Dedicated Servers

For a permanent, stand−alone Quake II server that needs to run without constant attention, using the Listen
server is impractical. Quake II has a Dedicated server mode that is better suited to this type of use. A
dedicated server is started from the command line and uses fewer system resources than a Listen server
because it doesn't start the graphical client piece at all.
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To start a dedicated server, use the command line option +set dedicated 1. You can set additional
server parameters either on the command line or in a config file that you +exec on the command line. Your
config file should reside in the baseq2 directory.
A few common server options are listed below. To set options on the command line, do +set
fraglimit 30. Options are set the same way in a config file, only you don't want the + before the set.
Invoke your config file like this: +exec server.cfg.
fraglimit
Number of frags required before the map changes
timelimit
Time in minutes that must pass before the map changes
hostname
The name of your Quake II server. This is an arbitrary string and has nothing to do with your DNS
hostname.
maxclients
The maximum number of players that can connect to the server at once.
For enough Quake II console and command line information to choke a horse, see Farenheit 176 (
http://www.planetquake.com/f176).
Other Sources of Server Information
The Q2 Server FAQ has a basic step−by−step guide to set up a Q2 Server under Linux:
http://www.bluesnews.com/faqs/q2s−faq.html
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Grant Cornelius Reticulus Copernicus Sperry ( flubber@xmission.com) has some basic Q2 server
config files and startup scripts at http://www.atomicage.com:80/quake/server/server_cfg/.