Dedicated Server

(Black_Diablo00) #1

I would like to host my own server and I can’t seem to find the download that I am looking for. Can someone please give me a link to a download that will let me host my own dedicated server? Also, if someone could give me a link, or explain to me how coloring names works I would be most appreciative. Thanks a lot.

(Rippin Kitten) #2

If you’ve downloaded ET, you already have the files necessary to run a dedicated server. You just need to change the command line to tell the program you’re running it in dedicated mode.

If your install placed ET into the subfolder c:\games\ET, then your shortcut would look like this:

“c:\games\ET\et.exe” +set dedicated 2

The dedicated variable has two states. 1 means its only for a LAN, and won’t broadcast itself to the id master server. 2 is for both internet and LAN. The default is 0, so you don’t have to do anything if you want to go back to running a client.

This fires up the game engine into a window so you can issue commands via console and view the log. It will also automatically execute your server.cfg, which specifies other variables like player count and map rotation. You can read all about those in the ET Server Setup Help Document which is in the same Start Menu group as the shortcut you use to start ET.

Colors in names and text are done with the caret character, or shift-6. Any letter or number following the caret will define the color for the following text. To make your name all red, you would enter the following in console:

/name “^1My Name Is All Red”

Notice that after you do the ^1 part it will disappear, but all following text will be red. Also note that all ^ syntax counts towards your name’s character limit. So excessive use of this can lead to your name getting cut off in console status messages (making the name Major Asskicker to be abbreviated to simply Major Ass). If you pick a color then decide to change it, simply backspace until the caret comes back then enter a new character. Do not start another ^ entry.

RK

(Ton80) #3

Try this link for the list of colors. It’s a manual you can download and keep for future reference

Also has a list of voice commands

Good luck