vavoom --help does nothing but segfault, and there is no man page. Users expect '--help' to provide usage information and a man page would be better for more detailed usage help. I had to 'strings /usr/bin/vavoom' to figure out arguments.

vavoom.txt doesn't provide enough information?

the text file does provide information, but this is not the normal experience for most unix users. The main issue is that 'vavoom --help' crashes! You should atleast provide basic usage information in the output for 'vavoom --help' as unix users would expect. Further, a man page is the first thing users chesk if --help is insufficient.

I see you fixed the crash, but at very least, please put a check for --help and output something like "Please check the vavoom.txt document for usage information" if you don't want to make a man page or usage output. Thanks.

I totally agree that user documentation is lacking. I was looking for instructions on how to compile Vavoom and couldn't find anything. I looked in 'docs' subdirectory, tried several files but they were written in a language I couldn't even recognize, much less understand. I assumed all docs are in that language.I tried some more, then, desperate, went back to the docs directory. Surprise - vavoom.txt is actually in english ! I had no reason to expect that given that almost all other files are not in english. Then there's the website which has no usage information whatsover. There's a bit information about modding, but nothing on installation or running the game. I'm still unable to compile Vavoom and I'm currently running a windows version through wine - I don't know, maybe some of the various glitches and performance problems I'm experiencing are caused by wine bugs. Don't pay too much attention to examples below, I'll submit proper bug reports if I manage to compile native Linux version of Vavoom. If you want to help me, check this topic: <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="http://www.vavoom-engine.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3273">viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3273</a><!-- l --> Examples of glitches: - (on vdemo_d2.zip map, framerate drops to 20 fps when I make the barrels explode, framerate in general is very unstable and can drop very low. Core 2 duo 6800, GeForce 8800 GTX, 2 GB RAM, etc.) - I can't get any vavoom map to work except vdemo_d2, vdemo_hr, and vdemo_hx . All others (wispers.zip, braham.zip, q2doom.zip; other links are dead) load DooM 2 Entryway instead. - hall of mirrors effect in Heretic E1M2, near yellow key - Hexen doesn't use proper "frozen monster" sprites, just turns monsters blue. It's ugly ! - I can slow down falling significantly by pressing forward into wall. For example, in Hexen level Guardian of Fire, I can jump down the pit near Flame Mask, taking only minor damage. In original Hexen and other source ports I tried this fall is fatal.