# ezQuake Manual: Startup and Configuration

At a time of writing this page, very nice guide to start playing QuakeWorld with this client is available here: fQuake: Get Started.
We can fully recommend that page.

In the remaining part of this text we will explain you basics to run and configure the client after you have successfully installed it.

## Startup - Windows

If you've used the installer and during the installation process you've chosen to create Start menu shortcuts, go to the Start menu, select ezQuake > ezQuake.
If you don't have Start menu shortcuts, go to your Quake directory (the directory where you have installed or extracted ezQuake client) and run ezstart.exe.

A screen with many options will appear. The most important decision at this moment is OpenGL or Software rendering. If you have capable graphics card (NVIDIA or ATI) you would prefer to use OpenGL. Don't forget to have proper drivers installed, otherwise the client won't start. In case of slow or missing graphics card Software version is better for you.

From other settings you may wish to select game resolution and screen refresh rate. People very often choose inappropriate refresh rate for given resolution which gives them "Coulnd't set fullscreen DIB mode" error. If that happens to you, choose some lower resolution (640x480) and low refresh rate (75 Hz or even 60 Hz). Take your monitor and GFX card capabilities in count.
If you already have your user config (see below) in "User settings" form you can choose your config in the "Config" list.

Finally you may wish to export your settings to a bat file or create a shortcut containing all these settings by the control elements in the lower right corner of the ezQuake Starter window.

To start the client you can hit the "Start" button, run a new created shortcut or run the .bat file.

## Startup - Linux

Linux package is delivered with three binaries - GL/X (glx), software/X(x11) and software/console(svgalib) rendering. If you have capable graphics card (NVIDIA or ATI preferably) you would prefer to use GLX. Don't forget to have proper drives installed otherwise the game will run very slowly. In case of slow or missing graphics card X11 or SVGA version is better for you. If you dont have X installed, then you can run SVGA build only

Some configuration stuff happens in the command line. See the Command-line options manual for full list of available command-line options. Often used options are -width and -height. They do specify the screen resolution used in the game.

## Configuration

After the startup you should see a console with a Quake symbol in the background. Console is the place where you type commands for your client. To bring up Main menu press the `[Esc]` key. Move in the menus using your arrow keys. To go back to console press `[Esc]` key again. Console is bound to the `~` (tilde) key, use that key if you are in a game.

Visit Options and Multiplayer > Player setup menus. After you've done some basic configuration, go back to the console and save your settings using the `cfg_save <name>` command where name is your configuration file name. Now your configuration is saved in the <quake>\ezquake\configs\name.cfg file.
To load your configuration next time you start ezQuake, type `cfg_load name` or adjust your startup properties using ezStart (see above).

In the console you can use `help` command to enter QuakeWorld manual and `describe` command which takes command or variable name as it's argument. So if you type `describe cl_gameclock` a manual page describing the gameclock settings will appear in the console.

To connect to a server use `connect` with the IP address of the server as the argument. Also see Server Browser and Configuration manager manual pages.

Last update: 25.04.2006 09:43 PDT, made by JohnNy_cz | ezQDocs