Counter Strike Source Server

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Geneva Andreotti

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Aug 5, 2024, 3:40:31 AM8/5/24

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IntroductionEven though there is some information on how to setup a dedicated server source server on a Linux based system the articles are often old or to generic for my liking. I have written this article to help other people setup a Day of Defeat source (DOD:S) server on a Ubuntu 8.04.1 system.

Downloading the software from steampowered.com

The first thing to do is to download the Source Dedicated Server from steampowered. So on the linux server I create a folder on the dod user account and download the binary with the following commands.

Running the server

When running the game, one can connect to the server and use rcon to administer the server. Once connected to the server start the in-game console and the following to connect.

I am running the server on a Thinkpad T40 with Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS. It has 768 Mb ram and Pentium M 1.5 GHz CPU. With 12 players on the server the CPU usage is about 65%. The net traffic was quite steady 55 kb/s up and 120 kb/s down. So I would say that the hardware demands are quite low but the net demands are somewhat more demanding. ?