DARKPLACES(6)

📦 version 0~20180908~beta1, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

👑 NAME 👑

darkplaces — it's an engine for iD software's Quake and all the related games, bestie. Yes THE Quake. We're so back.

This is the darkplaces(6) page from the Games Manual, and honestly? She's iconic.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

darkplaces [ -options ] [ +set cvar value ] [ +console commands ]

Look at her. Simple. Elegant. Ready to frag.

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

So DarkPlaces is an OpenGL-only engine for Quake and related games, and the way that it has greatly enhanced effects and lighting? Obsessed. Genuinely obsessed. Plus it comes with many features for mods, so all you modder girlies are eating good. 💅

OpenGL-only means OpenGL-only, bestie. There's no sneaky software renderer hiding in the back. Don't @ me.

🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

Okay so this program follows the Quake convention, which means long options start with a single dash (-) and NOT the double dash you're used to. It's giving vintage. It's giving tradition. It's giving -basedir, not --basedir. Adjust accordingly. 🙈

Options include:

  • -basedir — tells her where the game data files live. The default is the current directory, which is lowkey not usually useful, ngl. Point her somewhere real. 🦋
  • -dedicated — run as a dedicated server, no GUI, all business. Alternatively you can just run darkplaces-server if it's installed, which is the same vibe with less typing. 😌
  • -game — start the game using the files from a mission pack or a mod. Pick your fighter. 🎮
  • -hipnotic — start the game with the Hipnotic mission pack. Slay.
  • -rogue — start the game with the Rogue mission pack. Also slay.
  • -nexuiz — expect the basedir to contain the standalone game Nexuiz instead of Quake. Different girl entirely, but we support her. 💖

Various other mods and standalone games are supported too, so if yours isn't up there, go read /usr/share/doc/darkplaces/README.Debian and she'll tell you everything. 📖

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

DarkPlaces was based on Quake by id Software, and is maintained by LordHavoc and numerous contributors. Legends, every single one. 👑

This manual page was written by David Banks <amoebae@gmail.com> and Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the Debian project, and may be used by others. So generous of them, fr fr. 🌈

And that's the whole page, bestie — she's dated 2011-06-06, she lives in the Games Manual as DARKPLACES(6), and she came to you courtesy of the Debian project. Now go launch some Quake. ⭐

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