.\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*- .\" (C) Copyright 2023 Lee Garrett , .\" .\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps .\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection .\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1) .TH MVDSV 8 "January 24 2023" .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage. .\" .\" Some roff macros, for reference: .\" .nh disable hyphenation .\" .hy enable hyphenation .\" .ad l left justify .\" .ad b justify to both left and right margins .\" .nf disable filling .\" .fi enable filling .\" .br insert line break .\" .sp insert n+1 empty lines .\" for manpage-specific macros, see man(7) .SH NAME mvdsv \- QuakeWorld-compatible dedicated server .SH SYNOPSIS .B mvdsv -basedir \fIDIRECTORY\fP -game \fIDIRECTORY\fP [-t chroot dir] [-u user] [-g group] [-d] [-cheats] [-enablelocalcommand] [-democache \fISIZE_IN_KB\fP] [-progtype \fIPROGTYPENUMBER\fP] [-minmemory] [-heapsize \fISIZE_IN_KB\fP] [-mem \fISIZE_IN_MB\fP] [-ip \fIIPV4_ADDRESS\fP] [-port \fIUDP_PORT\fP] .SH DESCRIPTION This manual page documents briefly the .B mvdsv command. .PP .\" TeX users may be more comfortable with the \fB\fP and .\" \fI\fP escape sequences to invode bold face and italics, .\" respectively. \fBmvdsv\fP (multi-view demo server) is a QuakeWorld-compatible dedicated server. On Debian, it currently requires a package "quake-registered" that can be generated from copy of Quake I via game-data-packager(6). .SH OPTIONS mvdsv does not follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes. Most notably, it does not have a --help command. .TP [unix specific parameters] .TP .B -t \fIDIRECTORY\fP chroot to \fIDIRECTORY\fP .TP .B -u \fIUSER\fP setuid to \fIUSER\fP .TP .B -g \fIGROUP\fP setguid to \fIGROUP\fP .TP .B -d daemonize to background (not recommended when run from systemd unit) .TP [common parameters] .TP .B -basedir \fIBASEDIR\fP The "base directory" is the path to the filesystem directory holding the quake game directories (id1/pak0.pak, id1/pak1.pak). The base directory is only used during filesystem initialization. Defaults to current directory when not set. Example: mvdsv -basedir /usr/share/games/quake .TP .B -game \fIGAMEDIR\fP The "game directory" is the first tree on the search path and directory that all generated files (savegames, screenshots, demos, config files) will be saved to. This directory is relative to the base directory. .TP .B +gamedir \fIGAMEDIR\fP Identical to "-game". However, when both are set, "-game" takes precedence. .TP .B -ip \fIIPV4_ADDRESS\fP Bind to the network interface with this IPv4 address, instead of all interfaces. Currently only IPv4 addresses are supported. IPv6 addresses will silently fail. .TP .B -port \fIUDP_PORT\fP Listen on UDP port number \fIPORT\fP for QuakeWorld clients to connect. Defaults to 27500. .TP .B -cheats Enable cheats on this server. Equivalent to setting "sv_cheats 1" in the config. This makes a set of cheat commands available on the QuakeWorld client: .br `god` will make the player invulnerable. .br `noclip` allows the player to clip through walls. .br `fly` allows the player to fly, but not clip through walls. .br `give [amount]` will give the player items. .br 2 = shotgun .br 3 = super shotgun .br 4 = nailgun .br 5 = super nailgun .br 6 = grenade launcher .br 7 = rocket launcher .br 8 = lightning gun .br s = shotgun ammo .br n = nailgun ammo .br r = rocket ammo .br h = health .br c = cells ammo .TP .B -enablelocalcommand Allow executing arbitrary shell code from within the server with "localcommand \fICMD\fP". VERY DANGEROUS. Only enable this if you know what you are doing. .TP .B -democache \fISIZE_IN_KB\fP Set the demo cache size in KB. Will default to 16 MiB if set below that value. .TP .B -progtype \fPPROGTYPENUMBER\fP Define the type of the qwprogs. This setting is usually not needed, as it is autodetected. .RS 11 .br 0 = pr1 (qwprogs.dat etc) .br 1 = native (.so/.dll) .br 2 = q3vm (.qvm) .br 3 = q3vm (.qvm) with JIT .RE .TP .B -minmemory Set memory to 0x550000 bytes (deprecated, use -mem). .TP .B -heapsize \fISIZE_IN_KB\fP Allocate fixed amount of memory in KiB (deprecated, use -mem). .TP .B -mem \fISIZE_IN_MB\fP Allocate fixed amount of memory in Mi. Overrides -heapsize and -minmemory. Defaults to 32 MiB. .TP .B +exec \fIMYSERVER.CFG\fP execute all server commands configured in the file \fIMYSERVER.CFG\fP. .SH AUTHOR This manual page was written by Lee Garrett , for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). .SH SEE ALSO .BR mvdsv.cfg (1), .br https://github.com/QW-Group/mvdsv