Post by *Nastyhotshots* on Mar 18, 2014 9:48:10 GMT
Here is my easy guide to setting up a basic windows dedicated q3a server.
First, if u have 2 hard drives then make a fresh install, or copy your q3a dir on your second drive. That way the server can run from a drive other than your C:\ If u only have 1 drive then think about making a partition and using that instead.
Once u have the fresh install or copy of install done then make sure u have the mods and point releases that u are wanting to use in place also. Place a q3a icon on your desktop. This will be used to directly launch your game server.
You will need to make sure the right ports are open, so u will need to add them to your router. The main port u need open is 27960. You can make this to read start port: 27960 end port: 27965
Next u will need to edit the properties of your q3a desktop icon. Right click the icon and go to properties. It should read something like: "C:\program files\Quake III Arena\Quake3.exe" depending upon what drive u have it on.
Edit it as follows "C:\Quake III Arena\Quake3.exe" +set com_protocol 66 +set com_legacyprotocol 66 +set dedicated 2 +set net_port 27960 +set fs_game IU1.2Beta3 +exec server.cfg
You'll notice the quotes around the shortcut area, this is one of Windows' many quirks; for Windows to understand long file names with spaces and such, you need to leave them in. If you try and put the commands in there it will think that it's a Windows executable and say the path is invalid, so you need to put the commands after the quotes.
What u must do of course is have a server.cfg ready to run. Once u have the edited server.cfg ready place it in your mod dir. So if u are running IU1.L2Beta3 then u will need to place the server.cfg in c:\program files\Quake 111 Arena\iu1.2Beta3.
Now u are ready to double click the desktop icon and launch your server. Providing u have edited your server.cfg correctly it will broadcast to master servers and u will have a server online which anyone can join.
If u plan on keeping your server running 24/7 register it with gametrackers and u will have a banner for your new server.
any comments or further advise just add them here.
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First, if u have 2 hard drives then make a fresh install, or copy your q3a dir on your second drive. That way the server can run from a drive other than your C:\ If u only have 1 drive then think about making a partition and using that instead.
Once u have the fresh install or copy of install done then make sure u have the mods and point releases that u are wanting to use in place also. Place a q3a icon on your desktop. This will be used to directly launch your game server.
You will need to make sure the right ports are open, so u will need to add them to your router. The main port u need open is 27960. You can make this to read start port: 27960 end port: 27965
Next u will need to edit the properties of your q3a desktop icon. Right click the icon and go to properties. It should read something like: "C:\program files\Quake III Arena\Quake3.exe" depending upon what drive u have it on.
Edit it as follows "C:\Quake III Arena\Quake3.exe" +set com_protocol 66 +set com_legacyprotocol 66 +set dedicated 2 +set net_port 27960 +set fs_game IU1.2Beta3 +exec server.cfg
You'll notice the quotes around the shortcut area, this is one of Windows' many quirks; for Windows to understand long file names with spaces and such, you need to leave them in. If you try and put the commands in there it will think that it's a Windows executable and say the path is invalid, so you need to put the commands after the quotes.
What u must do of course is have a server.cfg ready to run. Once u have the edited server.cfg ready place it in your mod dir. So if u are running IU1.L2Beta3 then u will need to place the server.cfg in c:\program files\Quake 111 Arena\iu1.2Beta3.
Now u are ready to double click the desktop icon and launch your server. Providing u have edited your server.cfg correctly it will broadcast to master servers and u will have a server online which anyone can join.
If u plan on keeping your server running 24/7 register it with gametrackers and u will have a banner for your new server.
any comments or further advise just add them here.
hots