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

# openarena(6)

OpenArena client

## NAME

openarena - OpenArena client

## SYNOPSIS

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

## DESCRIPTION

**openarena** is the client 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 (press Shift+Esc to access the in-game console), including:

- **+set** *option* *value*

  Set an option (see below for some options)

- **+connect** *server*\[**:***port*\]

  Connect to a server

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

- **r\_fullscreen** \<bool\>

  1: Play in fullscreen mode; 0: Play in window mode

- **r\_mode** \<num\>

  Sets the screen resolution mode. Set num to -1 to use a customized resolution. See also r\_customheight and r\_customwidth!

- **r\_customwidth** \<pixels\>

  Use *pixels* as width if r\_mode is set to -1.

- **r\_customheight** \<pixels\>

  Use *pixels* as height if r\_mode is set to -1.

## FILES

- *~/.openarena/baseoa*

  Configuration and state for OpenArena

- *~/.openarena/missionpack*

  Configuration and state for the "missionpack" mod

## 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-server**(6)](/openarena-server/6.md), [**ioquake3**(6)](/ioquake3/6.md), /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).