How-To's

If you want to test a map, or are having issues downloading while in the game, here's how you download the map and make it usable by the game.

1. Find the map download link from an online repository (see below)

2. Download the .pk3 file by right-clicking the map name and choosing to "Save link as" or something similar in your browser window.

3. Move the .pk3 file to your game client download folder

   • Mac: /users/<USERNAME>/Library/Application Support/Quake3/q3ut4/download OR /Applications/UT Updater/q3ut4/download

   • Linux: /home/<USERNAME>/.q3a/q3ut4/download

   • Windows: <URBANTERROR_INSTALL_LOCATION>\UrbanTerror43\3ut4\download OR C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\Urbanterror\q3ut4\download

• https://risenfromashes.us/maps/q3ut4/

  • https://risenfromashes.us/rfamaps_scroll/  - Doesn't have direct map downloads, but lets you see a preview of the map

• http://urban-zone.org/index.php?name=Downloads&c=3

• http://sebsauvage.net/q3ut4/

• http://urt30web.site.nfoservers.com/maps/q3ut4/

• https://maps.pro-gameservers.net/q3ut4/

• https://urt.li/q3ut4/ <-- Current repo our server points to for downloads

• https://pugbot.net/q3ut4/

Once you have a map downloaded, you can test a map out without connecting to a server or starting a game from the menu. 

1. Start Urban Terror

2. At the first menu, hit the back-tick key ( ` ) to access your console

3. Type /map <MAPNAME>

   1. Don't add the .pk3 extension of the file name. For example, if the map file is ut4_italy_a5.pk3, you can just type ut4_italy_a5.

   2. Partial map names work sometimes too, if nothing else matches. For example instead of typing the full map file name you could type: /map italy.

   3. You can hit the tab key after typing the beginning part of a map name to see matching maps. For example /map ut4_terrorism<TAB> would show all the terrorism maps you can choose from. But you have to be specific on which map name you type if you want it to load. For example: /map ut4_terrorism4

You can customize your player to wear a hat, beard, mohawk, and other fun things on your character while you play. We have funstuff enabled on our server. Give it a try!

1. Every character has different options. In the game, look to see what characters you have set up for when you are on the red and blue teams (Setup > Player). 

2. Go to this page, and look up the code you need to enter for the items you want. Note some things can be used with a helmet, other's can't.

For example, I have Tom and Rafiq set up. You can also choose an item for Free-for-all games, but you can only choose from the red version of your character. If I want a hat for each, these are the respective commands I'd jot down:

2. 1. 1. Blue team - Tom: capbl (blue hat)

      2. Red team - Rafiq: caprd (red hat)

      3. Free team - Rafiq: capgn (green hat)

3. Next, while playing a game, hit the console back-tick key ( ` ), which is usually under the escape key.

4. Type /fun<TEAM> <ITEM>. Don't have a space between /fun and the team color.

For example:

4. 1. 1. /funblue capbl

      2. /funred caprd

      3. /funfree capgn

5. Now go show it off in game!

User authentication

Game modes

Game settings

Recording (demoing) a user

How to use RCON

Setup

• If authenticated to the game, no setup is required

• GUI: Esc to bring up the Menu > RCON > RCON Password

• Console: Use the ` (backtick) key, then type /rconpassword <rconpassword>

Usage

• Chat: Type “t” to start a chat, then run commands after a forward slash

  • Example: /cyclemap

  • Example /kick big

  • Some commands don’t work with this method

• GUI: You are limited to just the commands available in the GUI menu

• Console: All commands must be started with /rcon  followed by the commands

  • Example: /rcon cyclemap

  • Example /rcon kick big

Game types

These commands must be run in the console

• Instagib: /rcon g_instagib 1

  • Must be in FFA/TDM first

  • Disabled with /rcon g_instagib 0

1. Last Man Standing: /rcon g_gametype 1

2. Free For All: /rcon g_gametype 2

3. Team Death Match: /rcon g_gametype 3

4. Team Survivor: /rcon g_gametype 4

5. Follow the Leader: /rcon g_gametype 5

6. Capture & Hold: /rcon g_gametype 6

7. Capture the Flag: /rcon g_gametype 7

8. Bomb & Defuse: /rcon g_gametype 8

9. Jump Mode: /rcon g_gametype 9

10. Freeze Tag: /rcon g_gametype 10

11. Gun Game: /rcon g_gametype 11

Game administration

Commands that are run in the console only show /rcon in front

• cyclemap

• map <map name>

• /rcon g_nextmap <map name>

• shuffleteams

• balanceteams

• forceteam <player> <red/blue/spec>

• bigtext “<message>”

