scummvm - Man Page

scummvm is an interpreter that will play graphic adventure games based on a variety of game engines.

GAME is a short name of game to load. For example, scumm:monkey for Monkey Island. This can be either a built-in gameid, or a user configured target.

Please note that more detailed information for the following options can be found in the README file.

The meaning of most long options (that is, those options starting with a double-dash) can be inverted by prefixing them with no-. For example, --no-aspect-ratio will turn aspect ratio correction off. This is useful if you want to override a setting in the configuration file.

-v, --version

Display ScummVM version information and exit.

-h, --help

Display a brief help text and exit.

-z, --list-games

Display list of supported games and exit.

-t, --list-targets

Display list of configured targets and exit.

-t, --list-engines

Display list of suppported engines and exit.

--list-saves

Display a list of saved games for the target specified with --game=TARGET or all targets if none is specified.

-a, --add

Add all games from current or specified directory. If --game=ID is passed only the game with id ID is added. See also --detect. Use --path=PATH to specify a directory.

--detect

Display a list of games with their ID from current or specified directory without adding it to the config. Use --path=PATH to specify a directory.

--game=ID

In combination with --add or --detect only adds or attempts to detect the game with id ID.

--auto-detect

Display a list of games from current or specified directory and start the first one. Use --path=PATH to specify a directory.

--recursive

In combination with --add or --detect recurse down all subdirectories

-c, --config=CONFIG

Use alternate configuration file.

-p, --path=PATH

Path to where the game is installed.

-x, --save-slot=[SLOT]

Saved game slot to load (default: autosave).

-f, --fullscreen

Force full-screen mode.

-F, --no-fullscreen

Force windowed mode.

-g, --gfx-mode=MODE

Select graphics scaler:

1x

No filtering, no scaling. Fastest.

2x

No filtering, factor 2x (default for non 640x480 games).

3x

No filtering, factor 3x.

2xsai

2xSAI filter, factor 2x.

super2xsai

Enhanced 2xSAI filtering, factor 2x.

supereagle

Less blurry than 2xSAI, but slower. Factor 2x.

advmame2x

Doesn't rely on blurring like 2xSAI, fast. Factor 2x.

advmame3x

Doesn't rely on blurring like 2xSAI, fast. Factor 3x.

hq2x

Very nice high quality filter but slow. Factor 2x.

hq3x

Very nice high quality filter but slow. Factor 3x.

tv2x

Interlace filter, tries to emulate a TV. Factor 2x.

dotmatrix

Dot matrix effect. Factor 2x.

--stretch-mode=MODE

Select stretch mode (center, integral, fit, stretch)

--filtering

Force filtered graphics mode

--no-filtering

Force unfiltered graphics mode

--gui-theme=THEME

Select GUI theme (default, modern, classic)

--themepath=PATH

Path to where GUI themes are stored

--list-themes

Display list of all usable GUI themes

-e, --music-driver=MODE

Select music driver:

null

Null output. Don't play any music.

adlib

Internal AdLib emulation

fluidsynth

FluidSynth MIDI emulation

mt32

Internal MT-32 emulation

pcjr

Internal PCjr emulation (only usable in SCUMM games)

pcspk

Internal PC Speaker emulation

towns

Internal FM-TOWNS YM2612 emulation (only usable in SCUMM FM-TOWNS games)

alsa

Output using ALSA sequencer device

core

CoreAudio sound, for macOS users

coremidi

CoreMIDI sound, for macOS users. Use only if you have a hardware MIDI synthesizer.

seq

Use /dev/sequencer for MIDI, *nix users.

timidity

Connect to TiMidity++ MIDI server.

windows

Windows built in MIDI sequencer for Windows users

--list-audio-devices

List all available audio devices

-q, --language=LANG

Select game's language:

cz

Czech

de

German

en

English (USA) (default)

es

Spanish

fr

French

gb

English (Great Britain)

hb

Hebrew

it

Italian

jp

Japanese

kr

Korean

pt

Portuguese

ru

Russian

se

Swedish

zh

Chinese

-m, --music-volume=NUM

Set the music volume, 0-255 (default: 192).

