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Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory

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Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (Most commonly referred to as ET) is a free and open-source multiplayer first person shooter game. It is set in World War II, and its objective-style gameplay is heavily based on teamwork between the five player classes. Unlike originally planned, it was released for free in 2003 because of problems with the development of the single player portion of the game. The free release of the game was followed by several source releases: the source code for the game logic in 2004 which spawned a wide variety of mods, the map source files for the official maps in 2008 and finally the source code for the whole game and engine in 2010. The public play community of the game is still active worldwide, and the competitive community is fairly active in Europe.

General Information

  • Splash Damage Forum - closest to an official forum for the game, and is very active and helpful for newcomers.

Communities

NA-Center
Prime Squadron
The Lost Legion
Dark Alchemy
  • Crossfire is a community site for the competitive community.
Splatterladder is a web-based server browser and community site for the public communities.

Windows

How to get ET

  • Official Splash Damage site only has mirrored download links.
  • Enemy Territory Ultimate Installer simplifies the installation of the game. While the official download requires you to download the full game and then apply two different patches, ETUI bundles them all to a one installer that includes the most popular mods and unofficial maps. Recommended for new players.

Configuration

To edit your configuration, you can either use the options provided by the user interface in-game, or edit your config files outside the game.

While using the in-game options is much easier, there are many options that cannot be fully edited through the user interface. For example, due to the age of the game, widescreen resolutions have to be set through the in-game console or the config files.

Configuration files

ET saves its settings in the etconfig.cfg file which is located: 

C:\Program Files (x86)\Enemy Territory\etmain\profiles\profilename\

This file can be overridden, and it is advisable to do so. To do so, copy the file to your etmain folder (etpro folder if running etpro) and rename it to autoexec.cfg. ET will automatically look for this file in the etmain/etpro folder and execute it when starting up the game. To modify your config file, either edit the pre-existing console-variables (cvars) within the file or add a new line and enter a cvar and its value.

Example: set cg_drawfps 1 (enables the fps counter)
Resolution
r_mode "value"
This command sets the screen resolution according to one of the values in the modelist.
r_customwidth "width" & r_customheight "height"
In case r_mode is set to -1, these set the custom resolution. Note: With r_mode set as -1, ET allows for widescreen resolutions.
Quick high quality config

Copy and paste to your config file 

 set r_textureMode "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR" //texture filtering, NEAREST for pixelated, LINEAR for smooth
 set r_picmip "0" //texture detail level, 0 = best 3 = worst
 set r_fastsky "0" //draw the sky like the map developer intended
 set r_drawSun "1" //draw the sun
 set r_foliage "1" //draw the grass (usually found as cheat protected, making it server-side)
 set r_lodbias "0" //geometric detail level, 0 = best, 2 = worst
 
 set cg_atmosphericeffects "1" //enables rain and snow in maps that feature them
 set cg_shadows "1" //enables player shadows
 set cg_marks "1" //enables marks on surfaces made by projectiles or explosions
 
 set r_dynamiclight "1"
 set r_flares "1"
 
 set r_mode "-1"
 set r_customwidth "your_screen_width_here"
 set r_customheight "your_screen_height_here"
Quick high FPS config

Copy and paste to your config file 

 set r_textureMode "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST" //texture filtering, NEAREST for pixelated, LINEAR for smooth
 set r_picmip "2" //texture detail level, 0 = best 2, = worst
 set r_fastsky "1" //draw a black sky without any texture
 set r_drawSun "0" //don't draw the sun
 set r_foliage "0" //don't draw the grass
 set r_lodbias "2"  //geometric detail level, 0 = best, 2 = worst
 
 set cg_atmosphericeffects "0" //disables rain and snow in maps that feature them
 set cg_shadows "0" //disables player shadows
 set cg_marks "0" //disables marks on surfaces made by projectiles or explosions
 
 set r_dynamiclight "0"
 set r_flares "0"
 
 set r_mode "-1"
 set r_customwidth "your_screen_width_here"
 set r_customheight "your_screen_height_here"

Console Variables

The in-game console can be brought up with the tilde (~) key. For some keyboard mappings, it's the section sign (§) key. In order to enter commands or variables to the console in-game, you must enter the slash character (/) before every command. While in the game menu (not connected to a server), the slash key is not required.

