DarkPlaces engine readme : updated 20070311:

About the DarkPlaces glquake engine:

DarkPlaces engine was started because I was unsatisfied with the other engines
available soon after the quake source release (which did little more than add some
flashy effects), and craved modding features for my DarkPlaces mod, and wanted some
real enhancements to the online gaming experience as well.

DarkPlaces engine is the result, I hope everyone likes it.

I am not very good at writing documentation, so this readme is organized as a

feature list, with information on each feature, I hope it is still adequate
documentation.

If you have any suggestions for features to document in detail in the readme or any
other questions/comments/bugreports/suggestions/etc, send me an email with the
address darkplacesengine gmail com (add @ and . characters as appropriate)

Input Tips:
If mouse movement is jerky but framerate is high, try typing "gl_finish 1" (without
quotes) into the console (makes cpu wait for gpu before ending frame, which gives
lousy input drivers a chance to catch up).

Graphics Tips:
Visit the Color Control submenu of Options, it's near the top, fiddle with gamma
(or grey level if using the color levels mode) until the grey box surrounding the
white/black dither pattern matches up with the grey you see while looking at the
dither from a distance, this will calibrate quake to look approximately as id
Software intended, and ensure everyone sees it the same. Note: Different
resolutions may be different intensities depending on monitor. Note2: ATI Radeon
Catalyst 3.10 drivers seem to have a weird gamma limiting 'feature' which rejects
gamma settings it doesn't like, feel free to complain to ATI about this if it gets
in your way (it probably will).

Visit the Effects Options submenu of Options, and check out the options.

Networking tips:
Visit the Player Setup submenu of the Multiplayer menu to configure your network
speed (as well as the usual settings from quake like name and colors).

To host a server behind a router/firewall, simply set up a port forward on the UDP
port you are running the server on (default is 26000), to forward incoming UDP
packets on that port to the server, then people can connect.

To make your server show up on the server browser (in the Join Game menu), either
set sv_public 1 in the console, or use the multiplayer new game menu and check the
Public server checkbox.

Supported games:
Quake : -quake, this is active by default, gamedirs: id1
Quake: Scourge of Armagon : -hipnotic or hipnotic in executable name or path,
gamedirs: hipnotic, id1
Quake: Dissolution of Eternity : -rogue or rogue in executable name or path,
gamedirs: rogue, id1
Nexuiz : -nexuiz or nexuiz in executable name or path, gamedirs: data
Nehahra : -nehahra or nehahra in executable name or path, gamedirs: nehahra, id1
GoodVsBad2 : -goodvsbad2 or gvb2 in executable name or path, gamedirs: rts
BattleMech : -battlemech or battlemech in executable name or path, gamedirs: base
PrydonGate : -prydon or prydon in executable name or path, gamedirs: prydon
These games are considered officially supported, if any problems are seen, please
make sure you are running the latest version of the game and engine, if you are,
please report the problem.

Graphics features:
Redesigned effects including smoke, blood, bubbles and explosions.
Better looking dynamic lights.
External texture support (see Replacement Content section below)
Realtime bumpmapped lighting/shadowing support (r_shadow_realtime_world cvar) with
many options. (note: very slow if you do not have .rtlights files installed, be
sure to get some from dpmod or search on the web for rtlights files)
.rtlights file support (improves performance/appearance of realtime lighting)
.rtlights file editing (see r_editlights_help in game)
Alpha blended sprites (instead of glquake's masked sprites).
Interpolated entity movement and animations (both models and sprites).
Overbright and fullbright support on walls and models (like winquake).
Colormapping support on any q1 model (like winquake).
Fog (set with "fog density red green blue" command)
Skybox (loadsky "mtnsun_" will load "env/mtnsun_ft.tga" and so on).
Sky rendering improved (no more glquake distortion).
Sky polygons obscure geometry just like in winquake.
Color calibration menu to ensure a proper Quake experience.
Improved model lighting (directional shading).
No messy .ms2 model mesh files (no glquake dir anymore either).
New improved crosshair (team color coded).
Improved image loading (smoother menus and such).
Ability to disable particle effects (cl_particles* cvars).
Decals (cl_decals cvar to enable).
Stainmaps (cl_stainmap cvar to enable).
Sorted transparent stuff to render better.
Improved multitexture support (r_textureunits (1-4 supported), needs gl_combine 1
because of overbright)
Improved chase cam (chase_active 1 no longer goes into walls)
More configurable console background (scr_conalpha and scr_conbrightness)
Optional fullbrights (r_fullbrights 0/1 followed by r_restart)
Dynamic Farclip (no distance limits in huge maps)
Improved gl_flashblend (now renders a corona instead of an ugly blob)
DynamicLight coronas (more realism)
Transparent statusbar (sbar_alpha) that does not block your view as much.
No 8bit texture uploads (fixes 'green' walls in the distance).
Fixed view blends (glquake was quite broken).
JPEG texture support using libjpeg (Thanks Elric)
Video Options, Color Control, and Effects Options menus added, and more options.
.dlit file support (produced by hmap2 -light) for fast per-pixel lighting without
shadowing.
pointfile command is improved (for leak finding in maps when you have a .pnt file
from a failed qbsp compile)
configurable particle effects (effectinfo.txt, can be reloaded at any time by
cl_particles_reloadeffects command for quick testing)
fixed envmap command (makes a skybox of the current scene)

Sound features:
Ogg and wav file overrides for cd tracks (example: sound/cdtracks/track01.ogg
or .wav) (Thanks Elric)
Streaming ogg sounds to save memory (Ogg sounds over a certain size are streamed
automatically) (Thanks Elric)
Ogg Vorbis sound support (all .wav sounds look for .ogg if the .wav is missing,
useful for making mods smaller, particularly useful for cd tracks) (Thanks Elric)
Stereo sound file support (useful for cd tracks)
7.1 surround sound mixing support (snd_channels cvar selects how many to use,
default 2 for stereo)

Client features:
showtime cvar.
showdate cvar.
-benchmark option to run automated timedemo benchmarks (-benchmark demo1 does
+timedemo demo1 and quits immediately when finished)
timedemo automatically puts results in gamedir/benchmark.log
Slightly improved aiming on quake servers (does not support proquake aiming).
-sndspeed samplerate (default: 44100, quake used 11025)
snd_swapstereo cvar (for people with backwards SB16 sound cards)
Saves video settings to config and restores them properly
Ability to change video settings during game (video options menu or vid_* cvars)
showfps cvar.
Sends 20fps network packets to improve modem play instead of one per frame.
(sys_ticrate controls network framerate)
Allow skin colormaps 14 and 15 (freaky :)
Longer chat messages.
No more 72fps limit, cl_maxfps lets you decide.
Support for more mouse buttons (mouse1-mouse16, mwheelup/mwheeldown are aliases to
mouse4 and mouse5).
Server browser for public (sv_public 1) darkplaces servers as well as quakeworld
servers.
log_file cvar to log console messages to a file.
condump command to dump recent console history to a file.
PK3 archive support with compression support using zlib (Thanks Elric)
maps command lists installed maps
tab completion of map names on map/changelevel commands
tab completion of rcon commands
.ent file replacement allows you to modify sky and fog settings on a per-map basis
(use sv_saveentfile command in singleplayer and then edit the worldspawn entity in
a text editor, for example setting "sky" "mtnsun_" to load the skybox mtnsun_ in
your favorite maps, or "fog" "0.03 0.2 0.2 0.2" to put fog in the level)
Switchable bindmaps (in_bind command allows you to bind keys in one of 8 bindmaps,
0-7, in_bindmap command allows you to select two active bindmaps to use at once,
ones missing in the first are checked in the second)
Options menu "Reset to Defaults" option works better than in Quake
cvarlist and cmdlist commands
improved tab completion of commands and cvars, with default value and description
listed
curl command (downloads a URL to a pk3 archive and loads it)
fs_rescan command (allows you to load a newly installed pak/pk3 archive without
quitting the game)
saveconfig command (allows you to save settings before quitting the game, mostly
useful when debugging the engine if you expect it to crash)
gamedir command to change current mod (only works while disconnected).
QuakeWorld support.
ProQuake message macros (%l location, %d last death location, %h health, %a armor,
%x rockets, %c cells, %t current time, %r rocket launcher status (I need RL, I need
rockets, I have RL), %p powerup status (quad pent ring), %w weapon status
(SSG:NG:SNG:GL:RL:LG).
Support for ProQuake .loc files (locs/e1m1.loc or maps/e1m1.loc)
Support for QIZMO .loc files (maps/e1m1.loc)
Ingame editing of .loc files using locs_* commands (locs_save saves a new .loc file
to maps directory)
bestweapon command (takes a number sequence like bestweapon 87654321, digits
corresponding to weapons, first ones are preferred over last ones, only uses
weapons that have 1 ammo or more)
ls and dir commands to list files in the Quake virtual filesystem (useful to find
files inside paks)
toggle command allows you to use a single bind to toggle a cvar between 0 and 1
slowmo cvar allows you to pause/slow down/speed up demo playback (try using these
binds for example: bind f1 "slowmo 0";bind f2 "slowmo 0.1";bind f3 "slowmo 1")
AVI video recording using builtin I420 codec (bind f4 "toggle cl_capturevideo"),
with automatic creation of sequentially numbered avi files for each recording
session. (WARNING: HUGE files, make sure you have several gigabytes of disk space
available! and it is only recommended during demo playback! You will probably
want to reencode these videos using VirtualDub, mencoder, or other utilities before
posting them on a website)
ping display in scoreboard, even on Quake servers (on DarkPlaces servers it also
shows packet loss)

Server features:
Allows clients to connect through firewalls (automatic feature)
Works behind firewalls unlike NetQuake (must port forward UDP packets on the
relevant port from the firewall to the server, as with any game)
More accurate movement and precise aiming.
255 player support.
sv_cheats cvar controls cheats (no longer based on deathmatch).
slowmo cvar controls game speed.
No crash with the buggy 'teleport train' in shub's pit.
Allow skin colormaps 14 and 15 (freaky :)
sys_ticrate applies to listen (client) servers as well as dedicated.
sv_public cvar to advertise to master server.
log_file cvar to log console messages to a file.
condump command to dump recent console history to a file.
PK3 archive support with compression support using zlib (Thanks Elric)
Option to prevent wallhacks from working (sv_cullentities_trace 1).
Selectable protocol (sv_protocolname QUAKE for example allows quake clients to
play, default is sv_protocolname DP7 or a later protocol)
Automatic file downloads to DarkPlaces clients.
Ability to send URLs to DarkPlaces clients to download pk3 archives needed to play
on this server.
rcon support for remote administration by trusted clients with matching
rcon_password, or external quakeworld rcon tools
prvm_edictset, prvm_global, prvm_globals, and prvm_globalset commands aid in QuakeC
debugging
prvm_printfunction function prints out the QuakeC assembly opcodes of a function,
can be useful if you can't decompile the progs.dat file
prvm_profile command gives call count and estimated builtin-function cost
sys_colortranslation cvar controls processing of Quake3-style ^ color codes in
terminal output, default is white text on windows and ANSI color output on
Linux/Mac OSX
sys_specialcharactertranslation controls processing of special Quake characters to
make colored names more readable in terminal output

Modding features:
HalfLife map support (place your HalfLife wads in quake/id1/textures/ or
quake/MODDIR/textures/ as the maps need them)
Larger q1 and hl map size of +-32768 units.
Colored lighting (.lit support) for q1 maps.
Q3 map support (no shaders though), with no limits.
Q2 and Q3 model support, with greatly increased limits (256 skins, 65536 frames,
65536 vertices, 65536 triangles). (Note: md2 player models are not supported
because they have no skin list)
Optimized QuakeC interpreter so mods run faster.
Bounds checking QuakeC interpreter so mods can't do naughty things with memory.
Warnings for many common QuakeC errors.
Unprecached models are now a warning (does not kill the server anymore).
External texture support (see dpextensions.qc DP_GFX_EXTERNALTEXTURES).
Fog ("fog" key in worldspawn, same parameters as fog command).
.spr32 and halflife .spr sprites supported. (Use Krimzon's tool to make spr32, and
lhfire can render directly to spr32, or just use replacement textures on .spr).
Skybox ("sky" key in worldspawn, works like loadsky and quake2).
Stereo wav sounds supported.
Ogg Vorbis sounds supported. (Thanks Elric)
ATTN_NONE sounds are no longer directional (good for music).
play2 sound testing command (ATTN_NONE variant of play).
r_texturestats and memstats and memlist commands to give memory use info.
Lighting on sprites (put ! anywhere in sprite filename to enable).
More r_speeds info (now a transparent overlay instead of spewing to console).
Supports rotating bmodels (use avelocity, and keep in mind the bmodel needs the
"origin" key set to rotate (read up on hipnotic rotation support in your qbsp docs,
or choose another qbsp if yours does not support this feature), or in q3 maps an
origin brush works).
More sound channels.
More dynamic lights (32 changed to 256).
More precached models and sounds (256 changed to 4096).
Many more features documented in dpextensions.qc. (bullet tracing on models, qc
player input, etc)

Replacing Content:
Formats supported: tga (recommended), png (loads very slowly), jpg (loads slowly),
pcx, wal, lmp

Usually you want to put replacement content in either id1/ or another directory
such as pretty/ inside your quake directory, in DarkPlaces you can run multiple -
game options at once (such as -game ctf -game pretty -game dpmod to have texture
overrides from pretty, maps from ctf, and gameplay from dpmod) or multiple gamedirs
specified with the gamedir console command (gamedir ctf pretty dpmod).

