We are NOT affiliated with VALVe in any way. Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike Source and Day of Defeat Source are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Valve Corporation. Revision 2:: HLDSUpdatetool doesn't require login information anymore. Please do note this does not work with crashes/errors that involve a Windows error box. If you need to close srcds, close the hlds window and press Y (depending on language) at the Terminate batch question. txt) and next time click the srcds.bat file. Save the file as C:\srcds\srcds.bat in notepad (NOT. Replace the marked part with your own commandline and values. Start /wait srcds.exe -console -game cstrike +map de_dust +maxplayers 16Įcho (%time%) WARNING: srcds closed or crashed, restarting. What we write in there is the following:Įcho If you want to close srcds and this script, close the srcds window and type Y depending on your language followed by Enter. What we are going to do is make sure that as soon HLDS suddenly quits it will restart. If srcds crashes, it will not restart like possible under Linux. Update: We recommend the enhanced version of this batch script.īatch files are little script files that tell Windows what to do. If you want to use the GUI mode, with the interface do not add any options to it. (-game hl2mp if it's a HL2DM server ofcourse) Now we are ready to run the srcds.Ĭ:\srcds\srcds.exe -console -game cstrike +map de_dust -maxplayers 16 -autoupdate
If you want to install a Half-Life 2 Deathmatch server, use "hl2mp" for the game switch.įirst edit (or create) c:\srcds\cstrike\cfg\server.cfg like you want it to be.
This can take a few hours depending on the connection the server uses.Ĭommand(s): hldsupdatetool -command update -game "Counter-Strike Source" -dir C:\srcdsĭo not forget to replace the login values with your own. Now we have an account, we can start downloading the files. As soon the cursor just blinks, press CTRL-C. The new version of HLDSUpdateTool will be downloaded now. Type in the commands mentioned here and end a line with the enter key. Type c:\srcds in the textfield and click on OK. When it asks you about the destination folder, click browse. Navigate through the wizard like you are used to, which means next most of the time. We save it to a temporary location and run it. srcds will serve all Half-Life 2 ('Game of the year 2004') based games, including Counter-Strike Source, Day of Defeat Source and alot more. If you have a good connection and computer available, you can simply install the software and prepare your virtual battlefield to be entered. Here we will use the console version!įirst of all download hldsupdatetool from the VALVe webserver. rcds allows you to to serve an online game in a virtual environment. Its strongly recommended to use the Console version of srcds instead of the Steam GUI version. We assume you have enough Windows knowledge to download, run files etc.
Here we will explain how to get a Source Dedicated Server running on Windows. Welcome at the Windows srcds installation tutorial.