vid_restart
Reloads the map and restarts the graphics renderer. Some changes, such as resolution change, requires the graphic renderer to restart.
connect "serverip"
Connect to a server ip through the console. For passworded servers, add ;password "password".
Example: connect 127.0.0.1;password foobar
bind "key" "action"
Maps a key to an action. For example, bind mouse1 +attack makes the player shoot when clicking the left mouse button.
unbind "key"
Unmaps a key. For example, 'unbind mouse1' makes the player do nothing when clicking the left mouse button.
quit
Shut down the game

Scripting

You can define your own variables to perform certain actions and multiple actions at once. Here is an example of a script which changes your class and cycles through that class's weapons without having to open the Limbo menu. 

 bind F5 "vstr class_engy" // Engineer
 bind F6 "vstr class_med" // Medic
 bind F7 "vstr class_fo" // Field Ops
 bind F8 "vstr class_sold" // Soldier
 bind F9 "vstr class_cov" // Covert Ops
 
 
 seta  class_fo   "class f 1; play sound/chat/axis/64a; echo ^7Field Ops - SMG"
 
 seta  class_med  "class m 1; play sound/chat/axis/62a; echo ^7Medic - SMG"
 
 seta  class_engy "vstr engy_smg"
 seta  engy_smg   "class e 1; play sound/chat/axis/63a; echo ^7Engineer - SMG; seta class_engy vstr engy_ns"
 seta  engy_ns    "class e 2; echo ^7Engineer - Rifle; seta class_engy vstr engy_smg"
 
 seta  class_sold "vstr sold_panz"
 seta  sold_panz  "class s 4; play sound/chat/axis/61a; echo ^7Soldier - Panzer; seta class_sold vstr sold_mg"
 seta  sold_mg    "class s 2; echo ^7Soldier - Machine Gun; seta class_sold vstr sold_mort"
 seta  sold_mort  "class s 5; echo ^7Soldier - Mortar; seta class_sold vstr sold_panz"
 
 seta  class_cov  "vstr cov_sniper"
 seta  cov_sniper "class c 3; play sound/chat/axis/65a; echo ^7Covert Ops - Sniper; seta class_cov vstr cov_sten"
 seta  cov_sten   "class c 1; echo ^7Covert Ops - Sten; seta class_cov vstr cov_sniper"

Issues and Fixes

ET crashes upon connecting to a server

If you're running Mumble, make sure the overlay option is disabled in the configuration.

Server has maps you don't have, but you can't download them.

Enter cl_allowdownload 1;vid_restart;reconnect to the console.

  • If this doesn't help, google the missing .pk3 files (maps) and download them to your Enemy Territory/etmain folder.

Kicked for excess flood

You have been spamming the chat. Just reconnect, and you'll be fine.

This server is for low pings only

If a server has sv_maxPing setting set low enough, you may sometimes be kicked upon connecting. Try to reconnect, you usually get through.

Invalid Pb key and other Punkbuster problems

Evenbalance stopped supporting Punkbuster for ET in October 2011. Thus, new etkeys will not be generated by the game itself, and new players may find they cannot connect to servers running Punkbuster due to this. There is an unofficial solution at etkey.org. They offer an installer that will install the most recent Punkbuster version and generate a new etkey for you. However, keep in mind the installer is in no way supported by any official entity, and therefore should be regarded with healthy skepticism.

Tricks

To minimize the game
[1] Press right ctrl+right shift+esc [2] Right-click Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory in the Applications tab and click Minimize.
There are some tools for easier minimizing available that can be found by googling "enemy territory minimizer".
Run a mod straight from the executable
[1] Right-click ET.exe and select Create shortcut [2] Right-click the shortcut and select Properties [3] To the end of the Target field, add +set fs_game your_chosen_mod_here
Example target field in the shortcut when running ETPro mod: 
C:\Program Files (x86)\Enemy Territory\ET.exe +set fs_game etpro

System Requirements

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Linux

WET_Linux86_SDL_2-60b_27-02-2012.7z

This file is a pre-installed version of Enemy Territory for Linux players created by Psykorgasm from the official Splash Damage forums.

Includes final version of PunkBuster
Requires an etkey.
If you already have a version of ET installed on your system, remove that before proceeding with this one.

http://binbashclan.weebly.com/ http://dl.dropbox.com/u/45656686/WET_Linux86_SDL_2-60b_27-02-2012.7z