All texture layers are optional except diffuse (the others are NOT loaded without
it)

Replacing skins:
progs/player.mdl_0.tga - diffuse
progs/player.mdl_0_norm.tga - normalmap (can have alpha channel with bumpmap height
for offsetmapping/reliefmapping)
progs/player.mdl_0_bump.tga - bumpmap (not loaded if normalmap is present)
progs/player.mdl_0_glow.tga - glow map (use _luma if tenebrae compatibility is a
concern)
progs/player.mdl_0_luma.tga - alternate tenebrae-compatible name for glow map (use
one or the other)
progs/player.mdl_0_pants.tga - pants image, greyscale and does not cover the same
pixels as the diffuse texture (this is additive blended ('Screen' mode in
photoshop) ontop of the diffuse texture with a color tint according to your pants
color)
progs/player.mdl_0_shirt.tga - shirt image, same type as pants

Replacing textures in specific maps:

textures/e1m1/ecop1_6.tga
textures/e1m1/ecop1_6_norm.tga
textures/e1m1/ecop1_6_bump.tga
textures/e1m1/ecop1_6_glow.tga
textures/e1m1/ecop1_6_luma.tga
textures/e1m1/ecop1_6_pants.tga - pants and shirt layers are possible on bmodel
entities with quakec modifications to set their .colormap field
textures/e1m1/ecop1_6_shirt.tga

Replacing textures in all maps:

textures/quake.tga
textures/quake_norm.tga
textures/quake_bump.tga
textures/quake_glow.tga
textures/quake_luma.tga
textures/quake_pants.tga
textures/quake_shirt.tga

Replacing hud and menu pictures:

gfx/conchars.tga

Replacing models:
same as in Quake, you can replace a model with exactly the same file name
(including file extension), so for example an md3 player model has to be renamed
progs/player.mdl, and a small box of shells in md3 format has to be renamed
maps/b_shell0.bsp

How to make .skin files for multiple skins on a Quake3 (md3) or DarkPlacesModel
(dpm) model:
These files use the same format as the ones in Quake3 (except being named
modelname_0.skin, modelname_1.skin, and so on), they specify what texture to use on
each part of the md3 (or zym or dpm or psk) model, their contents look like the
following...
torso,progs/player_default.tga says that the model part named
"torso" should use the image progs/player_default.tga
gun,progs/player_default.tga says that the model part named
"gun" should use the image progs/player_default.tga
muzzleflash,progs/player_default_muzzleflash.tga says that the model part named
"muzzleflash" should use the image progs/player_default_muzzleflash.tga - this is
useful for transparent skin areas which should be kept separate from opaque skins
tag_head, says that the first tag is named
"tag_head" - this is only useful for QuakeC mods using segmented player models so
that they can look up/down without their legs rotating, don't worry about it as a
user
tag_torso, second tag name
tag_weapon, third tag name

How to install a soundtrack in ogg format

These files must be in ogg or wav format, and numbers begin at 002 if you wish to
replace (or install) the Quake cd music - since track 001 was the Quake data
track.</p>
quake/id1/sound/cdtracks/track002.ogg replacement track for "cd loop 2"
quake/id1/sound/cdtracks/track003.ogg replacement track for "cd loop 3"

Example list of filenames:

quake/id1/progs/player.mdl replaces the player model)
quake/id1/progs/player.mdl_0.skin text file that specifies textures
to use on an md3 model)
quake/id1/progs/player_default.tga texture referenced by the .skin,
make sure that any special parts of this are black, like pants should be black here
otherwise you get pink pants when you use a red color ingame)
quake/id1/progs/player_default_pants.tga white pants area of the skin,
this is colored by the engine according to your color settings, additive blended
(which is called "Screen" mode in Photoshop if you wish to preview the layers))
quake/id1/progs/player_default_shirt.tga white shirt area of the skin,
similar to pants described above)
quake/id1/progs/player_default_norm.tga normalmap texture for
player_default, alpha channel can contain a heightmap for offsetmapping
(r_glsl_offsetmapping 1 in console) to use, alternatively you can use _bump.tga
instead of this which is only a heightmap and the engine will generate the
normalmap for you)
quake/id1/progs/player_default_gloss.tga glossmap (shiny areas) for
player_default)
quake/id1/progs/player_default_glow.tga glowmap (glowing stuff) for
player_default, this is fullbrights and such, be sure the corresponding pixels are
black in the player_default.tga, because just like pants/shirt this is additive
blended)
quake/id1/textures/quake.tga replaces the quake logo on the
arch in start.bsp)
quake/id1/textures/quake_norm.tga same as for a player)
quake/id1/textures/quake_gloss.tga same as for a player)
quake/id1/textures/#water1.tga replaces *water1 texture in the
maps, # is used instead of * in filenames)
quake/id1/gfx/conchars.tga replacement font image, this was
in gfx.wad in quake)
quake/id1/gfx/conback.tga replacement console background,
just like in quake)
quake/id1/gfx/mainmenu.tga replacement main menu image, just
like in quake)
quake/id1/maps/b_bh25.bsp replacement for normal health
pack, for example this could be an md3 model instead)
quake/id1/sound/cdtracks/track002.ogg replacement track for "cd loop 2"
quake/id1/sound/cdtracks/track003.ogg replacement track for "cd loop 3"

Commandline options as of 2007-03-11:

BSD GLX: -gl_driver drivername selects a GL driver library, default is libGL.so.1,
useful only for using fxmesa or similar, if you don't know what this is for, you
don't need it
BSD GLX: -nogetprocaddress disables GLX_ARB_get_proc_address (not required, more
formal method of getting extension functions)
BSD GLX: -novideosync disables GLX_SGI_swap_control
BSD Sound: -cddev devicepath chooses which CD drive to use
Client: -benchmark demoname runs a timedemo and quits, results of any timedemo can
be found in gamedir/benchmark.log (for example id1/benchmark.log)
Client: -demo demoname runs a playdemo and quits
Client: -forceqmenu disables menu.dat (same as +forceqmenu 1)
Client: -particles number changes maximum number of particles at once, default
32768
Client: -texbrightness number sets the quake palette brightness (brightness of
black), allowing you to make quake textures brighter/darker, not recommended
Client: -texcontrast number sets the quake palette contrast, allowing you to make
quake textures brighter/darker, not recommended
Client: -texgamma number sets the quake palette gamma, allowing you to make quake
textures brighter/darker, not recommended
Client: -useqmenu causes the first time you open the menu to use the quake menu,
then reverts to menu.dat (if forceqmenu is 0)
Console: -condebug logs console messages to qconsole.log, see also log_file
Console: -developer enables warnings and other notices (RECOMMENDED for mod
developers)
Console: -nostdout disables text output to the terminal the game was launched from
Filesystem: -basedir path chooses what base directory the game data is in, inside
this there should be a data directory for the game (for example id1)
GL: -noanisotropy disables GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic (allows higher quality
texturing)
GL: -nocombine disables GL_ARB_texture_env_combine or GL_EXT_texture_env_combine
(required for bumpmapping and faster map rendering)
GL: -nocubemap disables GL_ARB_texture_cube_map (required for bumpmapping)
GL: -nocva disables GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array (renders faster)
GL: -nodot3 disables GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 (required for bumpmapping)
GL: -nodrawrangeelements disables GL_EXT_draw_range_elements (renders faster)
GL: -noedgeclamp disables GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp or GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp
(recommended, some cards do not support the other texture clamp method)
GL: -nofragmentshader disables GL_ARB_fragment_shader (allows pixel shader effects,
can improve per pixel lighting performance and capabilities)
GL: -nomtex disables GL_ARB_multitexture (required for faster map rendering)
GL: -noseparatestencil disables use of OpenGL2.0 glStencilOpSeparate and
GL_ATI_separate_stencil extensions (which accelerate shadow rendering)
GL: -noshaderobjects disables GL_ARB_shader_objects (required for vertex shader and
fragment shader)
GL: -noshadinglanguage100 disables GL_ARB_shading_language_100 (required for vertex
shader and fragment shader)
GL: -nostenciltwoside disables GL_EXT_stencil_two_side (which accelerate shadow
rendering)
GL: -notexture3d disables GL_EXT_texture3D (required for spherical lights,
otherwise they render as a column)
GL: -novertexshader disables GL_ARB_vertex_shader (allows vertex shader effects)
Game: -battlemech runs the multiplayer topdown deathmatch game BattleMech
Game: -contagiontheory runs the game Contagion Theory
Game: -darsana runs the game Darsana
Game: -did2 runs the game Defeat In Detail 2
Game: -goodvsbad2 runs the psychadelic RTS FPS game Good Vs Bad 2
Game: -hipnotic runs Quake mission pack 1: The Scourge of Armagon
Game: -nehahra runs The Seal of Nehahra movie and game
Game: -neoteric runs the game Neoteric
Game: -netherworld runs the game Netherworld: Dark Master
Game: -nexuiz runs the multiplayer game Nexuiz
Game: -openquartz runs the game OpenQuartz, a standalone GPL replacement of the
quake content
Game: -prydon runs the topdown point and click action-RPG Prydon Gate
Game: -quake runs the game Quake (default)
Game: -rogue runs Quake mission pack 2: The Dissolution of Eternity
Game: -setheral runs the multiplayer game Setheral
Game: -som runs the multiplayer game Son Of Man
Game: -tenebrae runs the graphics test mod known as Tenebrae (some features not
implemented)
Game: -teu runs The Evil Unleashed (this option is obsolete as they are not using
darkplaces)
Game: -thehunted runs the game The Hunted
Game: -transfusion runs Transfusion (the recreation of Blood in Quake)
Game: -zymotic runs the singleplayer game Zymotic
Input: -nomouse disables mouse support (see also vid_mouse cvar)
Input: -nomouse disables mouse support (see also vid_mouse cvar)
Linux ALSA Sound: -sndpcm devicename selects which pcm device to us, default is
"default"
Linux GLX: -gl_driver drivername selects a GL driver library, default is
libGL.so.1, useful only for using fxmesa or similar, if you don't know what this is
for, you don't need it
Linux GLX: -nogetprocaddress disables GLX_ARB_get_proc_address (not required, more
formal method of getting extension functions)
Linux GLX: -novideosync disables GLX_SGI_swap_control
Linux Sound: -cddev devicepath chooses which CD drive to use
MacOSX GLX: -nogetprocaddress disables GLX_ARB_get_proc_address (not required, more
formal method of getting extension functions)
MacOSX GLX: -novideosync disables GLX_SGI_swap_control
SDL GL: -gl_driver drivername selects a GL driver library, default is whatever SDL
recommends, useful only for 3dfxogl.dll/3dfxvgl.dll or fxmesa or similar, if you
don't know what this is for, you don't need it
Server: -dedicated [playerlimit] starts a dedicated server (with a command
console), default playerlimit is 8
Server: -ip ipaddress sets the ip address of this machine for purposes of
networking (default 0.0.0.0 also known as INADDR_ANY), use only if you have
multiple network adapters and need to choose one specifically.
Server: -listen [playerlimit] starts a multiplayer server with graphical client,
like singleplayer but other players can connect, default playerlimit is 8
Server: -port portnumber sets the port to use for a server (default 26000, the same
port as QUAKE itself), useful if you host multiple servers on your machine
Sound: -nocdaudio disables CD audio support
Sound: -nosound disables sound (including CD audio)
Sound: -novorbis disables ogg vorbis sound support
Sound: -simsound runs sound mixing but with no output
Sound: -sndbits bits chooses 8 bit or 16 bit sound output
Sound: -sndmono sets sound output to mono
Sound: -sndquad sets sound output to 4 channel surround
Sound: -sndspeed hz chooses sound output rate (supported values are 48000, 44100,
32000, 24000, 22050, 16000, 11025 (quake), 8000)
Sound: -sndstereo sets sound output to stereo
Video: -bpp bits performs +vid_bitsperpixel bits (example -bpp 32 or -bpp 16)
Video: -fullscreen performs +vid_fullscreen 1
Video: -height pixels performs +vid_height pixels and also +vid_width pixels*4/3 if
only -height is specified (example: -height 768 sets 1024x768 mode)
Video: -width pixels performs +vid_width pixels and also +vid_height pixels*3/4 if
only -width is specified (example: -width 1024 sets 1024x768 mode)
Video: -window performs +vid_fullscreen 0
Windows DirectSound: -primarysound locks the sound hardware for exclusive use
Windows DirectSound: -snoforceformat uses the format that DirectSound returns,
rather than forcing it
Windows GDI Input: -noforcemaccel disables setting of mouse acceleration (not used
with -dinput, windows only)
Windows GDI Input: -noforcemparms disables setting of mouse parameters (not used
with -dinput, windows only)
Windows GDI Input: -noforcemspd disables setting of mouse speed (not used with -
dinput, windows only)
Windows Input: -dinput enables DirectInput for mouse/joystick input
Windows Input: -nojoy disables joystick support, may be a small speed increase
Windows Sound: -wavonly uses wave sound instead of DirectSound
Windows WGL: -gl_driver drivername selects a GL driver library, default is
opengl32.dll, useful only for 3dfxogl.dll or 3dfxvgl.dll, if you don't know what
this is for, you don't need it
Windows WGL: -novideosync disables WGL_EXT_swap_control