• slap <player>

• smite <player>

• nuke <player>

• mute <player> <seconds>

• /rcon status

• /rcon clientkick <player number from /rcon status>

• kick <player> <reason>

• ban <player> <minutes>

• F11 - Screenshot

• F12 - Demos: Start/Stop recording

  • Demo recording is stored in <your user profile>/.q3a/q3ut4/demos

  • Click Demo from main title screen in game

  • While viewing demo, open console and type /set r_shownormals 1

How to ban an IP of an online player

These steps will add their IP to the banlist.txt file on the server. If the player is online, this is easy. If the player is offline, contact one of the Admins.

Getting their IP

This step is not required if the player is online, it’s just for information purposes

1. With your RCON password entered, type in the console: /rcon status

• This will show the list of players in the order they joined

Add to the banlist

This will ban their current IP. If they reboot their modem or use a VPN, they will have a different IP and bypass the ban.

1. With your RCON password entered, open the RCON menu

2. Choose Players > Player List, and select the problem player

3. Choose Ban from the action buttons

OR

 3. If the player is copying someone's username and you don't want to kick the wrong player: /rcon clientkick <player number from /rcon status>

Quick links

• https://www.sneakybs.com/

  • Hosted on Google Sites

• Google Drive

  • Map database

  • Donations

• Discord invite (permanent)

• Urbanterror.info clan

• GameTracker clan

• GameTracker server

Check the player count

1. SSH into the server

2. ./players.py

Service administration

1. SSH into the server

2. Use the applicable command to either check the status, stop, start, or restart. Be sure to check the player count before you stop or restart the service!

sudo systemctl status urt

sudo systemctl stop urt

sudo systemctl start urt

sudo systemctl restart urt

Check server workload

1. SSH into the server

2. htop

How to add a new clan member

1. Once approved by admins, add as a “member” to urbanterror.info

2. Post a quick welcome message in Discord General Chat, ask that they tag up with [SBs] next time they play

3. Add name to roster on website

4. Add name to clan-info discord channel post (edit the existing post, don’t create a new one)

Uploading maps

1. Connect with Filezilla

2. Copy map(s) to the download folder on the server

3. Within the game, reload the server with reload in chat, or /rcon reload in the console

Deleting maps

Map files (.pk3) are put in use by the game service. In order to delete them, you first have to stop the service.

1. SSH into server

2. Check player count by running ./players.py

3. If no players are online, stop the service with sudo systemctl stop urt

4. Move into the download folder, and delete the map(s) desired with rm <FILENAME>

5. Restart the service with sudo systemctl start urt

Map cycle

1. Edit the mapcycle.txt file on the server

2. No server restart is necessary after editing the mapcycle.txt

   1. Can set the game mode per map in the mapcycle.txt (space after/before curly braces is important):

ut_ricochet { g_gametype 3 g_gravity 800 }

ut_swim { g_gametype 7 }

ut_uptown { g_gametype 3 g_gravity 300 }

2. 2. Note: Whatever CVAR you set will carry on to the next maps. So specify what you want to change back on the next map in the cycle.

3. Put one map file name (without the .pk3 extension) on each line

4. Edit the server.cfg file, change the map line with the name of the first map in the rotation and the game settings

5. Run the reload command on the server to read the new map cycle.

How to ban an IP of an offline player

Getting their IP

1. SSH to the server

2. Find their IP from their username: grep -E 'ClientUserinfo|<PLAYERNAME>' games.log

3. On the resulting lines, there will be an \ip\ field followed by the IP address

Add to the banlist

1. Run nano banlist.txt

2. Add the IP to the bottom of the file, followed by a :-1, as seen in the other entries

3. Click CTRL-X, then Y to save

How to ban an authenticated username on urbanterror.info

1. Verify the username spelling here. This is case-sensitive

2. Add them to the ban list here.