Bridge Command 4.6

Command Line Options

Introduction

If Bridge Command is started from the command line or a shortcut file, various command line options can be used. The general format is:

bc4.exe Scenario name /OPTIONS

Scenario name

This sets which scenario is initially selected when you start Bridge Command. This comes straight after bc4.exe (the name of the Bridge Command executable file), and is in a free text format, and should not be surrounded by quotation marks.

Options

These set the starting mode of Bridge Command, and the settings files read. The options are:

Modes:

/STANDALONE : (Default mode)
/SECONDARY : Start in secondary display mode
/RADAR : Start in secondary radar display mode
/INSTRUCTOR : Only for use with Map.exe, this starts in instructor mode (another 3d secondary display)

Settings:

/INI="" : This sets which file Bridge Command should use for its basic settings (default bc4.ini). This filename must be surrounded by double quotes (")
/JOY="" : This sets which file Bridge Command should use for its joystick settings (default joystick.ini). This filename must be surrounded by double quotes (")

Please note that Bridge Command will also read the file bc4.ini in %appdata%\Bridge Command\x.x\ (eg C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Bridge Command\4.6, and use this to override the 'scenario_dir' setting.

Example

To start Bridge Command in secondary radar display mode, starting with scenario "g) Coast" selected, with "fullscreen.ini" as the settings file and "joystick2.ini" as the joystick settings file:

bc4.exe g) Coast /RADAR /INI="fullscreen.ini" /JOY="joystick2.ini"