Full Console Variable List as of 2007-03-11:

_cl_color 0 internal
storage cvar for current player colors (changed by color command)
_cl_name player internal
storage cvar for current player name (changed by name command)
_cl_playermodel internal
storage cvar for current player model in Nexuiz (changed by playermodel command)
_cl_playerskin internal
storage cvar for current player skin in Nexuiz (changed by playerskin command)
_cl_pmodel 0 internal
storage cvar for current player model number in nehahra (changed by pmodel command)
_cl_rate 10000 internal
storage cvar for current rate (changed by rate command)
_snd_mixahead 0.1 how much
sound to mix ahead of time
ambient_fade 100 rate of
volume fading when moving from one environment to another
ambient_level 0.3 volume of
environment noises (water and wind)
bgmvolume 1 volume of
background music (such as CD music or replacement files such as
sound/cdtracks/track002.ogg)
cdaudioinitialized 0 indicates if
CD Audio system is active
chase_active 0 enables chase
cam
chase_back 48 chase cam
distance from the player
chase_stevie 0 chase cam
view from above (used only by GoodVsBad2)
chase_up 24 chase cam
distance from the player
cl_anglespeedkey 1.5 how much
+speed multiplies keyboard turning speed
cl_autodemo 0 records every
game played, using the date/time and map name to name the demo file
cl_autodemo_nameformat %Y-%m-%d_%H-%M The format of
the cl_autodemo filename, followed by the map name
cl_backspeed 400 backward
movement speed
cl_beams_instantaimhack 1 makes your
lightning gun aiming update instantly
cl_beams_lightatend 0 make a light
at the end of the beam
cl_beams_polygons 1 use beam
polygons instead of models
cl_beams_quakepositionhack 1 makes your
lightning gun appear to fire from your waist (as in Quake and QuakeWorld)
cl_bob 0.02 view bobbing
amount
cl_bobcycle 0.6 view bobbing
speed
cl_bob2 0 sideways view
bobbing amount
cl_bob2cycle 0.6 sideways view
bobbing speed
cl_bob2smooth 0.05 how fast the
view goes back when you stop touching the ground
cl_bobfall 0 how much the
view swings down when falling (influenced by the speed you hit the ground with)
cl_bobfallcycle 3 speed of the
bobfall swing
cl_bobfallspeed 200 necessary
amount of speed for bob-falling to occur
cl_bobmodel 1 enables gun
bobbing
cl_bobmodel_side 0.05 gun bobbing
sideways sway amount
cl_bobmodel_speed 7 gun bobbing
speed
cl_bobmodel_up 0.02 gun bobbing
upward movement amount
cl_leanmodel 0 enables gun
leaning
cl_leanmodel_side_speed 0.7 gun leaning
sideways speed
cl_leanmodel_side_limit 35 gun leaning
sideways limit
cl_leanmodel_side_highpass1 30 gun leaning
sideways pre-highpass in 1/s
cl_leanmodel_side_highpass 3 gun leaning
sideways highpass in 1/s
cl_leanmodel_side_lowpass 20 gun leaning
sideways lowpass in 1/s
cl_leanmodel_up_speed 0.65 gun leaning
upward speed
cl_leanmodel_up_limit 50 gun leaning
upward limit
cl_leanmodel_up_highpass1 5 gun leaning
upward pre-highpass in 1/s
cl_leanmodel_up_highpass 15 gun leaning
upward highpass in 1/s
cl_leanmodel_up_lowpass 20 gun leaning
upward lowpass in 1/s
cl_followmodel 0 enables gun
following
cl_followmodel_side_speed 0.25 gun following
sideways speed
cl_followmodel_side_limit 6 gun following
sideways limit
cl_followmodel_side_highpass1 30 gun following
sideways pre-highpass in 1/s
cl_followmodel_side_highpass 5 gun following
sideways highpass in 1/s
cl_followmodel_side_lowpass 10 gun following
sideways lowpass in 1/s
cl_followmodel_up_speed 0.5 gun following
upward speed
cl_followmodel_up_limit 5 gun following
upward limit
cl_followmodel_up_highpass1 60 gun following
upward pre-highpass in 1/s
cl_followmodel_up_highpass 2 gun following
upward highpass in 1/s
cl_followmodel_up_lowpass 10 gun following
upward lowpass in 1/s
cl_bobup 0.5 view bobbing
adjustment that makes the up or down swing of the bob last longer
cl_capturevideo 0 enables
saving of video to a .avi file using uncompressed I420 colorspace and PCM audio,
note that scr_screenshot_gammaboost affects the brightness of the output)
cl_capturevideo_fps 30 how many
frames per second to save (29.97 for NTSC, 30 for typical PC video, 15 can be
useful)
cl_capturevideo_number 1 number to
append to video filename, incremented each time a capture begins
cl_capturevideo_realtime 0 causes video
saving to operate in realtime (mostly useful while playing, not while capturing
demos), this can produce a much lower quality video due to poor sound/video sync
and will abort saving if your machine stalls for over 1 second
cl_curl_enabled 0 whether
client's download support is enabled
cl_curl_maxdownloads 1 maximum
number of concurrent HTTP/FTP downloads
cl_curl_maxspeed 100 maximum
download speed (KiB/s)
cl_deathnoviewmodel 1 hides gun
model when dead
cl_deathscoreboard 1 shows
scoreboard (+showscores) while dead
cl_decals 0 enables
decals (bullet holes, blood, etc)
cl_decals_fadetime 20 how long
decals take to fade away
cl_decals_time 0 how long
before decals start to fade away
cl_dlights_decaybrightness 1 reduces
brightness of light flashes over time
cl_dlights_decayradius 1 reduces size
of light flashes over time
cl_explosions_alpha_end 0 end alpha of
an explosion shell (just before it disappears)
cl_explosions_alpha_start 1.5 starting
alpha of an explosion shell
cl_explosions_lifetime 0.5 how long an
explosion shell lasts
cl_explosions_size_end 128 ending alpha
of an explosion shell (just before it disappears)
cl_explosions_size_start 16 starting size
of an explosion shell
cl_forwardspeed 400 forward
movement speed
cl_gravity 800 how much
gravity to apply in client physics (should match sv_gravity)
cl_itembobheight 0 how much
items bob up and down (try 8)
cl_itembobspeed 0.5 how
frequently items bob up and down
cl_joinbeforedownloadsfinish 1 if non-zero
the game will begin after the map is loaded before other downloads finish
cl_maxfps 1000 maximum fps
cap, if game is running faster than this it will wait before running another frame
(useful to make cpu time available to other programs)
cl_movement 0 enables
clientside prediction of your player movement
cl_movement_accelerate 10 how fast you
accelerate (should match sv_accelerate)
cl_movement_airaccel_qw 1 ratio of QW-
style air control as opposed to simple acceleration (should match sv_airaccel_qw)
cl_movement_airaccel_sideways_friction 0 anti-sideways
movement stabilization (should match sv_airaccel_sideways_friction)
cl_movement_airaccelerate -1 how fast you
accelerate while in the air (should match sv_airaccelerate), if less than 0 the
cl_movement_accelerate variable is used instead
cl_movement_edgefriction 2 how much to
slow down when you may be about to fall off a ledge (should match edgefriction)
cl_movement_friction 4 how fast you
slow down (should match sv_friction)
cl_movement_jumpvelocity 270 how fast you
move upward when you begin a jump (should match the quakec code)
cl_movement_maxairspeed 30 how fast you
can move while in the air (should match sv_maxairspeed)
cl_movement_maxspeed 320 how fast you
can move (should match sv_maxspeed)
cl_movement_stepheight 18 how tall a
step you can step in one instant (should match sv_stepheight)
cl_movement_stopspeed 100 speed below
which you will be slowed rapidly to a stop rather than sliding endlessly (should
match sv_stopspeed)
cl_movement_wateraccelerate -1 how fast you
accelerate while in the air (should match sv_airaccelerate), if less than 0 the
cl_movement_accelerate variable is used instead
cl_movement_waterfriction -1 how fast you
slow down (should match sv_friction), if less than 0 the cl_movement_friction
variable is used instead
cl_movespeedkey 2.0 how much
+speed multiplies keyboard movement speed
cl_netinputpacketlosstolerance 4 how many
packets in a row can be lost without movement issues when using cl_movement
(technically how many input messages to repeat in each packet that have not yet
been acknowledged by the server)
cl_netinputpacketspersecond 50 how many
input packets to send to server each second
cl_netlocalping 0 lags local
loopback connection by this much ping time (useful to play more fairly on your own
server with people with higher pings)
cl_netpacketloss 0 drops this
percentage of packets (incoming and outgoing), useful for testing network protocol
robustness (effects failing to start, sounds failing to play, etc)
cl_nettimesyncmode 2 selects
method of time synchronization in client with regard to server packets, values are:
0 = no sync, 1 = exact sync (reset timing each packet), 2 = loose sync (reset
timing only if it is out of bounds), 3 = tight sync and bounding
cl_nodelta 0 disables
delta compression of non-player entities in QW network protocol
cl_nolerp 0 network
update smoothing
cl_noplayershadow 0 hide player
shadow
cl_particles 1 enables
particle effects
cl_particles_blood 1 enables blood
effects
cl_particles_blood_alpha 0.5 opacity of
blood
cl_particles_blood_bloodhack 1 make certain
quake particle() calls create blood effects instead
cl_particles_bubbles 1 enables
bubbles (used by multiple effects)
cl_particles_bulletimpacts 1 enables
bulletimpact effects
cl_particles_explosions_shell 0 enables
polygonal shell from explosions
cl_particles_explosions_smokes 0 enables smoke
from explosions
cl_particles_explosions_sparks 1 enables
sparks from explosions
cl_particles_quake 0 makes
particle effects look mostly like the ones in Quake
cl_particles_quality 1 multiplies
number of particles and reduces their alpha
cl_particles_size 1 multiplies
particle size
cl_particles_smoke 1 enables smoke
(used by multiple effects)
cl_particles_smoke_alpha 0.5 smoke
brightness
cl_particles_smoke_alphafade 0.55 brightness
fade per second
cl_particles_sparks 1 enables
sparks (used by multiple effects)
cl_pitchspeed 150 keyboard
pitch turning speed
cl_port 0 forces client
to use chosen port number if not 0
cl_prydoncursor 0 enables a
mouse pointer which is able to click on entities in the world, useful for point and
click mods, see PRYDON_CLIENTCURSOR extension in dpextensions.qc
cl_rollangle 2.0 how much to
tilt the view when strafing
cl_rollspeed 200 how much
strafing is necessary to tilt the view
cl_serverextension_download 0 indicates
whether the server supports the download command
cl_shownet 0 1 = print
packet size, 2 = print packet message list
cl_sidespeed 350 strafe
movement speed
cl_slowmo 1 speed of game
time (should match slowmo)
cl_sound_hknighthit hknight/hit.wav sound to play
during TE_KNIGHTSPIKE (empty cvar disables sound)
cl_sound_r_exp3 weapons/r_exp3.wav sound to play
during TE_EXPLOSION and related effects (empty cvar disables sound)
cl_sound_ric1 weapons/ric1.wav sound to play
with 5% chance during TE_SPIKE/TE_SUPERSPIKE (empty cvar disables sound)
cl_sound_ric2 weapons/ric2.wav sound to play
with 5% chance during TE_SPIKE/TE_SUPERSPIKE (empty cvar disables sound)
cl_sound_ric3 weapons/ric3.wav sound to play
with 10% chance during TE_SPIKE/TE_SUPERSPIKE (empty cvar disables sound)
cl_sound_tink1 weapons/tink1.wav sound to play
with 80% chance during TE_SPIKE/TE_SUPERSPIKE (empty cvar disables sound)
cl_sound_wizardhit wizard/hit.wav sound to play
during TE_WIZSPIKE (empty cvar disables sound)
cl_stainmaps 1 stains
lightmaps, much faster than decals but blurred
cl_stainmaps_clearonload 1 clear
stainmaps on map restart
cl_stairsmoothspeed 160 how fast your
view moves upward/downward when running up/down stairs
cl_upspeed 400 vertical
movement speed (while swimming or flying)
cl_viewmodel_scale 1 changes size
of gun model, lower values prevent poking into walls but cause strange artifacts on
lighting and especially r_stereo/vid_stereobuffer options where the size of the gun
becomes visible
cl_yawspeed 140 keyboard yaw
turning speed
cmdline 0 contains
commandline the engine was launched with
collision_endnudge 0 how much to
bias collision trace end
collision_enternudge 0 how much to
bias collision entry fraction
collision_impactnudge 0.03125 how much to
back off from the impact
collision_leavenudge 0 how much to
bias collision exit fraction
collision_prefernudgedfraction 1 whether to
sort collision events by nudged fraction (1) or real fraction (0)
collision_startnudge 0 how much to
bias collision trace start
con_closeontoggleconsole 1 allows
toggleconsole binds to close the console as well
con_chat 0 how many chat
lines to show in a dedicated chat area
con_chatpos 0 where to put
chat (negative: lines from bottom of screen, positive: lines below notify, 0: at
top)
con_chatsize 8 chat text
size in virtual 2D pixels
con_chattime 30 how long chat
lines last, in seconds
con_chatwidth 1.0 relative chat
window width
con_notify 4 how many
notify lines to show (0-32)
con_notifyalign 3 how to align
notify lines: 0 = left, 0.5 = center, 1 = right, empty string = game default)
con_notifysize 8 notify text
size in virtual 2D pixels
con_notifytime 3 how long
notify lines last, in seconds
con_textsize 8 console text
size in virtual 2D pixels
coop 0 coop mode, 0
= no coop, 1 = coop mode, multiple players playing through the singleplayer game
(coop mode also shuts off deathmatch)
crosshair 0 selects
crosshair to use (0 is none)
crosshair_color_alpha 1 how opaque
the crosshair should be
crosshair_color_blue 0 customizable
crosshair color
crosshair_color_green 0 customizable
crosshair color
crosshair_color_red 1 customizable
crosshair color
crosshair_size 1 adjusts size
of the crosshair on the screen
csqc_progcrc -1 CRC of
csprogs.dat file to load (-1 is none), only used during level changes and then
reset to -1
csqc_progname csprogs.dat name of
csprogs.dat file to load
csqc_progsize -1 file size of
csprogs.dat file to load (-1 is none), only used during level changes and then
reset to -1
cutscene 1 enables
cutscenes in nehahra, can be used by other mods
deathmatch 0 deathmatch
mode, values depend on mod but typically 0 = no deathmatch, 1 = normal deathmatch
with respawning weapons, 2 = weapons stay (players can only pick up new weapons)
demo_nehahra 0 reads all
quake demos as nehahra movie protocol
developer 0 prints
additional debugging messages and information (recommended for modders and level
designers)
developer_entityparsing 0 prints
detailed network entities information each time a packet is received
