Counter-Strike Server Help

[Zootoxin]

Hi guys,

Been talking to one of the guys at work (I.T.) about having some sort of team bonding gaming night.

After checking with the bigwigs he just let me know we are good to go.

Now for the bad part, he being an I.T. support technical type guy he doesn't actually know how to do anything so I need you're help in a step by step guide for a complete noob like me.

There is a spare PC we want to use for a server, so on that I would like set up a CS server. It has to be on the spare because we are hoping this could be a monthly thing.

Easy you say!! well here is the kicker to make things more fun we would like

Proper Admin for me and him (is it called mani?) so we can burn and blind etc.

Map Cycle - with custom maps
Forced player and weapon skins
If possible we would like to have the players start with certain weapons and cancel the buy part. or at least restricted weapons like we have on Boomer.

Thanks in advance for all the help I am hoping to bring some new meat from work onto dMw after they have had a taste.

Thanks

Zoot!

[Whitey]

I don't have the time to write up a full tutorial at the moment but here are a few links to help you along:

Installing Source Dedicated Server

This tutorial shows steps for mapcycle and motd so look at it after doing the above tutorial. Ignore the plugins/addons section of this tutorial as you should install the ones that follow.

Get and Install Metamod Source
Get and Install SourceMod
Get and Install the SourceMod Plugins you'd like to use.

and after a few days of configuring authorisations and plugins, you should be good to go

[Zootoxin]

Ok Thanks Whitey, I will see how I get along.
Am I ok to nudge you on steam if need be?

[Whitey]

Ok Thanks Whitey, I will see how I get along.
Am I ok to nudge you on steam if need be?

Yes, although you'll have more luck on MSN as I don't have much time for gaming at the moment and I have MSN on my work PC.

[Zootoxin]

Yes, although you'll have more luck on MSN as I don't have much time for gaming at the moment and I have MSN on my work PC.

Thanks Whitey,

Some of the plugins I would like state something about adding CVAR can you please explain what this means

I also need some help on getting the weapons restriction mod working

[Whitey]

Thanks Whitey,

Some of the plugins I would like state something about adding CVAR can you please explain what this means

I also need some help on getting the weapons restriction mod working

The CVAR's are variables that you put into the configuration file (server.cfg is the default) and can change using RCON.  As an example, for the advertisement plugin we use, there is a CVAR called "sm_advertisements_interval" that allows you to set the time between adverts being shown.  In the server.cfg file we have an entry like

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sm_advertisements_interval 10
For the weapon restrictions plugin, there is a config file in the cfg/sourcemod directory, each weapon is listed and you can set "-1" for no restriction or the number allowed.  It can also be set using the Sourcemod admin menu in the newer releases.