EZquake Server

The Quick

• "C:\Quake" not ("C:\Program Files\Nquake" or "C:\Program Files\EZQuake")
• config.cfg edits gl_turbalpha "0.6", watervis "1"
• server.cfg goes in "C:\Quake\ID1"
• ezquake.exe -dedicated
• Random port open for each client. Place outside NAT
• Eventual quit (not crash?) set up service
• Setting up service looses console information, use qplug in firefox
• Make clients download game files before the game. The server will send the missing files, but it is incredibly slow.

The Long

I wanted to play some original quake, on a local server. There is not much documentation on the web about NetQuake/QuakeWorld server setup. So here is what I scrounged together.

http://planetquake.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Articles.Detail&id=149

http://www.quakeworld.net/frame-quakeworld.html

Transparent water isn't really sticking to the original, but it is nice. Use the turtorial and edit config.cfg

gl_turbalpha "0.6"
watervis "1"

I tried using the default nQuake install "C:\program files\nQuake", but the dedicated server failed trying to load server.cfg. It goes in "quake\ID1" along side pak*.pak. Then it died without really reporting why. It turned the program needs to be in a root directory, "C:\quake" is what I used. Here's my server.cfg for nQuake standard install plus q1dm*.

//http://console.planetquake.gamespy.com/commands/quakeworld_server.html
//hostname "My QuakeWorld Server"
//setmaster 192.246.40.12:27000
maxclients 32
//maxspectators 8
//deathmatch 3
//teamplay 2
//fraglimit 100
//timelimit 30
//samelevel 0
//password ""
//spectator_password ""
rcon_password ""

//startup map
map dm1

watervis "1"
timelimit "5"
// if you want to use the single player levels
// start
// e1m1 ... e1m8
// e2m7
// e3m7
// e4m8


localinfo dm1 dm2
localinfo dm2 dm3
localinfo dm3 dm4
localinfo dm4 dm5
localinfo dm5 dm6
//originals only
//localinfo dm6 dm1

// if new maps as well
localinfo dm6   3ebluebeta
localinfo 3ebluebeta a2
localinfo a2   aerowalk
localinfo aerowalk  amphi
localinfo amphi   blessed
localinfo blessed  bsdm6
localinfo bsdm6   b_exbox2
localinfo b_exbox2  catwalk2
localinfo catwalk2  cmt1b
localinfo cmt1b   cmt2
localinfo cmt2   cmt3
localinfo cmt3   cmt4
localinfo cmt4   cmt5b
localinfo cmt5b   cpm1qw
localinfo cpm1qw  cpm3a
localinfo cpm3a   cpm3qw
localinfo cpm3qw  dad
localinfo dad   death32c
localinfo death32c  debello
localinfo debello  del1
localinfo del1   dm2dmm4
localinfo dm2dmm4  dm3hill
localinfo dm3hill  dm4ish
localinfo dm4ish  dm5a
localinfo dm5a   dmz1++
localinfo dmz1++  endif
localinfo endif   fmc
localinfo fmc   four
localinfo four   frobodm2
localinfo frobodm2  genocide
localinfo genocide  hate
localinfo hate   head-shot
localinfo head-shot  hook
localinfo hook   kjdm7
localinfo kjdm7   lady
localinfo lady   leaks
localinfo leaks   oldcrat
localinfo oldcrat  pdm18
localinfo pdm18   pkeg
localinfo pkeg   pkeg1
localinfo pkeg1   povdmm4
localinfo povdmm4  pushdmm4
localinfo pushdmm4  q1dm1
localinfo q1dm1   q1dm2
localinfo q1dm2   q1dm3
localinfo q1dm3   q1dm4
localinfo q1dm4   q1dm5
localinfo q1dm5   q1dm6
localinfo q1dm6   q1dm7
localinfo q1dm7   q1dm8
localinfo q1dm8   q3dm6ish
localinfo q3dm6ish  q3dm6qw
localinfo q3dm6qw  qcon1
localinfo qcon1   qtdm3
localinfo qtdm3   rf2test
localinfo rf2test  rwild
localinfo rwild   sacredb1
localinfo sacredb1  schduel
localinfo schduel  schloss
localinfo schloss  shine
localinfo shine   skull
localinfo skull   slide1
localinfo slide1  slide7
localinfo slide7  speed
localinfo speed   spinev2
localinfo spinev2  travelert6
localinfo travelert6 tridm3
localinfo tridm3  tuhnu1
localinfo tuhnu1  ukpak2
localinfo ukpak2  ultrav
localinfo ultrav  vdm3
localinfo vdm3   vdm3v3
localinfo vdm3v3  ztndm3
localinfo ztndm3  ztndm3q
localinfo ztndm3q  ztndm4
localinfo ztndm4  ztndm6
localinfo ztndm6  ztrain
localinfo ztrain  ztricks
localinfo ztricks  ztricks2
// if new maps only
//localinfo ztricks2 3ebluebeta

// if not local only maps
localinfo ztricks2 dm1

For some reason the server quits after a while. So I setup a service to restart it, but I lost the console window that way. I used qplug to get back that information. npqplug.dll goes in "C:\Users\*\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\plugins".

Qplug works fine in Firefox, but doesn't seem to like the plug in if not run from a real webserver. file:// doesn't work but html:// does. It seems to work in chrome if the plugin npqplug.dll is placed in C:\Users\*\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\plugins, but never gets past "bad address". Internet explorer ... never mind.

Q3plug doesn't seem to work with ezquake.