developer_memory 0 prints
debugging information about memory allocations
developer_memorydebug 0 enables
memory corruption checks (very slow)
developer_networkentities 0 prints
received entities, value is 0-4 (higher for more info)
developer_networking 0 prints all
received and sent packets (recommended only for debugging)
developer_texturelogging 0 produces a
textures.log file containing names of skins and map textures the engine tried to
load
edgefriction 2 how much you
slow down when nearing a ledge you might fall off
forceqmenu 0 enables the
quake menu instead of the quakec menu.dat (if present)
fov 90 field of
vision, 1-170 degrees, default 90, some players use 110-130
fraglimit 0 ends level if
this many frags is reached by any player
freelook 1 mouse
controls pitch instead of forward/back
gamecfg 0 unused cvar
in quake, can be used by mods
gameversion 0 version of
game data (mod-specific), when client and server gameversion mismatch in the server
browser the server is shown as incompatible
gl_combine 1 faster
rendering by using GL_ARB_texture_env_combine extension (part of OpenGL 1.3 and
above)
gl_dither 1 enables
OpenGL dithering (16bit looks bad with this off)
gl_ext_separatetencil 1 make use of
OpenGL 2.0 glStencilOpSeparate or GL_ATI_separate_stencil extension
gl_ext_stenciltwoside 1 make use of
GL_EXT_stenciltwoside extension (NVIDIA only)
gl_finish 0 make the cpu
wait for the graphics processor at the end of each rendered frame (can help with
strange input or video lag problems on some machines)
gl_flashblend 0 render bright
coronas for dynamic lights instead of actual lighting, fast but ugly
gl_fogblue 0.3 nehahra fog
color blue value (for Nehahra compatibility only)
gl_fogdensity 0.25 nehahra fog
density (recommend values below 0.1) (for Nehahra compatibility only)
gl_fogenable 0 nehahra fog
enable (for Nehahra compatibility only)
gl_fogend 0 nehahra fog
end distance (for Nehahra compatibility only)
gl_foggreen 0.3 nehahra fog
color green value (for Nehahra compatibility only)
gl_fogred 0.3 nehahra fog
color red value (for Nehahra compatibility only)
gl_fogstart 0 nehahra fog
start distance (for Nehahra compatibility only)
gl_lightmaps 0 draws only
lightmaps, no texture (for level designers)
gl_lockarrays 0 enables use
of glLockArraysEXT, may cause glitches with some broken drivers, and may be slower
than normal
gl_lockarrays_minimumvertices 1 minimum
number of vertices required for use of glLockArraysEXT, setting this too low may
reduce performance
gl_max_size 2048 maximum
allowed texture size, can be used to reduce video memory usage, note: this is
automatically reduced to match video card capabilities (such as 256 on 3Dfx cards
before Voodoo4/5)
gl_mesh_drawrangeelements 1 use
glDrawRangeElements function if available instead of glDrawElements (for
performance comparisons or bug testing)
gl_mesh_testarrayelement 0 use
glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES);glArrayElement();glEnd(); primitives instead of
glDrawElements (useful to test for driver bugs with glDrawElements)
gl_mesh_testmanualfeeding 0 use
glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES);glTexCoord2f();glVertex3f();glEnd(); primitives instead of
glDrawElements (useful to test for driver bugs with glDrawElements)
gl_paranoid 0 enables
OpenGL error checking and other tests
gl_picmip 0 reduces
resolution of textures by powers of 2, for example 1 will halve width/height,
reducing texture memory usage by 75%
gl_polyblend 1 tints view
while underwater, hurt, etc
gl_printcheckerror 0 prints all
OpenGL error checks, useful to identify location of driver crashes
gl_texture_anisotropy 1 anisotropic
filtering quality (if supported by hardware), 1 sample (no anisotropy) and 8 sample
(8 tap anisotropy) are recommended values
halflifebsp 0 indicates the
current map is hlbsp format (useful to know because of different bounding box
sizes)
host_framerate 0 locks frame
timing to this value in seconds, 0.05 is 20fps for example, note that this can
easily run too fast, use cl_maxfps if you want to limit your framerate instead, or
sys_ticrate to limit server speed
host_speeds 0 reports how
much time is used in server/graphics/sound
hostname UNNAMED server
message to show in server browser
in_pitch_max 90 how far
upward you can aim (quake used 80
in_pitch_min -90 how far
downward you can aim (quake used -70
joy_axisforward 1 which
joystick axis to query for forward/backward movement
joy_axispitch 3 which
joystick axis to query for looking up/down
joy_axisroll -1 which
joystick axis to query for tilting head right/left
joy_axisside 0 which
joystick axis to query for right/left movement
joy_axisup -1 which
joystick axis to query for up/down movement
joy_axisyaw 2 which
joystick axis to query for looking right/left
joy_deadzoneforward 0 deadzone
tolerance, suggested values are in the range 0 to 0.01
joy_deadzonepitch 0 deadzone
tolerance, suggested values are in the range 0 to 0.01
joy_deadzoneroll 0 deadzone
tolerance, suggested values are in the range 0 to 0.01
joy_deadzoneside 0 deadzone
tolerance, suggested values are in the range 0 to 0.01
joy_deadzoneup 0 deadzone
tolerance, suggested values are in the range 0 to 0.01
joy_deadzoneyaw 0 deadzone
tolerance, suggested values are in the range 0 to 0.01
joy_detected 0 number of
joysticks detected by engine
joy_enable 1 enables
joystick support
joy_index 0 selects which
joystick to use if you have multiple
joy_sensitivityforward -1 movement
multiplier
joy_sensitivitypitch 1 movement
multiplier
joy_sensitivityroll 1 movement
multiplier
joy_sensitivityside 1 movement
multiplier
joy_sensitivityup 1 movement
multiplier
joy_sensitivityyaw -1 movement
multiplier
joyadvanced 0 use more than
2 axis joysticks (configuring this is very technical)
joyadvaxisr 0 axis mapping
for joyadvanced 1 mode
joyadvaxisu 0 axis mapping
for joyadvanced 1 mode
joyadvaxisv 0 axis mapping
for joyadvanced 1 mode
joyadvaxisx 0 axis mapping
for joyadvanced 1 mode
joyadvaxisy 0 axis mapping
for joyadvanced 1 mode
joyadvaxisz 0 axis mapping
for joyadvanced 1 mode
joyforwardsensitivity -1.0 how fast the
joystick moves forward
joyforwardthreshold 0.15 minimum
joystick movement necessary to move forward
joyname joystick name of
joystick to use (informational only, used only by joyadvanced 1 mode)
joypitchsensitivity 1.0 how fast the
joystick looks up/down
joypitchthreshold 0.15 minimum
joystick movement necessary to look up/down
joysidesensitivity -1.0 how fast the
joystick moves sideways (strafing)
joysidethreshold 0.15 minimum
joystick movement necessary to move sideways (strafing)
joystick 0 enables
joysticks
joywwhack1 0.0 special hack
for wingman warrior
joywwhack2 0.0 special hack
for wingman warrior
joyyawsensitivity -1.0 how fast the
joystick turns left/right
joyyawthreshold 0.15 minimum
joystick movement necessary to turn left/right
locs_enable 1 enables
replacement of certain % codes in chat messages: %l (location), %d (last death
location), %h (health), %a (armor), %x (rockets), %c (cells), %r (rocket launcher
status), %p (powerup status), %w (weapon status), %t (current time in level)
locs_show 0 shows defined
locations for editing purposes
log_file filename to
log messages to
lookspring 0 returns pitch
to level with the floor when no longer holding a pitch key
lookstrafe 0 move instead
of turning
m_filter 0 smoothes
mouse movement, less responsive but smoother aiming
m_forward 1 mouse forward
speed multiplier
m_pitch 0.022 mouse pitch
speed multiplier
m_side 0.8 mouse side
speed multiplier
m_yaw 0.022 mouse yaw
speed multiplier
mcbsp 0 indicates the
current map is mcbsp format (useful to know because of different bounding box
sizes)
menu_options_colorcontrol_correctionvalue 0.5 intensity
value that matches up to white/black dither pattern, should be 0.5 for linear color
mod_q3bsp_curves_collisions 1 enables
collisions with curves (SLOW)
mod_q3bsp_debugtracebrush 0 selects
different tracebrush bsp recursion algorithms (for debugging purposes only)
mod_q3bsp_lightmapmergepower 4 merges the
quake3 128x128 lightmap textures into larger lightmap group textures to speed up
rendering, 1 = 256x256, 2 = 512x512, 3 = 1024x1024, 4 = 2048x2048, 5 =
4096x4096, ...
mod_q3bsp_optimizedtraceline 1 whether to
use optimized traceline code for line traces (as opposed to tracebox code)
nehx00 0 nehahra data
storage cvar (used in singleplayer)
nehx01 0 nehahra data
storage cvar (used in singleplayer)
nehx02 0 nehahra data
storage cvar (used in singleplayer)
nehx03 0 nehahra data
storage cvar (used in singleplayer)
nehx04 0 nehahra data
storage cvar (used in singleplayer)
nehx05 0 nehahra data
storage cvar (used in singleplayer)
nehx06 0 nehahra data
storage cvar (used in singleplayer)
nehx07 0 nehahra data
storage cvar (used in singleplayer)
nehx08 0 nehahra data
storage cvar (used in singleplayer)
nehx09 0 nehahra data
storage cvar (used in singleplayer)
nehx10 0 nehahra data
storage cvar (used in singleplayer)
nehx11 0 nehahra data
storage cvar (used in singleplayer)
nehx12 0 nehahra data
storage cvar (used in singleplayer)
nehx13 0 nehahra data
storage cvar (used in singleplayer)
nehx14 0 nehahra data
storage cvar (used in singleplayer)
nehx15 0 nehahra data
storage cvar (used in singleplayer)
nehx16 0 nehahra data
storage cvar (used in singleplayer)
nehx17 0 nehahra data
storage cvar (used in singleplayer)
nehx18 0 nehahra data
storage cvar (used in singleplayer)
nehx19 0 nehahra data
storage cvar (used in singleplayer)
net_address 0.0.0.0 network
address to open ports on
net_address_ipv6 [0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0] network
address to open ipv6 ports on
net_connectfloodblockingtimeout 5 when a
connection packet is received, it will block all future connect packets from that
IP address for this many seconds (cuts down on connect floods)
net_connecttimeout 10 after
requesting a connection, the client must reply within this many seconds or be
dropped (cuts down on connect floods)
net_messagetimeout 300 drops players
who have not sent any packets for this many seconds
net_slist_maxtries 3 how many
times to ask the same server for information (more times gives better ping reports
but takes longer)
net_slist_queriesperframe 4 maximum
number of server information requests to send each rendered frame (guards against
low framerates causing problems)
net_slist_queriespersecond 20 how many
server information requests to send per second
net_slist_timeout 4 how long to
listen for a server information response before giving up
noaim 1 QW option to
disable vertical autoaim
noexit 0 kills anyone
attempting to use an exit
nomonsters 0 unused cvar
in quake, can be used by mods
nosound 0 disables
sound
pausable 1 allow players
to pause or not
port 26000 server port
for players to connect to
pr_checkextension 1 indicates to
QuakeC that the standard quakec extensions system is available (if 0, quakec should
not attempt to use extensions)
prvm_boundscheck 1 enables
detection of out of bounds memory access in the QuakeC code being run (in other
words, prevents really exceedingly bad QuakeC code from doing nasty things to your
computer)
prvm_statementprofiling 0 counts how
many times each QuakeC statement has been executed, these counts are displayed in
prvm_printfunction output (if enabled)
prvm_traceqc 0 prints every
QuakeC statement as it is executed (only for really thorough debugging!)
qport 0
identification key for playing on qw servers (allows you to maintain a connection
to a quakeworld server even if your port changes)
r_ambient 0 brightens
map, value is 0-128
r_batchmode 1 selects
method of rendering multiple surfaces with one driver call (values are 0, 1, 2,
etc...)
r_bloom 0 enables bloom
effect (makes bright pixels affect neighboring pixels)
r_bloom_blur 4 how large the
glow is
r_bloom_brighten 2 how bright
the glow is, after subtract/power
r_bloom_colorexponent 1 how
exagerated the glow is
r_bloom_colorscale 1 how bright
the glow is
r_bloom_colorsubtract 0.125 reduces bloom
colors by a certain amount
r_bloom_resolution 320 what
resolution to perform the bloom effect at (independent of screen resolution)
r_coronas 1 brightness of
corona flare effects around certain lights, 0 disables corona effects
r_cullentities_trace 1
probabistically cull invisible entities
r_cullentities_trace_delay 1 number of
seconds until the entity gets actually culled
r_cullentities_trace_enlarge 0 box
enlargement for entity culling
r_cullentities_trace_samples 2 number of
samples to test for entity culling
r_draweffects 1 renders
temporary sprite effects
r_drawentities 1 draw entities
(doors, players, projectiles, etc)
r_drawexplosions 1 enables
rendering of explosion shells (see also cl_particles_explosions_shell)
r_drawparticles 1 enables
drawing of particles
r_drawportals 0 shows portals
(separating polygons) in world interior in quake1 maps
r_drawviewmodel 1 draw your
weapon model
r_dynamic 1 enables
dynamic lights (rocket glow and such)
r_editlights 0
enables .rtlights file editing mode
r_editlights_cursordistance 1024 maximum
distance of cursor from eye
r_editlights_cursorgrid 4 snaps cursor
to this grid size
r_editlights_cursorpushback 0 how far to
pull the cursor back toward the eye
r_editlights_cursorpushoff 4 how far to
push the cursor off the impacted surface
r_editlights_quakelightsizescale 1 changes size
of light entities loaded from a map
r_explosionclip 1 enables
collision detection for explosion shell (so that it flattens against walls and
floors)
r_fullbright 0 makes map
very bright and renders faster
r_fullbrights 1 enables
glowing pixels in quake textures (changes need r_restart to take effect)
r_glsl 1 enables use
of OpenGL 2.0 pixel shaders for lighting
r_glsl_deluxemapping 1 use per pixel
lighting on deluxemap-compiled q3bsp maps (or a value of 2 forces deluxemap shading
even without deluxemaps)
r_glsl_offsetmapping 0 offset
mapping effect (also known as parallax mapping or virtual displacement mapping)
r_glsl_offsetmapping_reliefmapping 0 relief
mapping effect (higher quality)
r_glsl_offsetmapping_scale 0.04 how deep the
offset mapping effect is
r_hdr 0 enables High
Dynamic Range bloom effect (higher quality version of r_bloom)
