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+====== Quake 3 Arena dedicated Server ======
+Here's a quickguide to running a Q3A dedicated server on a debian system.
+I assume you have running [[Quake3Arena]] for linux running on your client computer already. We'll use this installation as base.
+  * Create a user and it's home dir
+  #> useradd -u 666 -g games -d /opt/games/quake3 quake3
+  #> mkdir -p /opt/games/quake3
+  #> chown games:games /opt/games
+  #> chown quake3:games /opt/games/quake3
+  * Copy the needed files over from your workstation
+  #> su - quake3
+  $> scp -r you@workstation:games/quake3 .
+  * Create a link to make Q3A happy (this fixes some maybe problems)
+  $> ln -s /opt/games/quake3 .q3a
+  * Create a **new** ''baseq3/autoexec.cfg'' with the following basic values
+<file>
+set vm_game 2
+set vm_cgame 2
+set vm_ui 2
+set dedicated 1       //dedicated but no announce
+set com_hunkmegs 32   //How much RAM for your server
+set net_port 32000    //The network port
+</file>
+  * Create a ''base3/server.cfg'' file with additonal parameters
+<file>
+seta sv_hostname "My Q3A Server"
+seta sv_maxclients 8
+seta g_motd "=== Happy fragging ==="
+seta g_quadfactor 4
+//### team deathmatch ###
+//seta g_gametype 3
+//seta g_teamAutoJoin 1
+//seta g_teamForceBalance 1
+//seta timelimit 15
+//seta fraglimit 25
+//### free for all ###
+seta g_gametype 0
+seta timelimit 10
+seta fraglimit 15
+seta bot_nochat 1
+seta g_weaponrespawn 2
+seta g_inactivity 3000
+seta g_forcerespawn 0
+seta g_log server.log
+seta logfile 3
+seta rconpassword "secret"
+seta rate "12400"
+seta snaps "40"
+seta cl_maxpackets "40"
+seta cl_packetdup "1"
+</file>
+  * Create a ''baseq3/levels.cfg'' file which contains all maps you want to use in rotation
+<file>
+set dm1 "map q3dm1; set nextmap vstr dm2"
+set dm2 "map q3dm2; set nextmap vstr dm3"
+set dm3 "map q3dm3; set nextmap vstr dm1"
+vstr dm1
+</file>
+  * Set up some bots in a ''baseq3/bots.cfg''
+<file>
+seta bot_enable 1
+seta bot_minplayers 4
+addbot doom 3 blue 10
+addbot orbb 3 red 10
+addbot bones 3 blue 10
+addbot major 3 red 10
+</file>
+Okay thats it. Now you can run your server with
+  $> ./quake3.x86 +exec server.cfg +exec levels.cfg +exec bots.cfg
+To automate this have a look at the init script below. Oh and be sure to open your firewall or your buddies can't connect.
+===== Init Script =====
+This script starts and stops the dedicated server. Installed to ''/etc/init.d/q3a_server'' and optionally linked to the default runlevel.
+<file>
+#! /bin/sh
+set -e
+BASEPATH="/opt/games/quake3"
+BINARY="quake3.x86"
+DAEMON="$BASEPATH/$BINARY"
+OPTIONS="+exec server.cfg +exec levels.cfg +exec bots.cfg"
+RUNAS="quake3:games"
+PIDFILE="$BASEPATH/$BINARY.pid"
+test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
+export HOME=$BASEPATH
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+        echo -n "Starting Q3A"
+        cd $BASEPATH
+        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet -c $RUNAS --pidfile $PIDFILE \
+                -N -10 -m -b -d $BASEPATH --exec $DAEMON -- $OPTIONS
+        echo "."
+        ;;
+  stop)
+        echo -n "Stopping Q3A"
+        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE \
+                --exec $DAEMON
+        echo "."
+        ;;
+  restart|force-reload)
+        $0 stop
+        sleep 3
+        $0 start
+        ;;
+  *)
+        echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac
+exit 0
+</file>