full and Mission Disks** and **Spear of Destiny Demo** games, respectively. The **wolf4sdl** wrapper script automatically runs the engine that fits to the data files found in **/usr/share/games/wolf3d**.

## OPTIONS

- **--help**

  This help page

- **--tedlevel** \<level\>

  Starts the game in the given level

- **--baby**

  Sets the difficulty to baby for tedlevel

- **--easy**

  Sets the difficulty to easy for tedlevel

- **--normal**

  Sets the difficulty to normal for tedlevel

- **--hard**

  Sets the difficulty to hard for tedlevel

- **--nowait**

  Skips intro screens

- **--windowed**

  Starts the game in a window

- **--shading**

  Enables shading support

- **--res** \<width\> \<height\>

  Sets the screen resolution (must be multiple of 320x200)

- **--resf** \<w\> \<h\>

  Sets any screen resolution \>= 320x200 (which may result in graphic errors)

- **--bits** \<b\>

  Sets the screen color depth (use this when you have palette/fading problems allowed: 8, 16, 24, 32, default: "best" depth)

- **--joystick** \<index\>

  Use the index-th joystick if available (-1 to disable joystick, default: 0)

- **--joystickhat** \<index\>

  Enables movement with the given coolie hat

- **--samplerate** \<rate\>

  Sets the sound sample rate (given in Hz, default: 44100)

- **--audiobuffer** \<size\>

  Sets the size of the audio buffer (-\> sound latency) (given in bytes, default: 2048 / (44100 / samplerate))

- **--ignorenumchunks**

  Ignores the number of chunks in VGAHEAD.\* (may be useful for some broken mods)

## AUTHORS

Wolf4SDL v1.6 ($Revision: 232 $)

Ported by Chaos-Software (http://www.chaos-software.de.vu)

Original Wolfenstein 3D by id Software

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