r_hdr_glowintensity 1 how bright
light emitting textures should appear
r_hdr_range 4 how much
dynamic range to render bloom with (equivilant to multiplying r_bloom_brighten by
this value and dividing r_bloom_colorscale by this value)
r_hdr_scenebrightness 1 global
rendering brightness
r_lerpimages 1 bilinear
filters images when scaling them up to power of 2 size (mode 1), looks better than
glquake (mode 0)
r_lerpmodels 1 enables
animation smoothing on models
r_lerpsprites 1 enables
animation smoothing on sprites
r_letterbox 0 reduces
vertical height of view to simulate a letterboxed movie effect (can be used by mods
for cutscenes)
r_lightmaprgba 1 whether to
use RGBA (32bit) or RGB (24bit) lightmaps
r_lightningbeam_color_blue 1 color of the
lightning beam effect
r_lightningbeam_color_green 1 color of the
lightning beam effect
r_lightningbeam_color_red 1 color of the
lightning beam effect
r_lightningbeam_qmbtexture 0 load the qmb
textures/particles/lightning.pcx texture instead of generating one, can look better
r_lightningbeam_repeatdistance 128 how far to
stretch the texture along the lightning beam effect
r_lightningbeam_scroll 5 speed of
texture scrolling on the lightning beam effect
r_lightningbeam_thickness 4 thickness of
the lightning beam effect
r_lockpvs 0 disables pvs
switching, allows you to walk around and inspect what is visible from a given
location in the map (anything not visible from your current location will not be
drawn)
r_lockvisibility 0 disables
visibility updates, allows you to walk around and inspect what is visible from a
given viewpoint in the map (anything offscreen at the moment this is enabled will
not be drawn)
r_mipskins 0 mipmaps skins
(so they become blurrier in the distance), disabled by default because it tends to
blur with strange border colors from the skin
r_mipsprites 1 mipmaps skins
(so they become blurrier in the distance), unlike skins the sprites do not have
strange border colors
r_nearclip 1 distance from
camera of nearclip plane
r_nosurftextures 0 pretends
there was no texture lump found in the q1bsp/hlbsp loading (useful for debugging
this rare case)
r_novis 0 draws whole
level, see also sv_cullentities_pvs 0
r_precachetextures 1 0 = never
upload textures until used, 1 = upload most textures before use (exceptions: rarely
used skin colormap layers), 2 = upload all textures before use (can increase
texture memory usage significantly)
r_q3bsp_renderskydepth 0 draws sky
depth masking in q3 maps (as in q1 maps), this means for example that sky polygons
can hide other things
r_qb1sp_skymasking 1 allows sky
polygons in quake1 maps to obscure other geometry
r_render 1 enables
rendering calls (you want this on!)
r_shadow_bumpscale_basetexture 0 generate fake
bumpmaps from diffuse textures at this bumpyness, try 4 to match tenebrae, higher
values increase depth, requires r_restart to take effect
r_shadow_bumpscale_bumpmap 4 what
magnitude to interpret _bump.tga textures as, higher values increase depth,
requires r_restart to take effect
r_shadow_culltriangles 1 performs more
expensive tests to remove unnecessary triangles of lit surfaces
r_shadow_debuglight -1 renders only
one light, for level design purposes or debugging
r_shadow_frontsidecasting 1 whether to
cast shadows from illuminated triangles (front side of model) or unlit triangles
(back side of model)
r_shadow_gloss 1 0 disables
gloss (specularity) rendering, 1 uses gloss if textures are found, 2 forces a flat
metallic specular effect on everything without textures (similar to tenebrae)
r_shadow_gloss2intensity 0.125 how bright
the forced flat gloss should look if r_shadow_gloss is 2
r_shadow_glossexponent 32 how 'sharp'
the gloss should appear (specular power)
r_shadow_glossintensity 1 how bright
textured glossmaps should look if r_shadow_gloss is 1 or 2
r_shadow_lightattenuationpower 0.5 changes
attenuation texture generation (does not affect r_glsl lighting)
r_shadow_lightattenuationscale 1 changes
attenuation texture generation (does not affect r_glsl lighting)
r_shadow_lightintensityscale 1 renders all
world lights brighter or darker
r_shadow_lightradiusscale 1 renders all
world lights larger or smaller
r_shadow_portallight 1 use portal
culling to exactly determine lit triangles when compiling world lights
r_shadow_projectdistance 1000000 how far to
cast shadows
r_shadow_realtime_dlight 1 enables
rendering of dynamic lights such as explosions and rocket light
r_shadow_realtime_dlight_portalculling 0 enables
portal optimization on dynamic lights (slow!)
r_shadow_realtime_dlight_shadows 1 enables
rendering of shadows from dynamic lights
r_shadow_realtime_dlight_svbspculling 0 enables svbsp
optimization on dynamic lights (very slow!)
r_shadow_realtime_world 0 enables
rendering of full world lighting (whether loaded from the map, or a .rtlights file,
or a .ent file, or a .lights file produced by hlight)
r_shadow_realtime_world_compile 1 enables
compilation of world lights for higher performance rendering
r_shadow_realtime_world_compileportalculling 1 enables
portal-based culling optimization during compilation
r_shadow_realtime_world_compileshadow 1 enables
compilation of shadows from world lights for higher performance rendering
r_shadow_realtime_world_compilesvbsp 1 enables svbsp
optimization during compilation
r_shadow_realtime_world_lightmaps 0 brightness to
render lightmaps when using full world lighting, try 0.5 for a tenebrae-like
appearance
r_shadow_realtime_world_shadows 1 enables
rendering of shadows from world lights
r_shadow_scissor 1 use scissor
optimization of light rendering (restricts rendering to the portion of the screen
affected by the light)
r_shadow_polygonfactor 0 how much to
enlarge shadow volume polygons when rendering (should be 0!)
r_shadow_polygonoffset 1 how much to
push shadow volumes into the distance when rendering, to reduce chances of
zfighting artifacts (should not be less than 0)
r_shadow_texture3d 1 use 3D voxel
textures for spherical attenuation rather than cylindrical (does not affect r_glsl
lighting)
r_shadows 0 casts fake
stencil shadows from models onto the world (rtlights are unaffected by this)
r_shadows_throwdistance 500 how far to
cast shadows from models
r_showcollisionbrushes 0 draws
collision brushes in quake3 maps (mode 1), mode 2 disables rendering of world
(trippy!)
r_showcollisionbrushes_polygonfactor -1 expands
outward the brush polygons a little bit, used to make collision brushes appear
infront of walls
r_showcollisionbrushes_polygonoffset 0 nudges brush
polygon depth in hardware depth units, used to make collision brushes appear
infront of walls
r_showdisabledepthtest 0 disables
depth testing on r_show* cvars, allowing you to see what hidden geometry the
graphics card is processing
r_showlighting 0 shows areas
lit by lights, useful for finding out why some areas of a map render slowly (bright
orange = lots of passes = slow), a value of 2 disables depth testing which can be
interesting but not very useful
r_shownormals 0 shows per-
vertex surface normals and tangent vectors for bumpmapped lighting
r_showshadowvolumes 0 shows areas
shadowed by lights, useful for finding out why some areas of a map render slowly
(bright blue = lots of passes = slow), a value of 2 disables depth testing which
can be interesting but not very useful
r_showsurfaces 0 1 shows
surfaces as different colors, or a value of 2 shows triangle draw order (for
analyzing whether meshes are optimized for vertex cache)
r_showtris 0 shows
triangle outlines, value controls brightness (can be above 1)
r_skeletal_debugbone -1 development
cvar for testing skeletal model code
r_skeletal_debugbonecomponent 3 development
cvar for testing skeletal model code
r_skeletal_debugbonevalue 100 development
cvar for testing skeletal model code
r_skeletal_debugtranslatex 1 development
cvar for testing skeletal model code
r_skeletal_debugtranslatey 1 development
cvar for testing skeletal model code
r_skeletal_debugtranslatez 1 development
cvar for testing skeletal model code
r_sky 1 enables sky
rendering (black otherwise)
r_skyscroll1 1 speed at
which upper clouds layer scrolls in quake sky
r_skyscroll2 2 speed at
which lower clouds layer scrolls in quake sky
r_smoothnormals_areaweighting 1 uses
significantly faster (and supposedly higher quality) area-weighted vertex normals
and tangent vectors rather than summing normalized triangle normals and tangents
r_speeds 0 displays
rendering statistics and per-subsystem timings
r_stereo_redblue 0 red/blue
anaglyph stereo glasses (note: most of these glasses are actually red/cyan, try
that one too)
r_stereo_redcyan 0 red/cyan
anaglyph stereo glasses, the kind given away at drive-in movies like Creature From
The Black Lagoon In 3D
r_stereo_redgreen 0 red/green
anaglyph stereo glasses (for those who don't mind yellow)
r_stereo_separation 4 separation of
eyes in the world (try negative values too)
r_stereo_sidebyside 0 side by side
views (for those who can't afford glasses but can afford eye strain)
r_subdivide_size 128 how large
water polygons should be (smaller values produce more polygons which give better
warping effects)
r_subdivisions_collision_maxtess 1024 maximum
number of subdivisions (prevents curves beyond a certain detail level, limits
smoothing)
r_subdivisions_collision_maxvertices 4225 maximum
vertices allowed per subdivided curve
r_subdivisions_collision_mintess 1 minimum
number of subdivisions (values above 1 will smooth curves that don't need it)
r_subdivisions_collision_tolerance 15 maximum error
tolerance on curve subdivision for collision purposes (usually a larger error
tolerance than for rendering)
r_subdivisions_maxtess 1024 maximum
number of subdivisions (prevents curves beyond a certain detail level, limits
smoothing)
r_subdivisions_maxvertices 65536 maximum
vertices allowed per subdivided curve
r_subdivisions_mintess 1 minimum
number of subdivisions (values above 1 will smooth curves that don't need it)
r_subdivisions_tolerance 4 maximum error
tolerance on curve subdivision for rendering purposes (in other words, the curves
will be given as many polygons as necessary to represent curves at this quality)
r_test 0 internal
development use only, leave it alone (usually does nothing anyway)
r_textshadow 0 draws a
shadow on all text to improve readability
r_textureunits 32 number of
hardware texture units reported by driver (note: setting this to 1 turns off
gl_combine)
r_useportalculling 1 use advanced
portal culling visibility method to improve performance over just Potentially
Visible Set, provides an even more significant speed improvement in unvised maps
r_wateralpha 1 opacity of
water polygons
r_waterscroll 1 makes water
scroll around, value controls how much
r_waterwarp 1 warp view
while underwater
rcon_address server
address to send rcon commands to (when not connected to a server)
rcon_password password to
authenticate rcon commands
registered 0 indicates if
this is running registered quake (whether gfx/pop.lmp was found)
samelevel 0 repeats same
level if level ends (due to timelimit or someone hitting an exit)
saved1 0 unused cvar
in quake that is saved to config.cfg on exit, can be used by mods
saved2 0 unused cvar
in quake that is saved to config.cfg on exit, can be used by mods
saved3 0 unused cvar
in quake that is saved to config.cfg on exit, can be used by mods
saved4 0 unused cvar
in quake that is saved to config.cfg on exit, can be used by mods
savedgamecfg 0 unused cvar
in quake that is saved to config.cfg on exit, can be used by mods
sbar_alpha_bg 0.4 opacity value
of the statusbar background image
sbar_alpha_fg 1 opacity value
of the statusbar weapon/item icons and numbers
scr_centertime 2 how long
centerprint messages show
scr_conalpha 1 opacity of
console background
scr_conbrightness 1 brightness of
console background (0 = black, 1 = image)
scr_conforcewhiledisconnected 1 forces
fullscreen console while disconnected
scr_menuforcewhiledisconnected 0 forces menu
while disconnected
scr_printspeed 8 speed of
intermission printing (episode end texts)
scr_refresh 1 allows you to
completely shut off rendering for benchmarking purposes
scr_screenshot_gammaboost 1 gamma
correction on saved screenshots and videos, 1.0 saves unmodified images
scr_screenshot_jpeg 1 save jpeg
instead of targa
scr_screenshot_jpeg_quality 0.9 image quality
of saved jpeg
scr_screenshot_name dp prefix name
for saved screenshots (changes based on -game commandline, as well as which game
mode is running)
scr_stipple 0 interlacing-
like stippling of the display
scr_zoomwindow 0 displays a
zoomed in overlay window
scr_zoomwindow_fov 20 fov of zoom
window
scr_zoomwindow_viewsizex 20 horizontal
viewsize of zoom window
scr_zoomwindow_viewsizey 20 vertical
viewsize of zoom window
scratch1 0 unused cvar
in quake, can be used by mods
scratch2 0 unused cvar
in quake, can be used by mods
scratch3 0 unused cvar
in quake, can be used by mods
scratch4 0 unused cvar
in quake, can be used by mods
sensitivity 3 mouse speed
multiplier
showbrand 0 shows
gfx/brand.tga in a corner of the screen (different values select different
positions, including centered)
showdate 0 shows current
date (useful on screenshots)
showdate_format %Y-%m-%d format string
for date
showfps 0 shows your
rendered fps (frames per second)
showpause 1 show pause
icon when game is paused
showram 1 show ram icon
if low on surface cache memory (not used)
showspeed 0 shows your
current speed (qu per second); number selects unit: 1 = qups, 2 = m/s, 3 = km/h, 4
= mph, 5 = knots
showtime 0 shows current
time of day (useful on screenshots)
showtime_format %H:%M:%S format string
for time of day
showturtle 0 show turtle
icon when framerate is too low (not used)
skill 1 difficulty
level of game, affects monster layouts in levels, 0 = easy, 1 = normal, 2 = hard, 3
= nightmare (same layout as hard but monsters fire twice)
skin QW player
skin name (example: base)
slowmo 1.0 controls game
speed, 0.5 is half speed, 2 is double speed
snd_channellayout 0 channel
layout. Can be 0 (auto - snd_restart needed), 1 (standard layout), or 2 (ALSA
layout)
snd_channels 2 number of
channels for the sound ouput (2 for stereo; up to 8 supported for 3D sound)
snd_initialized 0 indicates the
