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[edit] OpenArena Gamer's Manual
Welcome to the Arena! This is where warriors from around the world will meet! There is no attendance fee so everyone is invited to join. (well, we need some kind of short ingame-introtext and I'm no Shakespeare...)
Welcome and thank you for downloading/copying OpenArena!
First this is a completely free game and always will be free!
[edit] Quickstart
After installing the game start it with
- start/programs/OpenArena/OpenArena (in windows)
- typing /usr/games/openarena, or just openarena if /usr/games is in your $PATH, at a a shell (in linux) or
- double-clicking it's icon (Mac OS X)
[edit] Multiplayer
Click at "Multiplayer". On the "Arena Servers" menu change "Server: Local" to "Server: Internet" . A list of open games should appear. Turn "Show Full" and "Show Empty" off. Click on one of the games, press "Fight!" and you are ready to play!
[edit] Singleplayer
If you don't want to play the game online click on "Single Player", then choose if to start one of the tier's match against bots or starting a new game clicking on the "skirmish" button.
[edit] What is OpenArena?
OpenArena is an open-source content package for Quake III Arena licensed under the GPL, effectively creating a free stand-alone game. You do not need Quake III Arena to play this game.
[edit] Installing OpenArena
Windows: download the windows installer from one of the mirrors, then double-click on the .exe file and follow the on-screen instructions.
Linux: read the FAQ and Installation.
Mac OS X: download the Linux tarball from one of the mirrors, double-click it to extract the "oaxxx" folder, download the on-site Mac OS X engine, double-click it to extract the disk image, mount the disk image double-clicking it and drop the "ioquake3" application in the Linux's folder. if you want you can also trash every thing that is in the folder except the "baseoa" folder.
[edit] Basic information
[edit] User Interface
[edit] Gameplay
[edit] Starting to play
[edit] Starting a Game Server
Execute the OpenArena dedicated server binary, called openarena_ded in Fedora. If you have a "headless" system which you SSH to, you might want to use a command like:
nohup openarena_ded [Q3-similar options] > openarena.log &
The nohup command will fork the rest of the command off and it will persist after you logout. The output will be dumped to "openarena.log" wherever you execute the command. Note you can also use the '<' to issue commands from a file. The ampersand will put it to the background.
Some server scripts to use with 'exec' command would be useful here.
To start a gameserver on a mac type:
- cd /Applications/OpenArena.app/Contents/MacOS/
- nohup ./ioquake3.ub +set dedicated 2 +exec server.cfg +map aggressor
More info on the Servers#Server_Setup page.
[edit] OpenArena at LAN-Party
For an easy setup one player (preferably the one with the fastest computer) should run the server:
- Multiplayer
- "Create"
- choose a game type and a map
- open slots for other players
- start the game by pressing the "fight"-button
Now the other players should start "Multiplayer" and find the new server under "local".
[edit] Making the game less violent
Type this in the console (pull it down with Shift+Esc):
/com_blood 0
