Newbie Hlds/ns Linux Server Guide
Vadakill
The Almighty BSO Join Date: 2002-04-02 Member: 373Members, NS1 Playtester
The Almighty BSO Join Date: 2002-04-02 Member: 373Members, NS1 Playtester
<b>I have a site for my NS Server setup Guides now; I cover Steam servers for NS 2.0 and 3.0, 3.1.1.1d and 3.1.1.0c with Boffix server setups. You can check out the guides on my site:</b>
<a href='http://www.vadakill.com/nsguides' target='_blank'>http://www.vadakill.com/nsguides</a>
<a href='http://www.vadakill.com/nsguides' target='_blank'>http://www.vadakill.com/nsguides</a>
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Bump and vote for pinning.
Bump and vote for pinning.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I have crazy question.. what if we using two pingbooster system on same time? What would be happen then? <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
Use only hlfs own pingboost (set 3) will help you.
To add Clanmod to your NS-server is almost as easy as adding adminmod. There are a few things you can do to the configuration files to prevent your admins to try things that are not relevant for NS.
Until VadaKill writes an installation guide for ClanMod I can share the changes that I have made to the configuration files.
Download the generic (not mod specific configs) ClanMod files from www.unitedadmins.com. Also download the NS specific configuration files for ClanMod. You find them in the NS forum on www.unitedadmins.com. Yes! They also have a NS forum! The only real change from the generic configs that I could see at a glance was that the cm_maps.cfg held the correct rows to enable menubased mapchanges.
I will not tell you how to install ClanMod but its pretty straight forward. Here are my changes to the configuration files:
<b>The clanmod.cfg file</b>
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// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// ClanMod 1.80.x Natural selection Config Pack v1.80.01 (Oct 1, 2002)
// Visit www.unitedadmins.com for all your ClanMod needs
// Please read the manual carefully before altering this config!
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Clears out all commands in ClanMod for fresh start each time config loads
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
cm_remove * *
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Writes into HL Logs
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
cm_log "Executing ClanMod configuration file (&cm_configpath&/clanmod.cfg)"
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// ClanMod 1.8 Menu Layout
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
cm_menulayout "ABCD1EQ1HLM1J:ING1FOPR1TU"
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Separate Config Files to Execute
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
cm_exec titles.cfg
cm_exec cm_admins.cfg
cm_exec cm_menus.cfg
cm_exec cm_maps.cfg
cm_exec cm_badwords.cfg
cm_exec cm_aliases.cfg
cm_exec cm_cvars.cfg
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Clanmod Addons, Put a comment in front to remove the addon.
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Extend map vote
// I dont want to extend maps in NS, the games are long anyways
//cm_exec addons/addon_mapextend.cfg
//cm_addonmapextend 1 // 0 = Disabled, 1 = Enabled
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// ClanMod Cvars
// Please read the manual before changing these
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
cm_info www.gobz.nu //What shows up on the info line when viewing the server with a game browser
cm_passwordfield "_cm_pw" //This is the default Password Field
cm_loadconfig 0 //0 - Load Config files once, 1 - Load Config files every map change
cm_reservation 1 //The type of reservation system to use. See the manual for details
cm_freeslots 3 // 4 reserved slots for admins (It should be set to 3!).
//cm_times "tv +600 180 120 60 <10" //When the server should publicly announce the timeleft
cm_times "" //Do not announce time left on NS
cm_highlander 0 //Toggle Highlander Mode. 0 - Off, 1 - On See the manual for details
cm_teleport 1 //Toggle Teleport 0 - Off, 1 - On See the manual for details
cm_record 2 //Toggle Record Demo and take Snapshots. 0 - Off, 1 - On, 2 - On w/Log
cm_slap 1 //Toggle Slap players. 0 - Off, 1 - On
cm_clientcmd 1 //Toggle execute commands on clients. 0 - Off, 1 - On See the manual for details
cm_banlist 1 //See the manual for details
cm_chatfilter 1 //Replacement for Bad Words. See the manual for details
cm_msgtime 10 //How many seconds admin messages should display on screen
cm_motdtime 8 //How many minutes in between MOTD messages
cm_msgpos 2 //Location of admin command messages 0 - Off, 1 - Top, 2 - Bottom
cm_chatspeed 0.5 //How many seconds between player chat (Flood protection)
cm_kickvoteratio 0.60 //Percent of votes needed to kick a player
cm_mapvoteratio 0.50 //Percent of votes needed to change the map
cm_customvoteratio 0.60 //Percent of votes needed for a custom vote to be successful
cm_autoban 0 //NS - SET TO 0. How many TK's on a map before the server bans a player
cm_autoban_period 15 //How long, in minutes, to ban a TK'er
cm_cancelvotekey 9 // Determins what button is used to cancel a custum vote
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Automated colored messages (MOTD)
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// One line commented since I dont like to much spamming.
