Revision as of 02:00, 21 June 2008

Basic command-line arguments

• +exec x -- Loads the commands located in the specified file.

• -config x -- An alternate configuration file (as opposed to odasrv.cfg in the current folder or ~/.odamex/odasrv.cfg).

• -port x -- A UDP port to listen on.

• -waddir x -- A folder to search for PWADs. odasrv will search the following locations for PWADs and IWADs (in this order):

 -iwad/-file (full paths or relative to current working folder)
 -waddir
 $DOOMWADDIR (environment variable, not recommended)
 $DOOMWADPATH (environment variable)
 $HOME (environment variable)
 When specifying multiple paths in -waddir, separate them by
 spaces.  When specifying multiple paths in an environment
 variable, separate them by semicolons (i.e.
 export DOOMWADPATH=/usr/local/games/WADs;/usr/local/share/games/WADs).

• -iwad x -- Specifies the full path to the IWAD to use. Alternately, a path relative to -waddir can be given.

• -deh x --

• -beh x --

• -devparm x -- Runs the server in development mode.

• -skill x -- Skill level.

 0: I'm too young to die
 1: Hey not too rough
 2: Hurt me plenty
 3: Ultra-Violence
 4: Nightmare (typical value for multiplayer games)

• -warp x -- Starts the server on the specified map.

• +map x --

• -timer x -- A timelimit

• -avg x -- Austin Virtual Gaming mode, Deathmatch and 20 minute time limit.

• -background x --

• -file x -- A PWAD or PWADs to load. Separate multiple PWADs with a space (i.e.

 -file dwango5.wad judas23_.wad

• -logfile x -- The odasrv output logfile.

• -heapsize x --

• -maxclients x -- The maximum number of clients that can connect to the server.

• -stepmode x --

• -blockmap x --

• -noflathack --