WARNING: Setting up a server mod entails making some rather serious configuration changes to your server. If you are at all unsure about your ability/permission to change your server at such a fundamental level, seek help BEFORE you make any changes. If you have your server hosted by a commercial ET server host you should definitely check with your provider BEFORE making any change described in this document!

Step 1 ) If you do NOT currently have an ET server running, set up a plain ET server and make sure it is running before attempting to install the ETPub mod.

Check out http://tjw.org/etded/ for instructions on setting up ET in a chroot jail environment.

Step 2 ) Download the latest etpub distribution file.

The latest etpub distribution file (in ZIP format) can be downloaded from http://etpub.org or http://et.tjw.org/etpub

Step 3 ) Shut down your ET server if it is currently running.

If you do not know how to shut down your server you can run the /rcon quit command through the console.

Step 4 ) Find out your ET home directory.

Your ET home directory is where your etded.x86 file resides.

Step 5 ) Make a directory called etpub under your ET root directory.

If your ET home directory is /home/etserver/ET then make a directory /home/etserver/ET/etpub.

Step 6 ) Place the etpub .so file in your etpub directory.

Copy the file named qagame.mp.i386.so to your etpub directory.

Step 7 ) Create a config file for your etpub install.

While there are plans to create a reference config file, the file is not done yet. Please refer to the ETPub documentation for a complete list of etpub settings.

Remember, etpub still uses all of the config settings from the original ET game (known as etmain), so add all of those settings to your config file as well.

Save the file with a .cfg extension in your etpub directory.

Step 8 ) Modify your server command line to start up etpub.

For example, if the beginning of your command line looks like this:

/home/etserver/ET/etded +set sv_pure 1 [...etc...]

Change it to read like this:

/home/etserver/ET/etded +set fs_game etpub + set sv_pure 1 [...etc...]

The point is to add the "+set fs_game etpub" to the command line so that ET runs the mod at startup.

Step 9 ) You're done! Run the server!

If everything went well, then your server is running and ready to play. If things did not go as expected, then double check all your steps, and if you have questions go to the etpub forums at http://etpub.org

Step 10 ) Would you like to run Omni-Bots on your server?

Make sure your ETPub server is running well at this point. Then please refer to the omni-bot installation instructions.

As always, comments, suggestions, constructive criticisms, etc.. are welcome. Post your comments at http://etpub.org or email the author at calzonzin@gmail.com