Guide (Basic)

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First thing you need to do is get the files out of the compressed format (ZIP or RAR), your need a good decompresser for that. WinZip and WinRAR are both good examples. After you extract the files you will end up with plugin.vdf and SAP.dll.

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Now, you need to have already installed the stand alone source dedicated server on your computer (consult the Valve docs for information on how to go about that).

It will not work if your using the source dedicated server launched from within the steam client. This means if you click an item on the steam menu to load the server then this plugin will not run on your server (Valve said they will fix this).

Also LAN servers are not currently supported (requires SteamIDs).

 
Now you need to locate the 'root' folder of the server. This is the bottom folder which contains some mod folders (like 'CStrike') and a couple of other files one of which you use to launch the server. On my computer this is located at C:\HLSServer, yours might be different.

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Assuming you could find this folder on your system you now need to go in the 'bin' folder. Enter it. You should see a list of files with cogs as their icons. Now, the file you extracted earlier called 'SAP.dll', will need to be copied into this folder. It should look the same as the picture to the right after -

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The next step is to move back to the root folder, this is the folder that contains all those mod folders and the bin which your in now, try using the up button to get back fast..

You now need to find the mod folder your server is using, for counter-strike this is 'CSTRIKE' for Day of defeat it is 'DOD'. Once you find it go in there. You should see a lot of files..

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The next step is to make a new folder. Right click with your mouse on the white area between files so you see a menu, it should have 'new' one it. Move Across from that and click 'folder'.

You should now have a folder called New Folder, right click that and rename it to 'addons', no capital letters and then hit enter to confirm the name. After you have created a folder called 'addons' click it so your inside, it should be empty.

Now find that other file you downloaded called plugin.vdf, copy that file into your newly created folder.

There, now your done. You can start the Half Life source server and the plugin should start. Try admin_help to get you started.

Next move on to the admin setup guide - Admin Setup Guide

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