sound subsystem is active
snd_noextraupdate 0 disables
extra sound mixer calls that are meant to reduce the chance of sound breakup at
very low framerates
snd_precache 1 loads sounds
before they are used
snd_show 0 shows some
statistics about sound mixing
snd_soundradius 1000 radius of
weapon sounds and other standard sound effects (monster idle noises are half this
radius and flickering light noises are one third of this radius)
snd_speed 48000 sound output
frequency, in hertz
snd_staticvolume 1 volume of
ambient sound effects (such as swampy sounds at the start of e1m2)
snd_streaming 1 enables
keeping compressed ogg sound files compressed, decompressing them only as needed,
otherwise they will be decompressed completely at load (may use a lot of memory)
snd_swapstereo 0 swaps
left/right speakers for old ISA soundblaster cards
snd_width 2 sound output
precision, in bytes (1 and 2 supported)
sv_accelerate 10 rate at which
a player accelerates to sv_maxspeed
sv_adminnick nick name to
use for admin messages instead of host name
sv_aim 2 maximum
cosine angle for quake's vertical autoaim, a value above 1 completely disables the
autoaim, quake used 0.93
sv_airaccelerate -1 rate at which
a player accelerates to sv_maxairspeed while in the air, if less than 0 the
sv_accelerate variable is used instead
sv_allowdownloads 1 whether to
allow clients to download files from the server (does not affect http downloads)
sv_allowdownloads_archive 0 whether to
allow downloads of archives (pak/pk3)
sv_allowdownloads_config 0 whether to
allow downloads of config files (cfg)
sv_allowdownloads_dlcache 0 whether to
allow downloads of dlcache files (dlcache/)
sv_allowdownloads_inarchive 0 whether to
allow downloads from archives (pak/pk3)
sv_areagrid_mingridsize 64 minimum
areagrid cell size, smaller values work better for lots of small objects, higher
values for large objects
sv_cheats 0 enables cheat
commands in any game, and cheat impulses in dpmod
sv_clmovement_enable 1 whether to
allow clients to use cl_movement prediction, which can cause choppy movement on the
server which may annoy other players
sv_clmovement_minping 0 if client
ping is below this time in milliseconds, then their ability to use cl_movement
prediction is disabled for a while (as they don't need it)
sv_clmovement_minping_disabletime 1000 when client
falls below minping, disable their prediction for this many milliseconds (should be
at least 1000 or else their prediction may turn on/off frequently)
sv_clmovement_inputtimeout 0.2 when a client
does not send input for this many seconds, force them to move anyway (unlike
QuakeWorld)
sv_cullentities_nevercullbmodels 0 if enabled
the clients are always notified of moving doors and lifts and other submodels of
world (warning: eats a lot of network bandwidth on some levels!)
sv_cullentities_pvs 1 fast but
loose culling of hidden entities
sv_cullentities_stats 0 displays
stats on network entities culled by various methods for each client
sv_cullentities_trace 0 somewhat slow
but very tight culling of hidden entities, minimizes network traffic and makes
wallhack cheats useless
sv_cullentities_trace_delay 1 number of
seconds until the entity gets actually culled
sv_cullentities_trace_enlarge 0 box
enlargement for entity culling
sv_cullentities_trace_prediction 1 also trace
from the predicted player position
sv_cullentities_trace_samples 1 number of
samples to test for entity culling
sv_cullentities_trace_samples_extra 2 number of
samples to test for entity culling when the entity affects its surroundings by e.g.
dlight
sv_curl_defaulturl default
autodownload source URL
sv_curl_serverpackages list of
required files for the clients, separated by spaces
sv_debugmove 0 disables
collision detection optimizations for debugging purposes
sv_echobprint 1 prints
gamecode bprint() calls to server console
sv_entpatch 1 enables
loading of .ent files to override entities in the bsp (for example Threewave CTF
server pack contains .ent patch files enabling play of CTF on id1 maps)
sv_fixedframeratesingleplayer 0 allows you to
use server-style timing system in singleplayer (don't run faster than sys_ticrate)
sv_freezenonclients 0 freezes time,
except for players, allowing you to walk around and take screenshots of explosions
sv_friction 4 how fast you
slow down
sv_gameplayfix_blowupfallenzombies 1 causes
findradius to detect SOLID_NOT entities such as zombies and corpses on the floor,
allowing splash damage to apply to them
sv_gameplayfix_droptofloorstartsolid 1 prevents
items and monsters that start in a solid area from falling out of the level (makes
droptofloor treat trace_startsolid as an acceptable outcome)
sv_gameplayfix_findradiusdistancetobox 1 causes
findradius to check the distance to the corner of a box rather than the center of
the box, makes findradius detect bmodels such as very large doors that would
otherwise be unaffected by splash damage
sv_gameplayfix_grenadebouncedownslopes 1 prevents
MOVETYPE_BOUNCE (grenades) from getting stuck when fired down a downward sloping
surface
sv_gameplayfix_noairborncorpse 1 causes
entities (corpses) sitting ontop of moving entities (players) to fall when the
moving entity (player) is no longer supporting them
sv_gameplayfix_qwplayerphysics 1 changes water
jumping to make it easier to get out of water, and prevents friction on landing
when bunnyhopping
sv_gameplayfix_setmodelrealbox 1 fixes a bug
in Quake that made setmodel always set the entity box to ('-16 -16 -16', '16 16
16') rather than properly checking the model box, breaks some poorly coded mods
sv_gameplayfix_stepdown 0 attempts to
step down stairs, not just up them (prevents the familiar thud..thud..thud.. when
running down stairs and slopes)
sv_gameplayfix_stepwhilejumping 1 applies step-
up onto a ledge even while airborn, useful if you would otherwise just-miss the
floor when running across small areas with gaps (for instance running across the
moving platforms in dm2, or jumping to the megahealth and red armor in dm2 rather
than using the bridge)
sv_gameplayfix_swiminbmodels 1 causes
pointcontents (used to determine if you are in a liquid) to check bmodel entities
as well as the world model, so you can swim around in (possibly moving) water
bmodel entities
sv_gameplayfix_upwardvelocityclearsongroundflag 1 prevents
monsters, items, and most other objects from being stuck to the floor when pushed
around by damage, and other situations in mods
sv_gravity 800 how fast you
fall (512 = roughly earth gravity)
sv_heartbeatperiod 120 how often to
send heartbeat in seconds (only used if sv_public is 1)
sv_idealpitchscale 0.8 how much to
look up/down slopes and stairs when not using freelook
sv_jumpstep 0 whether you
can step up while jumping (sv_gameplayfix_stepwhilejumping must also be 1)
sv_master1 user-chosen
master server 1
sv_master2 user-chosen
master server 2
sv_master3 user-chosen
master server 3
sv_master4 user-chosen
master server 4
sv_maxairspeed 30 maximum speed
a player can accelerate to when airborn (note that it is possible to completely
stop by moving the opposite direction)
sv_maxrate 10000 upper limit
on client rate cvar, should reflect your network connection quality
sv_maxspeed 320 maximum speed
a player can accelerate to when on ground (can be exceeded by tricks)
sv_maxvelocity 2000 universal
speed limit on all entities
sv_newflymove 0 enables
simpler/buggier player physics (not recommended)
sv_nostep 0 prevents
MOVETYPE_STEP entities (monsters) from moving
sv_playerphysicsqc 1 enables
QuakeC function to override player physics
sv_progs progs.dat selects which
quakec progs.dat file to run
sv_protocolname DP7 selects
network protocol to host for (values include QUAKE, QUAKEDP, NEHAHRAMOVIE, DP1 and
up)
sv_public 0 1: advertises
this server on the master server (so that players can find it in the server
browser); 0: allow direct queries only; -1: do not respond to direct queries; -2:
do not allow anyone to connect
sv_qwmaster1 user-chosen
qwmaster server 1
sv_qwmaster2 user-chosen
qwmaster server 2
sv_qwmaster3 user-chosen
qwmaster server 3
sv_qwmaster4 user-chosen
qwmaster server 4
sv_random_seed random seed;
when set, on every map start this random seed is used to initialize the random
number generator. Don't touch it unless for benchmarking or debugging
sv_ratelimitlocalplayer 0 whether to
apply rate limiting to the local player in a listen server (only useful for
testing)
sv_sound_land demon/dland2.wav sound to play
when MOVETYPE_STEP entity hits the ground at high speed (empty cvar disables the
sound)
sv_sound_watersplash misc/h2ohit1.wav sound to play
when MOVETYPE_FLY/TOSS/BOUNCE/STEP entity enters or leaves water (empty cvar
disables the sound)
sv_stepheight 18 how high you
can step up (TW_SV_STEPCONTROL extension)
sv_stopspeed 100 how fast you
come to a complete stop
sv_wallfriction 1 how much you
slow down when sliding along a wall
sv_wateraccelerate -1 rate at which
a player accelerates to sv_maxspeed while in the air, if less than 0 the
sv_accelerate variable is used instead
sv_waterfriction -1 how fast you
slow down, if less than 0 the sv_friction variable is used instead
sys_colortranslation 0 terminal
console color translation (supported values: 0 = strip color codes, 1 = translate
to ANSI codes, 2 = no translation)
sys_colortranslation 1 terminal
console color translation (supported values: 0 = strip color codes, 1 = translate
to ANSI codes, 2 = no translation)
sys_specialcharactertranslation 1 terminal
console conchars to ASCII translation (set to 0 if your conchars.tga is for an 8bit
character set or if you want raw output)
sys_ticrate 0.05 how long a
server frame is in seconds, 0.05 is 20fps server rate, 0.1 is 10fps (can not be set
higher than 0.1), 0 runs as many server frames as possible (makes games against
bots a little smoother, overwhelms network players)
sys_usetimegettime 1 use windows
timeGetTime function (which has issues on some motherboards) for timing rather than
QueryPerformanceCounter timer (which has issues on multicore/multiprocessor
machines and processors which are designed to conserve power)
team none QW team (4
character limit, example: blue)
teamplay 0 teamplay
mode, values depend on mod but typically 0 = no teams, 1 = no team damage no self
damage, 2 = team damage and self damage, some mods support 3 = no team damage but
can damage self
temp1 0 general cvar
for mods to use, in stock id1 this selects which death animation to use on players
(0 = random death, other values select specific death scenes)
timeformat [%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S] time format
to use on timestamped console messages
timelimit 0 ends level at
this time (in minutes)
timestamps 0 prints
timestamps on console messages
v_brightness 0 brightness of
black, useful for monitors that are too dark
v_centermove 0.15 how long
before the view begins to center itself (if freelook/+mlook/+jlook/+klook are off)
v_centerspeed 500 how fast the
view centers itself
v_color_black_b 0 desired color
of black
v_color_black_g 0 desired color
of black
v_color_black_r 0 desired color
of black
v_color_enable 0 enables
black-grey-white color correction curve controls
v_color_grey_b 0.5 desired color
of grey
v_color_grey_g 0.5 desired color
of grey
v_color_grey_r 0.5 desired color
of grey
v_color_white_b 1 desired color
of white
v_color_white_g 1 desired color
of white
v_color_white_r 1 desired color
of white
v_contrast 1 brightness of
white (values above 1 give a brighter image with increased color saturation, unlike
v_gamma)
v_deathtilt 1 whether to
use sideways view when dead
v_deathtiltangle 80 what roll
angle to use when tilting the view while dead
v_gamma 1 inverse gamma
correction value, a brightness effect that does not affect white or black, and
tends to make the image grey and dull
v_hwgamma 1 enables use
of hardware gamma correction ramps if available (note: does not work very well on
Windows2000 and above), values are 0 = off, 1 = attempt to use hardware gamma, 2 =
use hardware gamma whether it works or not
v_idlescale 0 how much of
the quake 'drunken view' effect to use
v_ipitch_cycle 1 v_idlescale
pitch speed
v_ipitch_level 0.3 v_idlescale
pitch amount
v_iroll_cycle 0.5 v_idlescale
roll speed
v_iroll_level 0.1 v_idlescale
roll amount
v_iyaw_cycle 2 v_idlescale
yaw speed
v_iyaw_level 0.3 v_idlescale
yaw amount
v_kickpitch 0.6 how much a
view kick from damage pitches your view
v_kickroll 0.6 how much a
view kick from damage rolls your view
v_kicktime 0.5 how long a
view kick from damage lasts
v_psycho 0 easter egg
(does not work on Windows2000 or above)
vid_bitsperpixel 32 how many bits
per pixel to render at (32 or 16, 32 is recommended)
vid_conheight 480 virtual
height of 2D graphics system
vid_conwidth 640 virtual width
of 2D graphics system
vid_dgamouse 1 make use of
DGA mouse input
vid_fullscreen 1 use
fullscreen (1) or windowed (0)
vid_grabkeyboard 1 whether to
grab the keyboard when mouse is active (prevents use of volume control keys, music
player keys, etc on some keyboards)
vid_hardwaregammasupported 1 indicates
whether hardware gamma is supported (updated by attempts to set hardware gamma
ramps)
vid_height 480 resolution
vid_minheight 0 minimum
vid_height that is acceptable (to be set in default.cfg in mods)
vid_minwidth 0 minimum
vid_width that is acceptable (to be set in default.cfg in mods)
vid_mouse 1 whether to
use the mouse in windowed mode (fullscreen always does)
vid_pixelheight 1 adjusts
vertical field of vision to account for non-square pixels (1280x1024 on a CRT
monitor for example)
vid_refreshrate 60 refresh rate
to use, in hz (higher values flicker less, if supported by your monitor)
vid_stereobuffer 0 enables
'quad-buffered' stereo rendering for stereo shutterglasses, HMD (head mounted
display) devices, or polarized stereo LCDs, if supported by your drivers
vid_vsync 0 sync to
vertical blank, prevents 'tearing' (seeing part of one frame and part of another on
the screen at the same time), automatically disabled when doing timedemo benchmarks
vid_width 640 resolution
viewsize 100 how large the
view should be, 110 disables inventory bar, 120 disables status bar
volume 0.7 volume of
sound effects

