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.TH QUAKE2 6 "January 9, 2002"
.SH NAME
quake2 \- popular 3D action game
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B quake2
.RI [ options ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the
.B quake2
command, which is used to launch the Quake 2 game engine.
.br
This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution
because the original program does not have a manual page.
.PP
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.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \+set vid_ref \fIdriver\fP
Set the video output driver to use for playing the game.  Current values
available for \fIdriver\fP are
\fIsoft\fP, \fIsoftx\fP, \fIglx\fP, \fIsoftsdl\fP, and \fIsdlgl\fP.
.TP
.B \+set cd_nocd 0
Disable CD audio
.TP
.B \+set s_initsound 0
Disable sound
.TP
.B \+set _windowed_mouse 0
Disable mouse grabbing.
.TP
.B \+set dedicated 1
Start a dedicated server, no graphical client will be launched.  Clients
may connect to this server for multiplayer games.
.TP
.B \+exec \fIconfig.cfg\fP
\fIconfig.cfg\fP should contain commands to set server variables like so:
.sp 1
.\".in +1i
.ft B
.nf
set timelimit 20
set fraglimit 25
set dmflags 532
map fact3
.fi
.ft P
.\".in -1i
.sp 1
If you use a config file, you must put a "map" command in it or the server
will not load a map.
.\" .SH SEE ALSO
.\" .BR bar (1),
.\" .BR baz (1).
.SH BUGS
.B quake2 +set vid_ref soft
only works on i386, due to some unportable SVGALib code.
.sp 1
The model viewer in Multiplayer->player setup displays the skins incorrectly.
.sp 1
If you upgrade this package, your savegames will not work, due to the way savegames are made.
.SH AUTHOR
.B quake2
was originally written by iD Software.
.sp 1
The SDL vid_ref driver was written by Steven Fuller <relnev@icculus.org>.
.sp 1
This manual page was written by Jamie Wilkinson <jaq@spacepants.org>,
for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
