Running Linux, 5th Edition - Matthias Kalle Dalheimer [111]
Medic
A medic is an important team member. Medics can help heal and even revive dead team members on the battlefield. Medics also are equipped with health packs that they can drop for other teammates to pick up. If you have a medic on the team, then all players will spawn with an additional 10 hits points. Also, the health of a medic slowly regenerates over time.
Lieutenant
A lieutenant's primary duties are back a bit from the main battle and involve tactical decisions. A lieutenant can drop a smoke grenade on an area to signal an airstrike. Also, lieutenants can use binoculars to call in artillery attacks on a location. Lieutenants can drop ammo packs for other teammates, much in the way medics drop health packs.
Unlike in some other tactical multiplayer FPSs, in RTCW players have multiple lives and respawn, but with a twist. When a player dies, he is placed in "limbo" and must wait until the next reinforcement period occurs to respawn. During this period he can change character classes and weapons, and even switch teams. You can also choose to wait for a medic to revive you instead of waiting in limbo. In that case, you can get back into the game immediately once a medic revives you.
You can play multiplayer games either locally on a LAN or on servers on the Internet. The multiplayer interface provides a server browser that will scan for currently open servers to connect to, otherwise you can directly enter the IP address of a server. You can also host your own server. Included in the Linux binary is a file called QUICKSTART that goes through the basics of running a dedicated server.
The dedicated server is called wolfded and game options are changed through arguments on the command line or by specifying a config file to execute. To get a basic server up, run:
$ wolfded +set com_hunkmegs 64 +set sv_maxrate 9000 +set com_zonemegs 32 +set \
dedicated 2 +set sv_hostname "my server" +set g_motd "my motd" +map mp_villiage
Included with the install is a basic map rotation script in main/rotate.cfg. You can specify this on the command line to start a basic server that will cycle through the different maps:
$ wolfded +set com_hunkmegs 64 +set sv_maxrate 9000 +set com_zonemegs 32 +set \
dedicated 2 +set sv_hostname "my server" +set g_motd "my motd" +exec rotate.cfg \
+vstr m_rotate1
Unlike with standard single-player or multiplayer mode, you do not have to have a valid CD key to host a dedicated server.
To update to the latest version of RTCW, download the latest version of the installer (or to save bandwidth, the -update file of the same version) from ftp.idsoftware.com and execute it as root. You will see an interface just like that of the original installer, and updated files will overwrite the old versions once you click Install.
Unreal Tournament 2004
Some FPS games attempt to shun the stereotype that FPS games lack depth and generally rely more on quick reflexes than thinking or strategy by adding a basic storyline along with a single-person mode. The storyline usually puts the character in some sort of hostile environment as a pretense to fire at anything that moves. The fact is, however, that while some players might play through the single-person mode now and then, the majority spend their time in a head-to-head deathmatch with other players.
The Unreal Tournament (UT) series has no such pretense, and instead focuses completely on arena-style play. Because of this focus, UT has become the favorite for many players over the Net, as it includes many different arena maps and styles of network play, from basic deathmatch and capture the flag to bombing runs and other games that start to blur the line between an FPS and the sports genre.
Installation
Like its predecessors Unreal Tournament and Unreal Tournament 2003, Unreal Tournament 2004 (or UT2K4) has native Linux support both for the client and the server. Unlike many other