Hi there,

me and my cousin are trying to set up a private room, so we can play 1 vs 1 together. I have looked all over the internet, but haven't found anything helpful at all. Is there someone who can tell me how I can create a private room? Or someone who has a link or something?

Thanks in advance!

boselecta wrote:
Hi there,

me and my cousin are trying to set up a private room, so we can play 1 vs 1 together. I have looked all over the internet, but haven't found anything helpful at all. Is there someone who can tell me how I can create a private room? Or someone who has a link or something?

Thanks in advance!

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I'm not going to go into great depth, but I can graze the top of the subject so you know what's involved, Firstly are you trying to host this locally (LAN), or externally (Internet), If externally, in your server's string you will need to include +set dedicated "2" or if LAN set it to 1.

Configuration-Wise, in both cases to host a "private" server is the same as hosting a public server though in your server configuration file you have a password set, this is done by this line: seta sv_privatePassword "whateveryouwant"

Broadcasting your server to the Internet requires what is known as "Port Forwarding", this allows the port of Quake 3 (Port 27960) to go through your filewall connecting your server to the outside world (anyone outside of your LAN), I can't very much "tell you" how to Port Forward your modem, as each modem/router is different, just Google Search your modem and find out how to Port Forward it, once you have Port Forwarded the ports to your IP on the local network, you may start your Q3 server (it may need to be unblocked on your PC's firewall too).

Once all is good, when the client (your friend) connects to your "private" server, he/she will be faced with "Invalid Password", you will need to get them to bring down their console and type /password whateveryouwant (Example Password, do change it)

There are plenty of tutorials on how to setup a good configuration file, just search around for "Quake 3 Server Config Setup".

All I can think of right now, Enjoy.