Setting up a Steam Source Dedicated Server

You must create a Steam account to run your dedicated server. If you would like instructions, please see the Installing Steam topic. If you attempt to run a dedicated server from your normal Steam account, you will not be able to joint your server using the same account.

Note: You do not need to register any games to your server account in order to host games.

Create a Server

The Source Dedicated Server software can be used to host the following games (with the exceptions of The Ship and SiN Episodes: Emergence):

• Counter-Strike: Source
• Day of Defeat: Source
• Half-Life 2
• Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
• Half-Life 2: Demo
• Half-Life 2: Episode One
• Half-Life 2: Lost Coast
• Half-Life Deathmatch: Source
• Half-Life: Source
• SiN Episodes: Emergence (Ritual)
• The Ship (Outerlight)

Configure Menu Options

• Game - Select the Source game that you would like to host
• Server Name - Set the name which will appear for your server under the Steam server browser
• Map - Set the map which you would like to serve (you must start the server to enable this option)
• Network - Select LAN if you do not wish to allow players outside your home network to join the game or select Internet to allow players from other networks to join
• Max Players - Sets the maximum number of players allowed on the server
• UDP Port - Sets the port which you would like the server to use (Default: 27015)
• RCON Password - Set a password to allow for remote server administration
• Secure (Valve Anti-Cheat) - Check this box to enable the Valve Anti-Cheat System (VAC) to detect and block cheaters on your server or un-check the box to allow all players to join

Once you have configured your server's settings in the Start Dedicated Server window, click the Start Server button to create your server.

Half-Life Dedicated Server Options

After you have started your Half-Life Dedicated Server, you can change the following menu options without restarting the server:

• Server Name
• Map
• Network
• RCON Password
• Player Password
• Map Cycle

To edit a value, double-click on its name.

Main Tab

The Main tab includes many of the settings you specified when starting the server, but there are also two new settings you can specify:

• Player Password - Specifies a password players must enter in order to play on your server. This is a good option to implement if you wish to play only with your friends
• Map Cycle - Specifies the maps you wish to play and the order in which they appear. The maps will cycle according to either your Map time limit or Max win settings available from the Configure tab

Configure Tab

The Configure tab allows you to manage in-game options.

• Time limit - Specifies a time limit on each map (Default: no limit)
• Win limit (rounds) - Specifies a limit on wins one team can have before a map change (Default: no limit)
• Round limit (rounds) - Specifies a limit for the number of rounds you play on each map (Default: no limit)
• Time per round (minutes) - Specifies the amount of time each round lasts (Default: 5 minutes)
• Freeze time (seconds) - Specifies the amount of time before a round starts (Default: 6 seconds)
• Buy Time (minutes) - Specifies the amount of time a buy zone is active (Default: 1.5 minutes)
• Starting Money - Specifies the amount of money each team starts with (Default: $800)
• Footsteps - Specifies whether players can hear footsteps of other players (Default: enabled)
• Death camera type - Specifies players’ Camera view after dying
  • Spectate Anyone - A player can watch any other player in the game (Default)
  • Spectate team only - A player can watch only his own team players in the game
  • Only First Person - A player can only move the camera to look in different locations while bound to where the player died. The player cannot follow other players, or move about the map freely
• Disable chase/death cam (fade to black) - Death cam will fade to black (Default: disabled)
• Friendly fire - Players can injure players on their own team (Default: disabled)
• Kill Team killers round after TK - Specifies whether a player who kills a teammate will be killed at spawn time on the next round (Default: disabled)
• Kick idle and team killing (3TKs) players - Players who have not moved for a set amount of time will be kicked from the server, Players who have killed 3 or more teammates will be kicked from the server (Default: enabled)
• Kick players who team kill at this early in the round (seconds) - Specifies the amount of time that the server will kick a player for killing a team member at the beginning of a round (Default: 5)
• Kick hostage killers (kills allowed, 0 is off) - Specifies the number of hostages a player can kill before being kicked from the server (Default: 13)
• Allow Flashlight - Flashlight can be used by players (Default: disabled)

Statistics Tab

The Steam Half-Life Dedicated Server offers a variety of viewable statistics. You can view statistics from the most recent minute, hour, or day. To add a stat to the view, check its box on the right-hand side of the dialog box.

You can change the Vertical Units to display the range of any one of these stats.

Display Options

• Players - Display player number statistics
• Ping - Display server ping
• In - Display ping in
• Out - Display ping out
• CPU - Display CPU usage
• FPS - Display frames per second

Players Tab

The Players tab displays all players currently on your server. You can use the Players menu to kick or ban players from your server.

• Kick - Kicking a player will drop the player from your server
• Ban - You have the option to temporarily or permanently ban players from your server. You can manually enter an IP address or use the player's Steam ID to ban the player from your server

Bans Tab

The Bans tab allows you to manage those bans that are in place on your server. You can remove a ban or edit the ban’s time limit.

• Add - To add a player via the Add button, you will need the player's IP address or SteamID
• Remove - To remove a ban, highlight the player you would like to unban, then click the Remove button
• Edit - Edit a player's ban time
• Import' - Import a ban list (if you have a downloaded a ban list or saved a ban list from a different server you can add it to your server here)

Console Tab

The Console will print a log of all activity on your server.

You may also use the console to enter server commands.

• maps <partial name> - Lists all maps containing a partial name (Example: maps de_ would list all maps with filenames which contain de_)
• users - Display the list of UserID's for clients on the server
• addip <minutes> <IP> - Bans a player by IP address for a specified number of minutes (enter 0 minutes to permanently ban an IP address)
• banid <minutes> <SteamID> - Bans a player by SteamID for a specified number of minutes (enter 0 minutes to permanently ban a player by SteamID)
• changelevel <map> - Changes the server to the specified <map> file
• dropclient <UserID> - Kicks a client by UserID
• heartbeat - Manually sends a heartbeat to the master server
• info <SteamID> - Displays user information about the requested client based on SteamID
• kick <Player> or kick <UserID> - Kicks a user by Player name or UserID
• listid - Lists all SteamIDs in your server ban list
• listip - Lists all IP addresses in your server ban list

Verwante Onderwerpen

• Guide: Setting up a Standalone Dedicated Server
• Guide: Setting up a Steam Half-Life Dedicated Server