Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory

Template:Infobox 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.

Configuration

To edit your configuration (config for short), 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 config to specific config (.cfg) files. The default path for the config file is etmain\profiles\profilename\etconfig.cfg 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 to the left of the screen)

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 2 = worst

set r_detailtextures "1"

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

set r_lodbias "0" //geometric detail level, 0 = best, 2 = worst

set cg_shadows "0" //enables shadows

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_detailtextures "0"

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_shadows "0" //disables shadows

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 +shoot 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

Troubleshooting

Crashes

ET crashes upon connecting to a server: If you're running Mumble: make sure the overlay option is disabled in the configuration.

Server connection problems & kicks

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.

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\Enemy Territory\ET.exe" +set fs_game etpro

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.