diff --git a/misc/osx/start_server.sh b/misc/osx/start_server.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+echo "Edit this script to change the path to ioquake3's dedicated server executable.\n Set the sv_dlURL setting to a url like http://yoursite.com/ioquake3_path for ioquake3 clients to download extra data"
+/Applications/ioquake3/ioquake3.app/ioq3ded +set dedicated 2 +set sv_allowDownload 1 +set sv_dlURL "" +set com_hunkmegs 64