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| {{kbd|-fvf}} || Forces [[Wikipedia:Distance fog|distance fog]] in first-person views. Fog is enabled by default on certain [[Wikipedia:Graphics card|video cards]] (including those emulated by [[dgVoodoo]]), but does not work on others unless forced by the {{kbd|-fvf}} parameter.<ref name="RR readme"/> This option is used by the [[Wikipedia:Savage 3D|Savage3D]] option in the game's Video Card selector program (CLGen)<ref name="RR ClGen"/>
| {{kbd|-fvf}} || Forces [[Wikipedia:Distance fog|distance fog]] in first-person views. Fog is enabled by default on certain [[Wikipedia:Graphics card|video cards]] (including those emulated by [[dgVoodoo]]), but does not work on others unless forced by the {{kbd|-fvf}} parameter.<ref name="RR readme"/> This option is used by the [[Wikipedia:Savage 3D|Savage3D]] option in the game's Video Card selector program (CLGen)<ref name="RR ClGen"/>
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Level25 Rocky Horror -fvf off.png | {{kbd|-fvf}} fog disabled
Level25 Rocky Horror -fvf off.png | Fog disabled
Level25 Rocky Horror -fvf on.png | {{kbd|-fvf}} fog enabled
Level25 Rocky Horror -fvf on.png | Fog enabled with {{kbd|-fvf}}
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| {{kbd|-insistOnCD}} || Stops the game from launching unless a ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' CD is inserted into the [[Wikipedia:Drive letter assignment|first lettered]] [[Wikipedia:Optical disc drive|disc drive]] in the computer.
<gallery widths="224" heights="100">Rock Raiders Setup Error (Windows 98) - Please insert CD.png | A no CD error message</gallery>
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| {{kbd|-nm}} || Incorrectly listed as {{kbd|-nom}} in the game's [[Wikipedia:README|readme file]].<ref name="RR readme"/>
| {{kbd|-nm}} || Incorrectly listed as {{kbd|-nom}} in the game's [[Wikipedia:README|readme file]].<ref name="RR readme"/>
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[[Category:Command-line parameters|LEGO Rock Raiders]]
[[Category:Command-line parameters|LEGO Rock Raiders]]
[[Category:LEGO Rock Raiders guides|Command-line parameters]]
[[Category:LEGO Rock Raiders (video game) guides|Command-line parameters]]

Revision as of 03:38, 30 October 2025

This page lists all known command-line parameters for the 1999 Windows video game LEGO Rock Raiders.

Using

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List

Caption text
Parameter Effects
-best
-cleansaves
-debug
-debugcomplete
-dualmouse
-flags
-fpslock Locks the game's framerate to the monitor's refresh rate when running in a window. By default the game runs uncapped in windowed mode, and locks automatically in fullscreen.[1]
-ftm This option is used by the Voodoo2 option in the game's Video Card selector program (CLGen)[2]
-fvf Forces distance fog in first-person views. Fog is enabled by default on certain video cards (including those emulated by dgVoodoo), but does not work on others unless forced by the -fvf parameter.[3] This option is used by the Savage3D option in the game's Video Card selector program (CLGen)[2]
-insistOnCD Stops the game from launching unless a LEGO Rock Raiders CD is inserted into the first lettered disc drive in the computer.
-nm Incorrectly listed as -nom in the game's readme file.[3]
-nosound Disables all sound, including music, but excluding FMV sequence audio.[3]
-programmer
-reduceanimation
-reduceflics
-reduceimages
-reducepromeshes Example
-reducesamples
-showversion
-startlevel
-testercall Identical functionality to -testlevels. Intended to sound like "testicle"; programmer and level designer Karl White, who added this parameter, said in 2010 that it "was never, ever, ever meant to see the light of day."[1]
-testlevels
-window

References

  1. a b White, Karl (28 December 2010). "I think someone may have dropped the ball there". Rock Raiders United (Comment on forum topic "Wow People! I Am Both Stunned And Impressed!"). Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  2. a b Data Design Interactive (November 1999). LEGO Rock Raiders. LEGO Media International. File/code: CLGen.dat.
  3. a b c "README file for PC version". LEGO Rock Raiders V.1.0. LEGO Media International. 24 September 1999.