Your Guide to Setting Up a HLDS

[ps2cho]

Hit a slight snag

What can I do to fix this?

Have you tried re-downloading the HLDS? Restarting the computer? Seems like XP is unhappy rather than HLDS. When redownloading HLDS, make sure to fully delete the original folder.

can any1 help me?

That means the port is in use. You either a) have the server running but don't realize it b) It's hidden in the background/services.

Do CNTL+ALT+DEL and check for hlds.exe in the process list. If it isn't there add +port 27016 to your startup line for the shortcut and that should fix it.

 

[Sp4nK]

thx heeps me re downloaded it again and works sweet
thx for tha help
cheers

 

[ps2cho]

thx heeps me re downloaded it again and works sweet
thx for tha help
cheers

Glad it's working again

 

[hotrod1345]

Hey, i need some help i putt in the cmd thing everything worked till i putt HldsUpdateTool.exe -command update -game TS -dir . then it wouldnt work i did it before on Dod and it worked fine but now it not working it says some list of games for what is allowed or something plzzz help

 

[ps2cho]

Hey, i need some help i putt in the cmd thing everything worked till i putt HldsUpdateTool.exe -command update -game TS -dir . then it wouldnt work i did it before on Dod and it worked fine but now it not working it says some list of games for what is allowed or something plzzz help

does the list bring up and show TS as a game? I am assuming you are trying to do The Specialists?

You gotta make sure TS is a registered command.

 

[hotrod1345]

yes is shows TS but when i putt it in it dont work

 

[ps2cho]

yes is shows TS but when i putt it in it dont work

Can you copy and paste everything it states and what you are entering?

 

[Sp4nK]

hey i have opened my server recently and its set for australia
sv_region 5
for some reason it only comes up in us east any1 no y?

 

[ps2cho]

hey i have opened my server recently and its set for australia
sv_region 5
for some reason it only comes up in us east any1 no y?

make sure in your.....server.ini (IIRC) you have sv_region 5.

Whatever ini is the one you have the server use at first boot.

Can't believe this thread has 54k views LOL!!

 

[Sp4nK]

solved my problem once again thanks heeps
another thing my internet has got reduced due to foxtel n ****
i only have 256kbs now will that still b ok once using hlbooster
and im thinking of making it on another pc so i can play on this 1

 

[ps2cho]

solved my problem once again thanks heeps
another thing my internet has got reduced due to foxtel n ****
i only have 256kbs now will that still b ok once using hlbooster
and im thinking of making it on another pc so i can play on this 1

256k Upload speed will be too slow for anything more than a 5 player server.

 

[wimsen]

Hiho

While running the hldsupdatetool through command, I get an error (Cannot open blob archive file: CMultiFieldBlob<mem-mapped file>: File does not exist and failed to create new file).

I get that after typing: C:\HLSERVER>hldsupdatetool -update cstrike wimsen ********** y

Did I do something wrong? :O

 

[lirp]

!WARNING! concerning ping Booster 240 for Windows if you are running your servers on multicore processors.

Last 5 days (yea ) I literally pulled my hairs out becuse of this metamod plugin. The problem is this: if you have 2 or more cores on your server and you want to run multiple hlds.exe's and if you are smart enough you will set affinities for each hlds.exe so they are taking most out of your multicore system. Didn't understand? Let me explain: lets say you have 2 hlds.exe's simultaniously running and you want one hlds.exe to run on the first processor core and the other exe on the other core so they wont interpect one another and so forth (more performance yaay!).

But if you are running Booster plugin on both servers then it is IMPOSSIBLE to do that. Both servers will always stay on one core and there is nothing you can do - NOTHING (yes I have tried imagecfg, firedaemon, serverdoc, task manager etc. etc. etc.). Well the only thing you CAN do to fix this is throw your Booster plugin into smitherines, but we all love it and those low pings right?

So is there anybody who knows how can I achieve this: run 2 hlds.exe's both on different processor cores and both are running their very own Booster plugin? I think booster.cfg is not enough to make this happen.

 

[ps2cho]

!WARNING! concerning ping Booster 240 for Windows if you are running your servers on multicore processors.

Last 5 days (yea ) I literally pulled my hairs out becuse of this metamod plugin. The problem is this: if you have 2 or more cores on your server and you want to run multiple hlds.exe's and if you are smart enough you will set affinities for each hlds.exe so they are taking most out of your multicore system. Didn't understand? Let me explain: lets say you have 2 hlds.exe's simultaniously running and you want one hlds.exe to run on the first processor core and the other exe on the other core so they wont interpect one another and so forth (more performance yaay!).

But if you are running Booster plugin on both servers then it is IMPOSSIBLE to do that. Both servers will always stay on one core and there is nothing you can do - NOTHING (yes I have tried imagecfg, firedaemon, serverdoc, task manager etc. etc. etc.). Well the only thing you CAN do to fix this is throw your Booster plugin into smitherines, but we all love it and those low pings right?

So is there anybody who knows how can I achieve this: run 2 hlds.exe's both on different processor cores and both are running their very own Booster plugin? I think booster.cfg is not enough to make this happen.

Interesting. At the time I wrote the article, dual cores were extremely expensive or were not out yet so I didn't have one. Makes sense though what you said.

Thanks!

 

[lirp]

The only thing needed right now is the solution for this problem I think there is no one left to develop the plugin anymore? The forum is empty where it came from.

 

[michagod]

Hiho

While running the hldsupdatetool through command, I get an error (Cannot open blob archive file: CMultiFieldBlob<mem-mapped file>: File does not exist and failed to create new file).

I get that after typing: C:\HLSERVER>hldsupdatetool -update cstrike wimsen ********** y

Did I do something wrong? :O

sry guyz have the same problem ...
& idont so Understand what i should to do ......
so can somebodey explain me what i need to do...

 

[Epic720]

sry guyz have the same problem ...
& idont so Understand what i should to do ......
so can somebodey explain me what i need to do...

You have to manually make your srcds folder wherever you set it.

 

[ps2cho]

Add the following after cstrike

-.

^ That will make sure it uses the current directory.

eg: -update CSTRIKE -. USERNAME PASSWORD Y

 

[michagod]

Add the following after cstrike

-.

^ That will make sure it uses the current directory.

eg: -update CSTRIKE -. USERNAME PASSWORD Y

tryed..... its dont helping.... ):

 

[gangaskan]

so you're trying to update your server/ create yes?


it should be -update cstrike -dir * should be able to download and update fine. i've never had to use my U/P