openarena - OpenArena client
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Description
openarena is the client for the first-person shooter OpenArena.
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_BACKTRACEOPENARENA_BACKTRACE=1
Use gdb(1) to get a backtrace if OpenArena crashes (the gdb package must be installed for this to
work)
Files
~/.openarena/baseoa Configuration and state for OpenArena ~/.openarena/missionpack Configuration and state for the "missionpack" mod
Name
openarena - OpenArena client
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:
+setoptionvalue
Set an option (see below for some options)
+connectserver[: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.
See Also
openarena-server(6), ioquake3(6), /usr/share/doc/openarena
Synopsis
openarena [-h|--help] [-q|--quiet] [+setoptionvalue]...
