---
name: "openarena-server"
section: "6"
platform: "linux"
package: "openarena-server"
version: "0.8.8+dfsg-8"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/openarena-server"
---

# openarena-server(6)

OpenArena dedicated server

## NAME

openarena-server - OpenArena dedicated server

## SYNOPSIS

**openarena-server**\[**-h**\|**--help**\]\[**-q**\|**--quiet**\]\[**+set** *option* *value*\]...

## DESCRIPTION

**openarena-server** is the dedicated server for the first-person shooter OpenArena.

## OPTIONS

The wrapper script used for OpenArena in Debian accepts these options:

- **-h**, **--help**

  Display a short help summary

- **-q**, **--quiet**

  Disable all output

Any console command can also be prefixed with **+** and used as a command-line option (run the server in a terminal to use the console). The **+set** command is generally the most useful to use on the command line.

Options that can be set with **+set** (note that this is not a full list!) include:

**capturelimit** \<value\>

**dedicated** \<bool\>

**fraglimit** \<value\>

**fs\_basepath** \<string\>

**fs\_game** \<value\>

**g\_allowVote** \<bool\>

**g\_banIPs** \<IP address\>

**g\_doWarmup** \<bool\>

**g\_friendlyFire** \<bool\>

**g\_gametype** \<bool\>

**g\_gravity** \<value\>

**g\_inactivity** \<value\>

**g\_maxGameClients** \<value\>

**g\_motd** \<string\>

**g\_needpass** \<bool\>

**g\_password** \<string\>

**g\_quadfactor** \<value\>

**g\_weaponrespawn** \<value\>

**net\_ip** \<IP adress\>

**net\_port** \<value\>

**net\_qport** \<value\>

**nextmap** \<string\>

**sv\_allowDownload** \<bool\>

**sv\_floodProtect** \<bool\>

**sv\_fps** \<value\>

**sv\_hostname** \<string\>

**sv\_maxclients** \<value\>

**sv\_maxPing** \<value\> (Measurd in milliseconds)

**sv\_minPing** \<value\> (Measurd in milliseconds)

**sv\_pure** \<bool\>

**timelimit** \<value\> (Measured in minutes)

## ENVIRONMENT

The wrapper script used to launch OpenArena allows it to be debugged by setting environment variables.

- **OPENARENA\_DEBUGGER=***command*

  A debugger or other prefix to prepend to the OpenArena command line, such as **strace**; overridden by **OPENARENA\_BACKTRACE**

- **OPENARENA\_BACKTRACE=1**

  Use [**gdb**(1)](/gdb/1.md) to get a backtrace if OpenArena crashes (the **gdb** package must be installed for this to work)

## SEE ALSO

[**openarena**(6)](/openarena/6.md), **ioquake3-server**(6), /usr/share/doc/openarena

## AUTHOR

OpenArena was written by the OpenArena Team. The engine used is a modified ioQuake3, originally created by id Software and now maintained by the ioQuake3 community.

This manual page was written by Bruno "Fuddl" Kleinert \<fuddl@debian.org\> and Simon McVittie \<smcv@debian.org\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).