.\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*- .TH QUAKE2-SERVER 6 "2013-09-26" .SH NAME quake2-server \- classic first person shooter (dedicated server) .SH SYNOPSIS .B quake2-server .RI [ WRAPPER-OPTIONS ] .RI [ ENGINE-OPTIONS ] .RI [ ENGINE-COMMANDS ] ... .br .SH DESCRIPTION This manual page documents briefly the .B quake2-server command. .PP \fBQuake II\fP is a popular first-person shooter game, released in 1997 by iD Software. This wrapper script will launch the Quake II engine. The game data needs to be installed independently using the 'game-data-packager' program, and by default it will be looked for at \fI/usr/share/games/quake2\fR and \fI/usr/share/games/quake2-demo\fR. .PP This wrapper script accepts a few GNU-style options. Any further arguments are passed to the engine unmodified. Consult the engine documentation for full details, but most engines support a syntax where you can give console commands by prefixing with a plus sign. .PP In addition to any arguments on the command line, the quake2-server script automatically passes the arguments "+set dedicated 1" to the engine. .SH OPTIONS These options are accepted for \fBWRAPPER-OPTIONS\fR in the synopsis. .TP .B \-h, \-\-help Show summary of options. .TP .B \-v, \-\-version Show version of program. .TP .B \-\-engine=\fBENGINE\fR Select a non-default Quake II engine binary .TP .B \-\-demo Use the demo data, even if you have both the demo and the full version installed .SH EXAMPLES Run a server to play the demo in cooperative mode: .B quake2-server --demo +map demo1 +set coop 1 .TP Run a deathmatch server: .B quake2-server +map q2dm1 +set deathmatch 1 .TP Use the default server configuration in /etc/quake2-server/debian_server.cfg: .B quake2-server +exec debian_server.cfg .SH SEE ALSO .BR quake2 (6), .BR game-data-packager (6). .SH AUTHOR This manual page, and the quake2-server wrapper script, were written by Simon McVittie , for the Debian project (and may be used by others). They are based on the Quake packaging by David Banks and Simon McVittie.