---
name: "wolfmp"
section: "6"
platform: "linux"
package: "rtcw"
version: "1.51.c+dfsg1-7+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wolfmp"
---

# wolfmp(6)

Return to Castle Wolfenstein multi-player

## NAME

wolfmp - Return to Castle Wolfenstein multi-player

## SYNOPSIS

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

## DESCRIPTION

**wolfmp** runs the multi-player version of the first-person shooter Return to Castle Wolfenstein.

## OPTIONS

The wrapper script used for RTCW 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 set via r\_customheight and r\_customwidth, or -2 to use your normal desktop resolution.

- **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

- *~/.wolf/main*

  Configuration and state for RTCW

## ENVIRONMENT

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

- **RTCW\_DEBUGGER=***command*

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

- **RTCW\_BACKTRACE=1**

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

## SEE ALSO

[**wolfded**(6)](/wolfded/6.md), [**wolfsp**(6)](/wolfsp/6.md), /usr/share/doc/rtcw

## AUTHOR

RTCW multi-player was written by Gray Matter Studios, Nerve Software and id Software. The engine used is iortcw, maintained by the ioquake3 and iortcw communities.

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).