-s, --sfx-volume=NUM

Set the sfx volume to, 0-255 (default: 192).

-r, --speech-volumeNUM

Set the voice volume to, 0-255 (default: 192).

--midi-gain=NUM

Set the gain for MIDI playback, 0-1000 (default: 100)
(only supported by some MIDI drivers)

-n, --subtitles

Enable subtitles (use with games that have voice).

-b, --boot-param=NUM

Pass number to the boot script (boot param).

-d, --debuglevel=NUM

Set debug verbosity level

--debugflags=Arm FLAGS

Enable engine specific debug flags (separated by commas)

-u, --dump-scripts

Enable script dumping if a directory called dumps exists in the current directory.

--cdrom=NUM

CD drive to play CD audio from (default: 0 = first drive).

--joystick=[NUM]

Enable joystick input (default: 0 = first joystick).

--platform=WORD

Specify platform of game (allowed values: 2gs, 3do, acorn, amiga, atari, c64, fmtowns, mac, nes, pc, pce, segacd, windows)

--savepath=PATH

Path to where saved games are stored

--extrapath=PATH

Extra path to additional game data

--soundfont=FILE

Select the SoundFont for MIDI playback (only supported by some MIDI drivers).

--multi-midi

Enable combination of AdLib and native MIDI.

--native-mt32

True Roland MT-32 MIDI (disable GM emulation).

--enable-gs

Enable Roland GS mode for MIDI playback.

--output-rate=RATE

Set output sample rate in Hz (e.g. 22050).

--opl-driver=DRIVER

Select AdLib (OPL) emulator (db, mame, nuked)

--aspect-ratio

Enable aspect ratio correction.

--render-mode=MODE

Enable additional render modes (hercGreen, hercAmber, cga, ega, vga, amiga, fmtowns, pc9821, pc9801, 2gs, atari, macintosh)

--alt-intro

Use alternative intro for CD versions of Beneath a Steel Sky and Flight of the Amazon Queen.

--copy-protection

Enable copy protection in games, when ScummVM disables it by default.

--talkspeed=NUM

Set talk delay for SCUMM games, or talk speed for other games (default: 60)

--demo-mode

Start demo mode of Maniac Mansion (Classic version)

--tempo=NUM

Set music tempo (in percent, 50-200) for SCUMM games (default: 100).

Ctrl-F5

Display the Global Menu

Cmd-q

Quit (macOS)

Ctrl-q

Quit (Most platforms)

Ctrl-u

Mute all sounds

Ctrl-m

Toggle mouse capture

Ctrl-Alt 1-8

Switch between graphics filters

Ctrl-Alt +

Increase scale factor

Ctrl-Alt -

Decrease scale factor

Ctrl-Alt a

Toggle aspect-ratio correction

Ctrl-Alt f

Toggle graphics filtering

Ctrl-Alt s

Cycle through scaling modes

Alt-Enter

Toggle full screen/windowed

Alt-s

Make a screenshot (SDL backend only)

Ctrl-F7

Open virtual keyboard (if enabled). This can also be triggered by a long press of the middle mouse button or wheel.

There are many more SCUMM and game-specific hotkeys. See the README file.

SCUMMVM_MIDI

The sequencer device to use with the ‘seq’ MIDI driver.

SCUMMVM_MIDIPORT

The number of the sequencer to use when using the ‘seq’ MIDI driver.

SCUMMVM_PORT

The ALSA port to open for output when using the ‘alsa’ MIDI driver.

$HOME/.scummvmrc

Configuration file on UNIX.

$HOME/Library/Preferences/ScummVM Preferences

Configuration file on macOS.

Running the builtin game launcher:

$ scummvm

Running Day of the Tentacle specifying the path:

$ scummvm -p /usr/local/share/games/tentacle scumm:tentacle

Running The Dig with advmame2x filter with subtitles:

$ scummvm -g advmame2x -n scumm:dig

Running the Italian version of Maniac Mansion fullscreen:

$ scummvm -q it -f scumm:maniac

More information can be found in the README and on the website https://www.scummvm.org.

This manual page written by Jonathan Gray <khalek at scummvm.org>. ScummVM was written by the ScummVM team. See AUTHORS file for more information.