Painkiller Command Line Options

The information was taken from pkeuro and updated.

Plus parameters

+connect [xx.xx.xx.xx]
+playrecording [demo name]
+dedicatedserver
+private
+name [player name]
+map [map name]
+interface [xx.xx.xx.xx]
+speed [0,1,2,3]
+port [xxxx]
+maxfps [xx]
+password [xxxxxx]
+hwclass [tnl, nv20, nv25, r200, nv30, nv40]

Description

+connect is used to connect to a server as soon as you launch the game.
+playrecording is supposed to play a demo when you launch the game.
+dedicatedserver launches a dedicated server. It is the same as -dedicated. The Linux pkserver binary already has the +dedicatedserver parameter enabled by default when you launch it.
+private makes the server not be seen on GameSpy/OpenSpy.
+name sets the player's name when you connect to the server.
+map sets a server map as you launch the game. This parameter is absent in the pkserver binary.
+interface is a very important parameter. You indicate an IP of the interface which has access to the Internet.
+speed is your connection speed: 0=modem, 1=ISDN, 2=Cable/ADSL, 3=LAN/T1.
+port runs a multiplayer game on a specific port (default 3455).
+maxfps limits max FPS in multiplayer (default 125). FPS affects the physics of the game.
+password sets the server password.
+hwclass is a hardware class. This parameter configures the quality of the game shaders. For example, tnl will load shaders of lower quality.

Note

Most of the parameters only work with the Windows binary.

The official pkserver Linux binary automatically runs with the hardcoded +dedicatedserver +map +port parameters. It seems that it can only accept +interface and +private parameters. Everything else should be set in the config.ini file.

Dash parameters

Additional commands for the Windows binary. These commands do not work with the official Linux pkserver binary:

-start
-dedicated
-cfg [config name; example, config.ini]
-script [example, FS.ExtractPack('')]
-lscripts [pak with scripts; example, LScripts.pak]
-profile [user]
-game editorgame

Description

-start immediately starts a multiplayer match when you run a dedicated server.
-dedicated launches a dedicated server. It is the same as +dedicatedserver but only works on Windows.
-cfg sets a name for a custom config.ini file. That's where the server configuration is stored. Put the custom file into the game's Bin directory or indicate a relative path to it.
-script is a helper tool to run some embedded scripts via the painkiller binary. For example, you can pack and extract the .pak archives.
-lscripts sets the path to custom game scripts.
-profile is the Windows user profile.
-game editorgame is leftover from the alpha version of Painkiller. It does nothing.