Full console command list as of 2007-03-11:

+attack begin firing
+back move backward
+button3 activate button3 (behavior
depends on mod)
+button4 activate button4 (behavior
depends on mod)
+button5 activate button5 (behavior
depends on mod)
+button6 activate button6 (behavior
depends on mod)
+button7 activate button7 (behavior
depends on mod)
+button8 activate button8 (behavior
depends on mod)
+button9 activate button9 (behavior
depends on mod)
+button10 activate button10 (behavior
depends on mod)
+button11 activate button11 (behavior
depends on mod)
+button12 activate button12 (behavior
depends on mod)
+button13 activate button13 (behavior
depends on mod)
+button14 activate button14 (behavior
depends on mod)
+button15 activate button15 (behavior
depends on mod)
+button16 activate button16 (behavior
depends on mod)
+forward move forward
+jump jump
+klook activate keyboard looking mode,
do not recenter view
+left turn left
+lookdown look downward
+lookup look upward
+mlook activate mouse looking mode, do
not recenter view
+movedown swim downward
+moveleft strafe left
+moveright strafe right
+moveup swim upward
+right turn right
+showscores show scoreboard
+speed activate run mode (faster
movement and turning)
+strafe activate strafing mode (move
instead of turn)
+use use something (may be used by
some mods)
-attack stop firing
-back stop moving backward
-button3 deactivate button3
-button4 deactivate button4
-button5 deactivate button5
-button6 deactivate button6
-button7 deactivate button7
-button8 deactivate button8
-button9 deactivate button9
-button10 deactivate button10
-button11 deactivate button11
-button12 deactivate button12
-button13 deactivate button13
-button14 deactivate button14
-button15 deactivate button15
-button16 deactivate button16
-forward stop moving forward
-jump end jump (so you can jump again)
-klook deactivate keyboard looking mode
-left stop turning left
-lookdown stop looking downward
-lookup stop looking upward
-mlook deactivate mouse looking mode
-movedown stop swimming downward
-moveleft stop strafing left
-moveright stop strafing right
-moveup stop swimming upward
-right stop turning right
-showscores hide scoreboard
-speed deactivate run mode
-strafe deactivate strafing mode
-use stop using something
alias create a script function
(parameters are passed in as $1 through $9, and $* for all parameters)
begin signon 3 (client asks server to
start sending entities, and will go to signon 4 (playing) when the first entity
update is received)
bestweapon send an impulse number to server
to select the first usable weapon out of several (example: 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1)
bf briefly flashes a bright color
tint on view (used when items are picked up)
bind binds a command to the specified
key in bindmap 0
bottomcolor QW command to set bottom color
without changing top color
cd execute a CD drive command (cd
on/off/reset/remap/close/play/loop/stop/pause/resume/eject/info) - use cd by itself
for usage
cddrive select an SDL-detected CD drive
by number
centerview gradually recenter view (stop
looking up/down)
changelevel change to another level, bringing
along all connected clients
changing sent by qw servers to tell client
to wait for level change
cycleweapon send an impulse number to server
to select the next usable weapon out of several, or the first if you are not
holding any (example: 8 7 3)
cl_areastats prints statistics on entity
culling during collision traces
cl_begindownloads used internally by darkplaces
client while connecting (causes loading of models and sounds or triggers downloads
for missing ones)
cl_downloadbegin (networking) informs client of
download file information, client replies with sv_startsoundload to begin the
transfer
cl_downloadfinished signals that a download has
finished and provides the client with file size and crc to check its integrity
cl_particles_reloadeffects reloads effectinfo.txt
clear clear console history
cmd send a console commandline to the
server (used by some mods)
cmdlist lists all console commands
beginning with the specified prefix
color change your player shirt and
pants colors
condump output console history to a file
(see also log_file)
connect connect to a server by IP address
or hostname
curl download data from an URL and add
to search path
cvar_lockdefaults stores the current values of all
cvars into their default values, only used once during startup after parsing
default.cfg
cvar_resettodefaults_all sets all cvars to their locked
default values
cvar_resettodefaults_nosaveonly sets all non-saved cvars to their
locked default values (variables that will not be saved to config.cfg)
cvar_resettodefaults_saveonly sets all saved cvars to their
locked default values (variables that will be saved to config.cfg)
cvarlist lists all console variables
beginning with the specified prefix
demos restart looping demos defined by
the last startdemos command
dir list files in searchpath matching
an * filename pattern, one per line
disconnect disconnect from server (or
disconnect all clients if running a server)
download downloads a specified file from
the server
echo print a message to the console
(useful in scripts)
entities print information on network
entities known to client
envmap render a cubemap (skybox) of the
current scene
exec execute a script file
fly fly mode (flight)
fog set global fog parameters
(density red green blue mindist maxdist)
force_centerview recenters view (stops looking
up/down)
fs_rescan rescans filesystem for new pack
archives and any other changes
fullinfo allows client to modify their
userinfo
fullserverinfo internal use only, sent by server
to client to update client's local copy of serverinfo string
gamedir changes active gamedir list (can
take multiple arguments), not including base directory (example usage: gamedir ctf)
give alter inventory
gl_texturemode set texture filtering mode
(GL_NEAREST, GL_LINEAR, GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR, etc)
god god mode (invulnerability)
heartbeat send a heartbeat to the master
server (updates your server information)
help open the help menu
impulse send an impulse number to server
(select weapon, use item, etc)
in_bind binds a command to the specified
key in the selected bindmap
in_bindmap selects active foreground and
background (used only if a key is not bound in the foreground) bindmaps for typing
in_unbind removes command on the specified
key in the selected bindmap
joyadvancedupdate applies current joyadv* cvar
settings to the joystick driver
kick kick a player off the server by
number or name
kill die instantly
load load a saved game file
loadconfig reset everything and reload
configs
loadsky load a skybox by basename (for
example loadsky mtnsun_ loads mtnsun_ft.tga and so on)
locs_add add a point or box location
(usage: x y z[ x y z] \
locs_clear remove all loc points/boxes
locs_reload reload .loc file for this map
locs_removenearest remove the nearest point or box
(note: you need to be very near a box to remove it)
locs_save save .loc file for this map
containing currently defined points and boxes
ls list files in searchpath matching
an * filename pattern, multiple per line
map kick everyone off the server and
start a new level
maps list information about available
maps
maxplayers sets limit on how many players
(or bots) may be connected to the server at once
memlist prints memory pool information
(or if used as memlist 5 lists individual allocations of 5K or larger, 0 lists all
allocations)
memstats prints memory system statistics
menu_credits open the credits menu
menu_fallback switch to engine menu (unload
menu.dat)
menu_keys open the key binding menu
menu_load open the loadgame menu
menu_main open the main menu
menu_multiplayer open the multiplayer menu
menu_options open the options menu
menu_options_colorcontrol open the color control menu
menu_options_effects open the effects options menu
menu_options_graphics open the graphics options menu
menu_quit open the quit menu
menu_reset open the reset to defaults menu
menu_restart restart menu system (reloads
menu.dat
menu_save open the savegame menu
menu_setup open the player setup menu
menu_singleplayer open the singleplayer menu
menu_transfusion_episode open the transfusion episode
select menu
menu_transfusion_skill open the transfusion skill select
menu
menu_video open the video options menu
messagemode input a chat message to say to
everyone
messagemode2 input a chat message to say to
only your team
modellist prints a list of loaded models
modelprecache load a model
name change your player name
net_slist query dp master servers and print
all server information
net_slistqw query qw master servers and print
all server information
net_stats print network statistics
nextul sends next fragment of current
upload buffer (screenshot for example)
noclip noclip mode (flight without
collisions, move through walls)
notarget notarget mode (monsters do not
see you)
packet send a packet to the specified
address:port containing a text string
path print searchpath (game
directories and archives)
pause pause the game (if the server
allows pausing)
pausedemo pause demo playback (can also
safely pause demo recording if using QUAKE, QUAKEDP or NEHAHRAMOVIE protocol,
useful for making movies)
ping print ping times of all players
on the server
pingplreport command sent by server containing
client ping and packet loss values for scoreboard, triggered by pings command from
client (not used by QW servers)
pings command sent by clients to
request updated ping and packetloss of players on scoreboard (originally from QW,
but also used on NQ servers)
play play a sound at your current
location (not heard by anyone else)
play2 play a sound globally throughout
the level (not heard by anyone else)
playdemo watch a demo file
playermodel change your player model
playerskin change your player skin number
playvideo play a .dpv video file
playvol play a sound at the specified
volume level at your current location (not heard by anyone else)
pmodel change your player model choice
(Nehahra specific)
pointfile display point file produced by
qbsp when a leak was detected in the map (a line leading through the leak hole, to
an entity inside the level)
prespawn signon 1 (client acknowledges
that server information has been received)
prvm_edict print all data about an entity
number in the selected VM (server, client, menu)
prvm_edictcount prints number of active entities
in the selected VM (server, client, menu)
prvm_edicts set a property on an entity
number in the selected VM (server, client, menu)
prvm_edictset changes value of a specified
property of a specified entity in the selected VM (server, client, menu)
prvm_fields prints usage statistics on
properties (how many entities have non-zero values) in the selected VM (server,
client, menu)
prvm_global prints value of a specified
global variable in the selected VM (server, client, menu)
prvm_globals prints all global variables in
the selected VM (server, client, menu)
prvm_globalset sets value of a specified global
variable in the selected VM (server, client, menu)
prvm_printfunction prints a disassembly (QuakeC
instructions) of the specified function in the selected VM (server, client, menu)
prvm_profile prints execution statistics about
the most used QuakeC functions in the selected VM (server, client, menu)
quit quit the game
r_editlights_clear removes all world lights (let
there be darkness!)
r_editlights_copyinfo store a copy of all properties
(except origin) of the selected light
r_editlights_edit changes a property on the
selected light
r_editlights_editall changes a property on ALL lights
at once (tip: use radiusscale and colorscale to alter these properties)
r_editlights_help prints documentation on console
commands and variables in rtlight editing system
r_editlights_importlightentitiesfrommap load lights from .ent file or map
entities (ignoring .rtlights or .lights file)
r_editlights_importlightsfile load lights from .lights file
(ignoring .rtlights or .ent files and map entities)
r_editlights_pasteinfo apply the stored properties onto
the selected light (making it exactly identical except for origin)
r_editlights_reload reloads rtlights file (or imports
from .lights file or .ent file or the map itself)
r_editlights_remove remove selected light
r_editlights_save save .rtlights file for current
level
r_editlights_spawn creates a light with default
properties (let there be light!)
r_editlights_togglecorona toggle on/off the corona option
on the selected light
r_editlights_toggleshadow toggle on/off the shadow option
on the selected light
r_glsl_restart unloads GLSL shaders, they will
then be reloaded as needed
r_listmaptextures list all textures used by the
current map
r_replacemaptexture override a map texture for
testing purposes
r_restart restarts renderer
r_shadow_help prints documentation on console
commands and variables used by realtime lighting and shadowing system
r_texturestats print information about all
loaded textures and some statistics
rate change your network connection
speed
rcon sends a command to the server
console (if your rcon_password matches the server's rcon_password), or to the
address specified by rcon_address when not connected (again rcon_password must
match the server's)
reconnect reconnect to the last server you
were on, or resets a quakeworld connection (do not use if currently playing on a
netquake server)
record record a demo
restart restart current level
save save the game to a file
saveconfig save settings to config.cfg
immediately (also automatic when quitting)
say send a chat message to everyone
on the server
say_team send a chat message to your team
on the server
screenshot takes a screenshot of the next
rendered frame
sendcvar sends the value of a cvar to the
server as a sentcvar command, for use by QuakeC
set create or change the value of a
console variable
seta create or change the value of a
console variable that will be saved to config.cfg
setinfo modifies your userinfo
sizedown decrease view size (decreases
viewsize cvar)
sizeup increase view size (increases
viewsize cvar)
skins downloads missing qw skins from
server
snd_unloadallsounds unload all sound files
snd_restart restart sound system
soundinfo print sound system information
(such as channels and speed)
soundlist list loaded sounds
spawn signon 2 (client has sent player
information, and is asking server to send scoreboard rankings)
startdemos start playing back the selected
demos sequentially (used at end of startup script)
status print server status information
stop stop recording or playing a demo
stopdemo stop playing or recording demo
(like stop command) and return to looping demos
stopdownload terminates a download
stopsound silence
stopul aborts current upload (screenshot
for example)
stopvideo stop playing a .dpv video file
stuffcmds execute commandline parameters
(must be present in quake.rc script)
sv_areastats prints statistics on entity
culling during collision traces
sv_saveentfile save map entities to .ent file
(to allow external editing)
sv_startdownload begins sending a file to the
client (network protocol use only)
tell send a chat message to only one
person on the server
timedemo play back a demo as fast as
possible and save statistics to benchmark.log
timerefresh turn quickly and print rendering
statistcs
toggle toggles a console variable's
values (use for more info)
toggleconsole opens or closes the console
togglemenu opens or closes menu
topcolor QW command to set top color
without changing bottom color
unbind removes a command on the
specified key in bindmap 0
unbindall removes all commands from all
keys in all bindmaps (leaving only shift-escape and escape)
user prints additional information
about a player number or name on the scoreboard
users prints additional information
about all players on the scoreboard
v_cshift sets tint color of view
version print engine version
vid_restart restarts video system (closes and
reopens the window, restarts renderer)
viewframe change animation frame of
viewthing entity in current level
viewmodel change model of viewthing entity
in current level
viewnext change to next animation frame of
viewthing entity in current level
viewprev change to previous animation
frame of viewthing entity in current level
wait make script execution wait for
next rendered frame
which accepts a file name as argument
and reports where the file is taken from

