2 min readUpdated Oct 4, 2026

How To Change Server Settings On Your Quake II Server

Settings like the time limit, frag limit and item rules live in a server.cfg file. Each game mode has its own, so your changes to one mode don't affect the others.

Game ModeSettings file
Deathmatchopenffa/server.cfg
Team Deathmatchopentdm/server.cfg
Capture the Flagctf/server.cfg
Cooperativebaseq2/server.cfg

Editing Your Server Settings

  1. 1
    Log in to Bropanel and select your server.
  2. 2
    In the sidebar, go to Files.
  3. 3
    Open the folder for your game mode from the table above and click server.cfg.
  4. 4
    Change the settings you want, one per line, for example set timelimit 20.
  5. 5
    Click Save and restart your server.

Some common settings:

SettingWhat it does
set timelimit 15Minutes per map. 0 means no limit.
set fraglimit 50Frags to win a map. 0 means no limit.
set capturelimit 8Captures to win a Capture the Flag map.
set dmflags 16Item and game rules. Each file explains the numbers it uses.
set g_gamemode 0Team Deathmatch only: 0 team deathmatch, 1 instagib, 2 1v1 duel.
set g_match_time 600Team Deathmatch only: match length in seconds.
set skill 1Cooperative only: 0 easy to 3 nightmare.

Your server name, passwords, max players and starting map are set in Settings and override this file. Don't add a map line here; use Starting Map instead.