Counter-Strike 1.6 Dedicated Server for Linux

Requirements

Make sure you have the required 32-bit libraries before installation:

• apt install lib32stdc++6 for Debian-based distros
• dnf install libstdc++.i686 for RHEL-based distros
• pacman -S lib32-gcc-libs for Arch

Installation

• ./install

First, it downloads these files to /tmp/hlds:

• steamcmd
• metamod-p-v1.21p109
• amxmodx-1.10.0.5476
• yapb-4.4.957

Once it's done, it creates the hlds user, which extracts all archives from /tmp/hlds to the /opt/hlds/.steam directory, makes necessary symlinks, and downloads all server files.

It also places the cs16-server script that controls the server into /usr/bin and the cs16-server.conf with all hlds_args into /etc/hlds.

Note

• The server is run by user hlds with the account locked. You need to use sudo -u hlds bash if you plan to do further server configuration in the /opt/hlds/cs16 directory.
• To get AMX Mod X admin access, edit cstrike/addons/amxmodx/configs/users.ini accordingly.
• YaPB bots are disabled by default. If you want to enable them, uncomment the line with yapb.so in cstrike/addons/metamod/plugins.ini.

Usage

cs16-server <start | stop | restart | update | status>

cs16-server.conf

hlds_args="-secure -pingboost 3 -maxplayers 32 +sys_ticrate 1024 +sv_lan 0 +map de_dust2 -dll addons/metamod/dlls/metamod.so"

Removal

• ./install remove to uninstall the server and its files along with the hlds user.

Extra

A big map pack is available on the Internet Archive.

Bot waypoints for maps are downloaded automatically if there's no .graph file for a map, but you can also get them all from yapb/graph repo.