How to install Quake on Windows:

All that DarkPlaces needs from the Quake CD is pak files (be sure not to copy
opengl32.dll from the Quake CD, it will not work with DarkPlaces!), with this in
mind, all you need to do is make a Quake directory, extract the darkplaces engine
zip to that directory, then make a quake/id1 directory, and put the pak0.pak and
pak1.pak from your Quake CD into the quake/id1 directory, then all should be well.

How to deal with a DOS Quake CD on Windows:

Try to use the DOS Quake installer if you can, use DOSBox if necessary to run the
installer, then copy the pak0.pak and pak1.pak to your id1 directory in the
darkplaces installation. ( http://dosbox.sourceforge.net )

How to deal with a WinQuake CD on Windows:

Copy the D:\Data\id1\pak0.pak and pak1.pak to your id1 directory.

How to deal with a Linux Quake CD on Windows:

Find an archiver (perhaps 7zip or winrar) that can extract files from rpm archives,
locate the pak files and copy them to your id1 directory.

How to install Quake on Linux:

All that DarkPlaces needs from the Quake CD is pak files, with this in mind, all
you need to do is make a ~/quake directory, extract the darkplaces engine zip to
that directory, then make a quake/id1 directory, and put the pak0.pak and pak1.pak
from your Quake CD into the quake/id1 directory, then all should be well, you will
probably also want to make a ~/bin/darkplaces script containing the following text:
#!/bin/sh
cd ~/quake
./darkplaces-sdl $*
Then do chmod +x ~/bin/darkplaces

For more information on Quake installation on Linux see

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Quake-HOWTO.html" (the Linux Quake How To)

How to deal with a DOS Quake CD on Linux:

cat /media/cdrom/resource.001 /media/cdrom/resource.002 >quake.lha
unlha x quake.lha
If you can't get unlha or lha for your distribution, try using DOSBox to run the
Quake installer.
How to deal with a WinQuake CD on Linux:
Copy the /media/cdrom/data/id1/pak*.pak to your id1 directory.

How to deal with a Linux Quake CD on Linux:

mkdir temp
cd temp
# in the following line replace quake.rpm with a correct rpm filename
cat /media/cdrom/quake.rpm | rpm2cpio | cpio -i
Now you should have a mess of subdirectories, locate the pak files and copy to your
id1 directory.
Alternatively if you have an rpm-based distribution you could install the rpm, but
it is easier to maintain your ~/quake directory than /usr/share/games/quake so you
may want to copy the id1/pak*.pak from there and uninstall the rpm.

How to install Quake on Mac OS X:

All that DarkPlaces needs from the Quake CD is pak files, with this in mind, make a
folder named Quake, drag the Darkplaces.app into this Quake folder, make a folder
inside the Quake folder (alongside Darkplaces) named id1, and put the pak0.pak and
pak1.pak from your Quake CD into the quake/id1 directory, then all should be well,
simply run the Darkplaces app

How to deal with a DOS Quake CD on Mac OS X:

Unknown. Linux solution may work if you can get hold of lha, otherwise use DOSBox
to run the Quake installer.

How to deal with a WinQuake CD on Mac OS X:

Find the data folder on the cdrom and copy the data/id1/pak*.pak files to your id1
folder.

How to deal with a Linux Quake CD on Mac OS X:

Unknown. If you can get hold of rpm2cpio and cpio you should be able to follow the
Linux method.

Shader parameters for DP's own features:

- dp_reflect <distort> <r> <g> <b> <a>
Makes surfaces of this shader reflective with r_water. The reflection is
alpha blended on the texture with the given alpha, and modulated by the given
color. distort is used in conjunction with the normalmap to simulate a
nonplanar water surface.
- dp_refract <distort> <r> <g> <b>
Makes surfaces of this shader refractive with r_water. The refraction
replaces the transparency of the texture. distort is used in conjunction with
the normalmap to simulate a nonplanar water surface.
- dp_water <reflectmin> <reflectmax> <refractdistort> <reflectdistort> <refractr>
<refractg> <refractb> <reflectr> <reflectg> <reflectb> <alpha>
This combines the effects of dp_reflect and dp_refract to simulate a water
surface. However, the refraction and the reflection are mixed using a Fresnel
equation that makes the amount of reflection slide from reflectmin when
looking parallel to the water to reflectmax when looking directly into the
water. The result of this reflection/refraction mix is then layered BELOW the
texture of the shader, so basically, it "fills up" the alpha values of the
water. The alpha value is a multiplicator for the alpha value on the texture
- set this to a small value like 0.1 to emphasize the reflection and make
the water transparent; but if r_water is 0, alpha isn't used, so the water can
be very visible then too.
- tcmod page <width> <height> <delay>
The texture is shifted by 1/<width> every <delay> seconds, and by 1/<height>
every <delay>*<width> seconds. It is some sort of animmap replacement that keeps
all animation frames in a single texture.
To use it, make a texture with the frames aligned in a grid like this:
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
then align it in Radiant so only one of the animation frames can be seen on
the surface, and specify "tcmod page 4 2 0.1". DP will then display the frames
in order and the cycle will repeat every 0.8 seconds.
- dppolygonoffset <factor> <offset>
This surface gets glPolygonOffset(factor, offset); useful for decals

Thanks to:
Tomaz for adding features, fixing many bugs, and being generally helpful.
Andreas 'Black' Kirsch for much work on the QuakeC VM (menu.dat, someday
clprogs.dat) and other contributions.
Mathieu 'Elric' Olivier for much work on the sound engine (especially the Ogg
vorbis support)
MoALTz for some bugfixes and cleanups
Joseph Caporale for adding 5 mouse button support.
KGB|romi for his contributions to the Quake community, including his rtlights
project and many suggestions, his id1 romi_rtlights.pk3 is included in darkplaces
mod releases.
Zombie for making great levels and general DarkPlaces publicity.
FrikaC for FrikQCC and FrikBot and general community support.
Transfusion Project for recreating Blood in the world of Quake.
de-we for the great icons.
|Rain| for running my favorite anynet IRC server and his bot feh (which although a
bit antisocial never seems to grow tired of being my calculator).
VorteX for the DP_QC_GETTAGINFO extension.
Ludwig Nussel for the ~/.games/darkplaces/ user directory support on non-Windows
platforms (allowing games to be installed in a non-writable system location as is
the standard on UNIX but still save configs to the user's home directory).