OPENARENA-SERVER(6)

💖 NAME 💖

openarena-server — the dedicated server for OpenArena, the first-person shooter. Yes bestie, the whole server, no graphics card required 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

openarena-server [-h|--help] [-q|--quiet] [+set option value]...

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

So openarena-server is literally the dedicated server for OpenArena, the first-person shooter. That's the whole vibe. It's the engine-only bestie that runs headless so all your friends can come play 🦋

💅 OPTIONS 💅

The wrapper script that Debian uses to launch OpenArena accepts these options, no cap:

• -h, --help — shows you a short help summary, super quick, just the basics 💖
• -q, --quiet — turns off all output. every last bit. silence. periodt 🤫

Also? Any console command can be prefixed with + and used as a command-line option — just run the server in a terminal if you wanna actually use the console. And the +set command is generally the most useful one to use on the command line. iconic.

Options that can be set with +set — and heads up, this is not a full list, it's just a taste 👑

• capturelimit <value>
• dedicated <bool>
• fraglimit <value>
• fs_basepath <string>
• fs_game <value>
• g_allowVote <bool>
• g_banIPs <IP address>
• g_doWarmup <bool>
• g_friendlyFire <bool>
• g_gametype <bool>
• g_gravity <value>
• g_inactivity <value>
• g_maxGameClients <value>
• g_motd <string>
• g_needpass <bool>
• g_password <string>
• g_quadfactor <value>
• g_weaponrespawn <value>
• net_ip <IP adress>
• net_port <value>
• net_qport <value>
• nextmap <string>
• sv_allowDownload <bool>
• sv_floodProtect <bool>
• sv_fps <value>
• sv_hostname <string>
• sv_maxclients <value>
• sv_maxPing <value> (Measurd in milliseconds)
• sv_minPing <value> (Measurd in milliseconds)
• sv_pure <bool>
• timelimit <value> (Measured in minutes)

🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

The wrapper script that launches OpenArena also lets you debug it by setting environment variables. so if something's giving crash, you got options 🧚

• OPENARENA_DEBUGGER=command — a debugger or other prefix to prepend to the OpenArena command line, like strace; it gets overridden by OPENARENA_BACKTRACE 💜
• OPENARENA_BACKTRACE=1 — uses gdb(1) to get a backtrace if OpenArena crashes. note: you need the gdb package installed for this to actually work, no cap 😭

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• openarena(6)
• ioquake3-server(6)
• /usr/share/doc/openarena

🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

OpenArena was written by the OpenArena Team. The engine used is a modified ioQuake3, originally created by id Software and now maintained by the ioQuake3 community. legends, honestly.

This manual page was written by Bruno "Fuddl" Kleinert <fuddl@debian.org> and Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). ate. 💅✨

that's it bestie, you're fully briefed. go host something iconic 🌸

signing off from the Games Manual era — this page is dated 2010-10-15 and it lives under OPENARENA-SERVER(6). mwah 💖