Running a PC Quake 3 Server For Dreamcast In 2024

[hadyn]

Server is now back and named "Buddy and Hollys House FFA"

Used commands from mechanic in the config file, so that bots are kicked when human players connect and the bot difficulty has been lowered a bit.

Still cant get the message of the day to work using set g_motd command...?

[Mechanic]

never tried g_motd
I use modded serveres with a different command structure
Also you can talk to the server clients by typing say then your message in the console window.
i could send u the mod and how to post a message
of the day that way

[clipjamm]

Glad to see you’re putting another server online. Can I ask what the region or timezone it is hosted from?

[hadyn]

Glad to see you’re putting another server online. Can I ask what the region or timezone it is hosted from?

Hi - region is UK and timezone is GMT.

[hadyn]

never tried g_motd
I use modded serveres with a different command structure
Also you can talk to the server clients by typing say then your message in the console window.
i could send u the mod and how to post a message
of the day that way

I’m happy just to run a vanilla server as it all seems to work perfectly well on Dreamcast or PC. However, if your modded server script can display motd and vanilla DC or PC players can play on the server with no issues the please send it to me and I’ll give it a go on my server. Thanks again for the help and support!

Still can’t get motd to display for players. Done a fair bit of Googling and tried scripts in the server and q3 and autoexec config files but nothing.

I’ve tried running a motd.cfg alongside my server.cfg and that doesn’t work either.

Can anyone sort this, or is message of the day not possible on 1.16 these days?

Hopefully mechanics modded script will sort this issue.

[Holsten]

it´s great to see you so enthusiastic about this but don´t expect many people using your server. Americans would most likely stick with servers over there and Europeans are unfortunately not very active Quake 3 players and there are a lot of servers to choose from.

[hadyn]

it´s great to see you so enthusiastic about this but don´t expect many people using your server. Americans would most likely stick with servers over there and Europeans are unfortunately not very active Quake 3 players and there are a lot of servers to choose from.

Yeah I get that - I'm just doing my bit for the Dreamcast community and to preserve the game online.

Just bought a cheap mini PC from AliExpress which will act as my standalone Q3 server for all of this going forward.

Cheers

[clipjamm]

I’ll play in UK servers if its real late or if it’s early in the afternoon (CST, chicago).

Always been doing that since I was 14 just to see what the euro ppl are up to. I remember good times in bf2 and wolfenstein enemy territory where it was a good mix of euros just getting off work and americans playing early. Or euros waking up and americans gaming late into the night.

[Holsten]

I’ll play in UK servers if its real late or if it’s early in the afternoon (CST, chicago).

Always been doing that since I was 14 just to see what the euro ppl are up to. I remember good times in bf2 and wolfenstein enemy territory where it was a good mix of euros just getting off work and americans playing early. Or euros waking up and americans gaming late into the night.

That's great but there is still the problem of europeans barely playing quake 3. I usually have to play at 2am in on friday night to get my weekly dose of quake.

[hadyn]

Hi again all,

Bit slow to update as life has been a bit busy at the moment.

All seems well with the server running FFA using above FFA.cfg file.

Earlier in the week, I tested the server using my Dreamcast and streamed it to YouTube. PC and Dreamcast players connected and everything went well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0pMn7RB1Uc

Still no idea on how to get message of the day to display but I have managed to extract the Dreamcast music files from a PC DC map pack and put them into my Quake 3 1.16 on my PC, so that music plays with each map, just like the Dreamcast version.

As soon as my mini PC arrives from Ali Express, I will be transferring my files to it and that will run 24/7 as the server for Buddy and Holly's House. I will then look at testing CTF, TDM and Tourney configs to run on the server too.

Cheers