How to start Quake 3 Server (already installed)

By | 2016/03/23

Starting server

1. Login to your VPS server
2. Go to Quake 3 directory

cd /usr/games/quake3

3. Create new screen thread (name q3)

screen -dmS q3

4. Connect to to screen thread

screen -r q3

5. Or shorter:

screen -dmS q3 && screen -r q3

6. Start server

./start.sh

Stopping server

1. List all running screen threads

screen -list

2. Or find them on the process list

ps ax

3. Find interesting thread (each list item contains: .)
4. Stop chosen thread

kill <pid>

Leaving screen thread

To leave screen thread do:

CTRL + A
CTRL + C