ezQuake Manual: Server Browser Variables

sb_autohide 

Description

This toggles in which cases the server browser should automatically hide itself when connecting to a server.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 1

Values

valuedescription
0Never hide server browser
1This will cause the server browser to always hide after connecting
2This will cause the server browser to hide after connecting only, if the connected server is not a qizmo proxy, useful if you often connect to Qizmos only for rerouting features (with "useproxy 1")

sb_autoupdate 

Description

Enabled auto-updates (pings & refreshes status) servers from actually marked server sources in Server Browser.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 1

Values

valuedescription
1auto-refresh server list when first entering Server Browser menu
0do not refresh server list automatically

Usefull with sb_starttab 1 and '+cfg_load myconfig +menu_slist' in command-line.

sb_findroutes 

Description

Enables automatic lookup of lowest ping path via proxies for connection to each server in the server browser.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 0

Values

valuedescription
1Lookup will start after the "getting infos" phase.
0Lookup disabled

Use with connectbr command.

sb_hidedead 

Description

This toggles whether ezQuake should hide dead servers.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 1

Values

valuedescription
1hide dead servers
0don't hide dead servers

sb_hideempty 

Description

This toggles whether ezQuake should hide empty servers.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 1

Values

valuedescription
1hide empty servers
0don't hide empty servers

sb_hidefull 

Description

This toggles whether ezQuake should hide full servers.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 0

Values

valuedescription
1hide full servers
0don't hide full servers

sb_hidehighping 

Description

Remove servers with high ping from the server list and also exclude them from querying servers for details.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 0

Values

valuedescription
1
0

sb_hidenotempty 

Description

This toggles whether ezQuake should hide empty servers.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 0

Values

valuedescription
1hide empty servers
0don't hide empty servers

sb_inforetries 

Description

This determines how often ezQuake should try to retrieve information from a server until it is considered to be not responding.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 3

Variable is float.

sb_infospersec 

Description

This determines how many serverinfos per second ezQuake should retrieve when scanning servers. When setting this value too high you will flood your line, causing you to not receive information from servers or lagging your connect to the server you are currently connected to.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 100

Variable is float.

sb_infotimeout 

Description

This determines how long ezQuake will wait for a reply when trying to retrieve information from a server until the attempt times out.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 1000

Variable is float.

sb_listcache 

Description

Cache the list of alive servers and load it on next startup of the client.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 0

Values

valuedescription
1
0

sb_liveupdate 

Description

This will determine how often ezQuake should refresh the serverinfo window, the specified value sets the delay in seconds. Setting it to "0" will disable automatic refreshing.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 2

Variable is float.

sb_mastercache 

Description

This toggles whether ezQuake should cache the results of queries to master server (in directory qw/sb/cache). If you restart ezQuake and don't update sources or if a master server is down, ezQuake will use the cache.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 1

Values

valuedescription
1use the cache for master servers when they are down or haven't been refreshed
0don't use cache for master servers

sb_masterretries 

Description

This determines how often ezQuake should try to retrieve information from a master server until it is considered to be not responding.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 3

Variable is float.

sb_mastertimeout 

Description

This determines how long ezQuake will wait for a reply when trying to retrieve information from a master server until the attempt times out.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 1000

Variable is float.

sb_maxheight 

This variable has been deleted

Description

This set the maximum height for the server browser menu in pixels.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default:

Variable is float.

sb_maxwidth 

This variable has been deleted

Description

This set the maximum width for the server browser menu in pixels.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default:

Variable is float.

sb_nosockraw 

Description

Disable ICMP pinging in server browser and use UDP QW Ping packet to query servers for their ping (multithreaded).

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 0

Values

valuedescription
1
0

sb_pinglimit 

Description

Limit ping for servers to be visible when sb_hidehighping is enabled.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 80

Variable is integer.

sb_pings 

Description

This determines how many pings ezQuake will send to a server when trying to determine your ping to it. A higher value will cause scanning servers to take longer, but the result may be more exact. A lower value obviously makes scanning faster, but pings may be inaccurate.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 3

Variable is float.

sb_pingspersec 

Description

This determines how many pings per second ezQuake should sent out when scanning servers. If you set this value too high the result will be that the pings will not be accurate because you overloaded your line. If you set it too low scanning servers will take very long especially when you have a large server list.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 150

Variable is float.

sb_pingtimeout 

Description

This determines how long ezQuake will wait for a reply when trying to ping a server until the attempt times out.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 1000

Variable is float.

sb_showaddress 

Description

This toggles whether ezQuake should display the server IP column in the server list.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 0

Values

valuedescription
1show the server IP column
0do not show the server IP column

sb_showcounters 

Description

This toggles whether ezQuake should display the number of servers or players in the status line.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default:

Values

valuedescription
1show the server/player counter in the status line
0do not show the server/player counter in the status line

sb_showfraglimit 

Description

This toggles whether ezQuake should display the fraglimit column in the server list.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 0

Values

valuedescription
1show the fraglimit column
0do not show the fraglimit column

sb_showgamedir 

Description

This toggles whether ezQuake should display the gamedir column in the server list, for example to see which mod is being played.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 0

Values

valuedescription
1show the gamedir column
0do not show the gamedir column

sb_showmap 

Description

This toggles whether ezQuake should display the map column in the server list.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 1

Values

valuedescription
1show the map column
0do not show the map column

sb_showping 

Description

This toggles whether ezQuake should display the ping column in the server list.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 1

Values

valuedescription
1show the ping column
0do not show the ping column

sb_showplayers 

Description

This toggles whether ezQuake should display the players column in the server list that shows how many players are on the server as well as how many players are allowed.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 1

Values

valuedescription
1show the players column
0do not show the players column

sb_showproxies 

Description

Toggle display of proxy servers (QWFwd and Qizmo) in the Server Browser.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 0

Values

valuedescription

sb_showtimelimit 

Description

This toggles whether ezQuake should display the timelimit column in the server list.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 0

Values

valuedescription
1show the timelimit column
0do not show the timelimit column

sb_sortplayers 

Description

This determines sort order in the players list. This uses the numbers from the description of the columns. Check "Columns available in servers/players list" above for an explanation of each number. A "-" in front of the value reverses the sort order for that value from ascending to descending. address (ip:port).

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 92

Variable is float.

sb_sortservers 

Description

This determines sort order in the servers list. This uses the numbers from the description of the columns. Check "Columns available in servers/players list" above for an explanation of each number. A "-" in front of the value reverses the sort order for that value from ascending to descending. server address (ip:port).

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 32

Variable is float.

sb_sortsources 

Description

Ordering instructions for server browser sources list are stored in this variable. You can order source server in Server browser by pressing Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2 and Ctrl+3. Sequence of your desired combination will be stored in this variable, newest keys first.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 3

Variable is string.
E.g.: 3-21 means you've pressed Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2, Ctrl+2 and Ctrl+3 so your sources are now ordered by server count, last update time and source name.

sb_sourcevalidity 

Description

This sets the time of master servers validity in minutes. Master servers that were updated within the specified time will not be refreshed when updating sources with [SPACE].

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 30

Variable is float.

sb_starttab 

This variable has been deleted

Description

Sets default tab in Server Browser. This tab will be displayed when you enter Server Browser for the first time of client instance.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default:

Variable is integer.
Possible values are 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Usefull with sb_autoupdate 1 and '+cfg_load myconfig +menu_slist' in command-line.

sb_status 

Description

This toggles whether the server status should be displayed in the two bottom lines of the server browser.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 1

Values

valuedescription
1display the status
0do not display the status

Last update: 09.11.2005 10:15 UTC
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