Start the game with one of the following command line parameters to
activate the corresponding function:

/debug  Enable debug mode
/nodebugInt  Disable int 3 after fatal error
/noBG  Disable galaxy backgrounds
/noCompPlayer  Disable default CPU players
/notactics  Disable tactics
/noretreat  Disables retreat tactics
/disableAVI  Disable FMV sequences
/nodebugInt Fatal errors do not generate int 3 before exiting
/heap  Sets global memory heap size
/prepath  Sets path to search for opening files
/CDpath  Sets path to CD-ROM
/freemouse  Press [F11] to toggle free mouse movement
/ignoreBigfiles  Do not use anything from bigfile(s)
/logFileLoads  Create log of data files loaded
/disableKatmai Do not use KNI even if support is detected
/forceKatmai Force usage of KNI even if determined to be unavailable
/noSound  Turn all sound effects off
/noSpeech  Turn all speech off
/reverseStereo swap the left and right audio channels
/waveout  Force mixer to write to Waveout
/dsound Force mixer to write to DirectSound driver
/noFilter Disable bi-linear filtering of textures
/noSmooth  Do not use polygon smoothing
/nilTexture  Do not load textures
/NoFETextures  Turn off front end textures
/stipple Enable stipple alpha (software renderer)
/noShowDamage  Disable ship damage effects
/sw Reset rendering system to defaults at startup
/fullscreen Display fullscreen with software renderer (default)
/window  Display in a window
/noBorder  No border on window
/640  640x480 resolution (default)
/800  800x600 resolution
/1024  1024x768 resolution
/1280  1280x1024 resolution
/1600  1600x1200 resolution
/d16 16 bit color
/d24 24 bit color
/d32 32 bit color
/truecolor  Try 24 bit modes before 15/16 bit
/slowBlits Use slow screen blits
/device Select an rGL device by name (sw, fx, d3d)
/gl  Select default OpenGL as renderer
/d3d  Select Direct3D as renderer
/nohint Disable usage of OpenGL perspective correction hints
/noPause No pausing with [Alt] + [Tab]
/noMinimize No minimize with [Alt] + [Tab]
/dockLines  Show dock lines
/gunLines  Show gun lines
/lightLines  Show light lines in debug mode
/boxes  Render bounding bowties on the ships
/textFeedback  Enable text feedback in game commands
/aiplayerLog  Enable AI Player logging
/determCompPlayer  CPU players are deterministic
/gatherStats  Enable gathering of stats
/captaincyLogOff  Turn off captaincy log file
/captaincyLogOn  Turn on captaincy log file
/logOff Turn off network logging file
/logOn  Turn on network logging file
/logOnVerbose  Turn on verbose network logging file
/statLogOn  Generate game stats log file
/intOnSync Generate Int 3 when a sync error occurs
/debugSync Autosaves game frequently, records packets
/forceLAN Allow LAN play regardless of version
/testNIS Enables NIS testing mode using [nisFile]
/testNISScript Enables NIS testing mode using [scriptFile]
/demoRecord  Record a demo
/demoPlay  Play a demo
/packetRecord  Record packets of multiplayer game
/packetPlay  Play back packet recording
/disablePacking Do not use the packed textures if available
/smCentreCamera Center the SM world plane at about 0,0,0 rather than the camera
/closeCaptioned  Close captioning