A 10 steps quick guide to setting up a server on a Mac.
Step 1: Create a seperate install
You’ll want to be able to play on your newly created Urban Terror server once it’s done, so you’ll need to create another install of it. Download the .zip file again, unzip it and rename the Urban Terror folder to something like “UrbanTerrorServer”. Put it where you want, preferrably in your “Applications” folder.
Step 2: Get familiar with the terminal
In fact the built-in Terminal of Mac OS X isn’t that different from UrT’s console. You enter stuff, it responds. It’s that simple.
Step 3: Edit the server’s settings
While you might be used to finding most of your Urban Terror stuff in your ∼/Library/Application Support/Quake 3 directory, all the server’s files are stored in your actual UrT installation directory. Access both
[Yourinstallpath]/q3ut4/server.cfgand
[Yourinstallpath]/q3ut4/mapcycle.txtand edit those two files in the way you like, for this please refer to the Urban Terror Manual.
Step 4: Add custom .pk3s (optional)
In case you want to use custom maps, funstuff, skins, or in fact anything packed into a pk3 on your server, place it in the q3ut4 directory mentioned in the post above. Keep in mind that the autodl url has to be set correctly for people to be able to download all that.
Step 5: Set up your router
I’m assuming you’ll use the standard port, which is 27960 for Urban Terror. Open up that port in your firewall and forward it to your computer using the UDP protocoll. As the interface is different for each router, I can’t tell you how to do this step by step. This site may be helpful though.
Step 6: Locate the iourbanterror.ub
What actually runs the server is not your ioUrbanTerror.app, but a little unix file called ioUrbanTerror.ub. You find it by navigating to your server install, right-clicking ioUrbanTerror.app and then using the “Show package contents” item in the contextual menu. A new finder window should pop up. Navigate to
ioUrbanTerror.app/Contents/MacOS/ioUrbanTerror.uband leave the window open.
Step 7: Set up the terminal
Open it up and enter the following:
[path to your install]/ioUrbanTerror.app/Contents/MacOS/ioUrbanTerror.ub +set dedicated 2 +exec server.cfg
You can also just drag the .ub file into the terminal window and then add +set dedicated 2 +exec server.cfg.
Step 8: Hit enter!
The Urban Terror Server icon will bounce in the dock and then seem to freeze while the Mac OS terminal is spitting out all sorts of jibberish. This is normal, that means the server is running. DO NOT FORCE QUIT THE URBAN TERROR SERVER, EVERYTHING IS OK!
Step 9: Locate your server in the server list
No need to explain this step any further.
Step 10: PWN people!
Enjoy your zero ping and admin power and start owning! Wear a helmet. HF GL!
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Ty, going to setup on friends imac
Hey Thanks for the cool guide!
Does this apply for Internet too, not just local?
If so, How do I figure the router of a fritzbox WLAN 7270???
Thanks!
Ok so ive managed to fin the ports and stuff…
It says (in german)
port von: port bis:
and its HTTPS: server????
And “Other”
is that correct
I also chose the UDP.
Should this work now????
Btw Does anyone else get the problem when u click on get new list, UT crashes
I think that Max could help you if its in German. However, have you tried search google?
hi,
i have been trying to set up a mac server for my clan. I have done everything you have told me to on this topic, i edited the map cycle and server cfg, i got the terminal to start the server. But i do not know how to set up my router. If you could please help me. i have a imac osx
hey guys can someone help me or make a vid on how to make it i can’t understand it that well….
Which are the parts that you don’t understand? Perhaps we could help you.
Hey Engine!
Ive been wanting to know how to do this for a while, it really helped, but, I am looking to make Multiple servers on a mac, it is possible, but how?
Thanks, Hope you know how
haha
is an ibook g4 1.33 with 1.5gb ram is enough powerfull to have a decent server ?
“Thursday, August 6, 2009 | Written by Engine”
didnt someone else originaly write this? biometric perhaps? WTF!
Yes the original author is Biometric but when he jumped off DailyNade he asked his account to be deleted and the articles where assigned automatically to the Admin account which is mine.
Umm engine can you plz help my thing says
2009-12-04 21:17:31.366 ioUrbanTerror.ub[92078:10b] Incompatible applications: app=net.urbanterror.www, targetApp=com.apple.Safari
ioQ3 1.35urt macosx-i386 Dec 19 2007
—– FS_Startup —–
Going through search path…
———————-
10029 files in pk3 files
execing default.cfg
execing q3config.cfg
execing autoexec.cfg
Hunk_Clear: reset the hunk ok
— Common Initialization Complete —
Opening IP socket: localhost:27960
IP: 192.168.1.100 (en1)
Started tty console (use +set ttycon 0 to disable)
couldn’t exec server.cfg.
and no server seems to be on
Hey, I followed all of the steps, but my server seems to appear in the local list only. Furthermore, I get [UDP] behind my server name. HELP!?
It’s normal that it says UDP. Does it shows also in the Internet list? If not you didn’t correctly forwarded your ports.
How do you add a bot on my server by installing b3 console to the game servers.
I seem to have trouble understanding how b3 works.
Beside that, how do I add a bot??? /rcon enable_bot 1
/add bot then what??? Please Help!
hi could someone help me who is german i have an imac and i wanna ac a server for my clan. if someone knows what i have to do pls send me a message on skype my skypename is jmoker
I didn’t get how to set up a router. The file I downloaded is ExE… Also, how to add a .PK3S? Do I just open a word doc and change it to .pksc? Also, I don’t have IOURBANTERROR.UB. Can you make a movie or answer me?
I get this
/Applications/UrbanTerrorServer/ioUrbanTerror.app/Contents/MacOS/ioUrbanTerror.ub +set dedicated 2 +exec server.cfg.
ioQ3 1.35urt macosx-i386 Dec 19 2007
—– FS_Startup —–
Going through search path…
———————-
35080 files in pk3 files
execing default.cfg
execing q3config.cfg
execing autoexec.cfg
Hunk_Clear: reset the hunk ok
— Common Initialization Complete —
Opening IP socket: localhost:27960
IP: 192.168.8.3 (en1)
Started tty console (use +set ttycon 0 to disable)
couldn’t exec server.cfg.
now what? i didnt do the router forward cos i dont understand that shit at all