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Topic Starter	Topic: OS X Q3 server consle window?
lost-ReMiX Recruit Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 8	Posted: 03-19-2006 03:09 PM                  I've been setting up a dedicated Mac Q3 1.31 server. When I click create after setting it up, the regular Q3 screen disappears and a Quake3 app is running but there's no console window as you get on the PC (and as I recall seeing from running an OS 9 Quake 3 server many years ago) and no way to control the app. The mouse pointer disapears too so it can only be force quit. The server is running, I can see and join it from other computers (PC and Mac) and even control it via /rcon. But it would be nice to have a proper console window on the host machine. Anyone know how to fix this? thx
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Canis canis Joined: 14 Jan 2001 Posts: 17305	Posted: 03-19-2006 04:14 PM                  There is no fully supported mac Q3 server app. They sorta put one together but never completed it. I dont know if there are third party apps that can access the command line of a dedicated server, but that would be the only way to do it.
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lost-ReMiX Recruit Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 8	Posted: 03-19-2006 04:29 PM                  Interesting. It appears more or less functional bar the fact that I can't control it from the host. It doesn't always appear in the browser at first click but maybe that's because it's on a wireless network... (I'm using an iBook as the server). Will do some further testing as once the server's running OK it doesn't need that much input anyway...
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Canis canis Joined: 14 Jan 2001 Posts: 17305	Posted: 03-19-2006 04:37 PM                  You might try this little app: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/22615 It's the only server administration tool for Q3 that I know of.
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RaZ Recruit Joined: 25 Mar 2006 Posts: 7	Posted: 03-28-2006 02:51 AM                  The Link doesnt seem to work....any other Server tools?
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NjR_Shrapnel Gibblet Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 18	Posted: 06-12-2006 09:29 AM                  Wow. Haven't been here in a while. Anyway, if you're still interested, here's a couple things to try. You said 1.31 server? I think that only runs under OS9, right? In that case, you need to start the application with a control click? (command click? I don't remember, it's been so long since I used OS 9). But one of those will give you a window to let you pass arguments to q3. You have to start q3 with dedicated 1, so want to pass something like this... +set dedicated 1 +set vm_game 2 +set vm_cgame 2 +set vm_ui 2 +exec myq3config.cfg That should start you up in dedicated server mode with a window, as I recall. If, however, you meant 1.32 on OSX, (there is a 1.32 dedicated server - but it has no pb support), start it from Terminal using something like... /Games/quake3/Q3DedicatedServer1.32 -RetailInstallationPath /Games/quake3 +set dedicated 1 +set vm_game 2 +set vm_cgame 2 +set vm_ui 2 +exec myq3config.cfg Of course, replace /Games/quake3 with your actual path to your q3 folder. Hope this helps. - Shrapnel
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