Run dedicated server on LAN without account?

[johann_p]

I am a bit of a newbie for this game. I would like to run a dedicated server on my linux machine that can be used by my kids. For this, I do not want any connection to the outside or any userids for the global server stuff.

The reason why I want to do this is because I want to "host" the game on the Linux machine but without paintball taking over the screen like it does with a lan game. Anyone (including me) can join the game and leaving the game does not mean terminating it.

Is this possible? Or, why is this not possible?

[b00nlander]

http://digitalpaint.planetquake.gamespy.com/docs/server_guide_win32.html

there's a guide for setting up a dedicated server (on windows, but instead of creating a shortcut like in windows, you could create a shell-script to start up the game with the same parameters etc.).
If you don't want to allow internet users to access your server, simply don't open the port your server uses in your firewall. So, if you use the standard port of 27910, only allow internal traffic and don't open that port to the internet.
I don't really understand what u mean with you "don't want any userids for the global server stuff", but if you mean you don't want your kids to have to login before joining the server, you can include the following line in your server.cfg:

"sv_login 0"

I hope that answers your questions, have fun playing!

[johann_p]

Thank you, the "sv_login 0" setting was what I needed!

I had been looking in http://digitalpaint.planetquake.gamespy.com/docs/server_cvars_advanced.txt
assuming that the web page would contain the most recent documentation but had not found that setting there.

As it turns out, the local file that comes with the game software seems to have more information, but there are still several settings that are not documented and just have a question mark or no information.

[Kaos]

u might wanna look at this also has alot of commands http://digitalpaint.therisenrealm.com/reference/commands

[XtremeBain]

sk89q has a basic linux server admin guide as well -- http://digitalpaint.therisenrealm.com/admins/intro-linux