NAME

       doomsday-server - Doomsday Engine multiplayer daemon

SYNOPSIS

       doomsday-server [-stdout] [-port tcp-port] [-iwad dir] [-game mode] [-v] [-file file ...]

       Note  that  the  command line is not interpreted according to GNU conventions. Everything following -- is
       ignored.  @ can be used to specify a response file whose contents are added to the command line.

OPTIONS

       -stdout   Prints all log entries to the standard output. If this option is not used, nothing  is  printed
                 so that the server can be run as a background process.

       -port     TCP port that the server listens to for incoming connections.

       -iwad     Specifies  a  directory  where  to look for IWAD files. Doomsday will search for IWADs from all
                 known games and automatically load them when needed. Note that you can also use the  DOOMWADDIR
                 environment variable or the paths configuration file to specify the location of the IWAD files.

       -game     Sets  the  game  to  load  after  startup.  See  doomsday(6) for a list of available games. For
                 example:

                       -game doom1-ultimate

                 If -game is not specified and the server is unable to choose a game automatically,  the  server
                 will quit.

       -v        Print verbose log messages (also -verbose). Specify more than once for extra verbosity.

       -file     Specify one or more resource files (WAD, LMP, PK3) to load at startup. More files can be loaded
                 at runtime with the load command.

       In addition to these, doomsday-server supports many of the command line options of doomsday(6).

OPERATING A SERVER

       Doomsday  servers are, by default, silent daemon processes intended to be run in the background. You need
       to use the Doomsday Shell to monitor their status and control them.

SEE ALSO

       doomsday(6), doomsday-shell-text(6)

AUTHOR

       This documentation has  been  written  by  Jaakko  Keränen  <jaakko.keranen@iki.fi>  and  Daniel  Swanson
       <danij@dengine.net>.

Debian                                           January 1, 2016                              DOOMSDAY-SERVER(6)