darkplaces-server — an engine for iD software's Quake and related games

Synopsis

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

Description

DarkPlaces is an engine for Quake and related games, with greatly enhanced effects and lighting and many features for mods. darkplaces-server is the dedicated-server version of DarkPlaces, with fewer dependencies.

Options

This program follows the Quake convention, with long options starting with a single dash (`-'). Options include:
-basedir
Specify the location of the game data files.
-game
Start the game using the files from a mission pack or a mod.
-hipnotic
Start the game with the Hipnotic mission pack.
-rogue
Start the game with the Rogue mission pack.
-nexuiz
Expect the basedir to contain the standalone game Nexuiz, instead of Quake.

Various other mods and standalone games are supported, see /usr/share/doc/darkplaces-server/README.Debian.

Author

DarkPlaces was based on Quake by id Software, and is maintained by LordHavoc and numerous contributors.

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.