Global Parameters

death time
Player is dead for this number of seconds. Defaults to 4.

torp life min
Torpedoes live for at least this number of seconds. Defaults to 7. Similarly for mine life min (default is 60).

torp life var
Torpedoes may live for at least this number of seconds in addition to the minimum lifetime. Defaults to 2. Similarly for mine life var (default is 120).

player explode time
Player explodes for this number of seconds.

weapon lock min
Overheated weapons are unusable for at least this number of seconds up to an additional weapon lock var seconds. Defaults are 10 and 15. Similarly for engine lock min and engine lock var. Defaults are identical to those of weapons.

self destruct time
Self-destruct countdown time.

robot giveup time
Robots will give up within this number of seconds if no combat is initiated.

orbit speed
Maximum warp allowed while entering orbit.

detonate distance
Effective range of the counter-torpedo batteries.

orbit distance
Range at which a ship can enter orbit. Defaults to 900.

planet fire distance
Range at which a planet can damage a ship. Defaults to 1500.

phaser hit angle
Number of degrees that a phaser will hit.

phaser hit langle
Number of degrees that a locked phaser will hit.

auto quit
Auto-logout countdown time.

cool penalty
Floating point number. Specifies the increase in weapon and engine cooling rate when both shields and cloak are inactive. Defaults to 1.25.

fast destruct
Boolean flag. If set, self-destruct time does not increase with alert level. Default is to double self-destruct time for yellow alert, and double again for red alert.

mine detonate
Boolean flag. If set, mines detonate when destroyed. This feature is potentially very nasty. It also allows instant self-destruction, cheating players out of kills.

enable/disable turbo
Boolean flag. If the game is compiled with -DTURBO_OPTION, the flag can be used to enable/disable turbo mode with the configuration file. Defaults to disabled.

enable/disable teleport
Boolean flag. If the game is compiled with -DTELEPORT_OPTION, the flag can be used to enable/disable teleport mode with the configuration file. Defaults to enabled.

enable/disable destruct
Boolean flag. Controls whether self-destruct is allowed. Defaults to true.

enable/disable mine
Boolean flag. Controls whether mines are allowed, for more compatibility with the old xtrek. Defaults to enabled.

enable/disable cloak
Boolean flag. Controls whether cloaking is allowed. Defaults to enabled.