How to Change Your Quake 3 Server Name

Set the hostname displayed in the Quake 3 server browser.

Open Startup

In the XGamingServer Panel, click Startup in the sidebar.

Set the Hostname

Find the Hostname field and enter your server name.

Restart

Restart from Console to apply.

Open server.cfg

In Files, open baseq3/server.cfg.

Set sv_hostname

seta sv_hostname "My Quake 3 Server"

Color Codes

Quake 3 supports caret-prefixed color codes in hostnames:

CodeColor
^0Black
^1Red
^2Green
^3Yellow
^4Blue
^5Cyan
^6Magenta
^7White (default)

Example: seta sv_hostname "^1XGaming ^7Quake 3 ^4Server"

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