cm_motd ".:[ www.gobz.nu ]:." 200100000 5.00
//cm_motd ".:[ This Server Is Running ClanMod &clanmod_version& ]:." 255255000 5.00
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Automatically announce the next map 1 second prior to map change
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// REMOVED
//cm_task 1 "cm_say @@@@ The nextmap will be &cm_nextmap&" bfuos "Shows the nextmap before a map change"
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<b>The cm_menu file:</b>
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// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Commands for Custom Command Menu's
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
cm_cmd "Pause" "cm_pause" Sas
cm_cmd "Restart Round" "sv_restartround 1" Sas
cm_cmd "Triple Restart Round for Match" "cm_exec matches/rrauto.cfg" Sas
cm_cmd "Repeat Map" "cm_nextmap &cm_currentmap&" Sas
cm_cmd " " " " Sas
cm_cmd "Reload Settings" "cm_say @@g Settings reloaded...;servercfgfile server.cfg;exec server.cfg" Scs
cm_cmd "List Players" "cm_listplayer" JSbm
cm_cmd "List Admins" "cm_listadmin" Obm
cm_cmd "List Tasks" "cm_listtask" Obm
cm_cmd "Show help" "cm_help" JSbm
cm_cmd "Show rules" "cm_rules" JSbm
cm_cmd " " " " Sbm
cm_cmd "Logs are off" "log on;cm_say @@@g Logs are on" Sbns
cm_cmd "Logs are on" "log off;cm_say @@@g Logs are off" Sbhns
cm_cmd "separator1" "separator1" Sbhs
cm_cmd "Auto-restart is off" "cm_exec matches/auto.cfg" Sbns
cm_cmd "Auto-restart is on" "cm_say @@g Auto-restartround OFF;cm_remove task ?z;cm_remove task ?y" Sbhns
cm_cmd "Show timeleft" "say timeleft" JSbm
cm_cmd "Show nextmap" "say nextmap" JSbm
cm_cmd "Vote for map" "say votemap" JSbm
cm_cmd "Show current time" "say thetime" JSbm
cm_cmd "All votemap" "say votemap" Sdo
cm_cmd " " " " Sds
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Commands for speech see speech.txt for list of available sounds
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
cm_cmd "Hey! Stop that!" "spk 'barney/donthurtem'" Weo
cm_cmd "Don't ask me" "spk 'barney/dontaskme'" Weo
cm_cmd "Don't think so" "spk 'barney/dontguess'" Weo
cm_cmd "Yup" "spk 'barney/yup'" Weo
cm_cmd "Nope" "spk 'barney/nope'" Weo
cm_cmd "Maybe" "spk 'barney/maybe'" Weo
cm_cmd "Seeya" "spk 'barney/seeya'" Weo
cm_cmd "Man that sounded bad" "spk 'barney/soundsbad'" Weo
cm_cmd "Hello and die" "spk 'vox/hello and die'" Weo
cm_cmd "Move!" "spk 'hgrunt/move! _comma yessir!'" Weo
cm_cmd "You will definitely pay!" "spk 'hgrunt/c2a2_hg_chat5a'" Weo
cm_cmd "Laughter" "spk 'hgrunt/c2a3_hg_laugh'" Weo
cm_cmd "Silence!" "spk 'hgrunt/silence!'" Weo
cm_cmd "You talk too much" "spk 'barney/youtalkmuch'" Weo
cm_cmd "You thinkin?" "spk 'barney/thinking'" Weo
cm_cmd "Open fire Gordon!" "spk 'barney/openfire'" Weo
cm_cmd "Couldnt make a bigger mess" "spk 'barney/bigmess'" Weo
cm_cmd "I have a Bad feeling" "spk 'barney/badfeeling'" Weo
cm_cmd "Yes sir!" "spk 'hgrunt/yessir!'" Weo
cm_cmd "No sir" "spk 'barney/nosir'" Weo
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Client Commands for Custom Command Menu's
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
cm_cmd "Aliens" "cm_clexec &name& readyroom;jointeamtwo" Efl
cm_cmd "Marines" "cm_clexec &name& readyroom;jointeamone" Efl
cm_cmd "Show'em the Rules!" "cm_rules;developer 1;echo '** READ THE RULES &name& **';developer 0;say 'Dont Shoot! I'm busy reading the server rules'" Efl
cm_cmd "Ready room" "cm_clexec &name& readyroom" ESf
cm_cmd "Bury Player" "cm_bury &name&" ESf
cm_cmd "Un-Bury Player" "cm_unbury &name&" ESf
cm_cmd "Gag Player" "cm_gag &name&" ESf
cm_cmd "Un-Gag Player" "cm_ungag &name&" ESf
cm_cmd "Mute VoiceComm" "voice_enable 0;developer 1;echo '** You have been muted for abusing VoiceComm **';developer 0;say 'I have been muted for abusing VoiceComm';spk 'hgrunt/silence!'" Efl
cm_cmd "UnMute VoiceComm" "voice_enable 1;developer 1;echo '** You have been unmuted (restart CS to regain VoiceComm) **';developer 0;say 'I have been unmuted'" Efl
cm_cmd "Slay" "kill;spk 'hgrunt/c2a2_hg_chat5a'" Efl
cm_cmd "Drop Weapon!" "drop" Efl
cm_cmd "Name Me Lamer" "name 'I am a Lamer, wonid:&wonid&'" Efl
cm_cmd "Name Me Camper" "name 'I am a Camper, wonid:&wonid&'" Efl
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As you can see I have stripped much of the menu alternatives. The stuff removed were weapon restrictions ala CS and the setting of CB and such configurations. The three restarts and go is still here though, as is the load PUBLIC Settings alternative. I just renamed it to Reload Settings. I left the repeat map alternative here since it might just come in handy.
I have also addded the Ready Room alternative to the client command menu and renamed the CT and T alternatives to Marines and Aliens respectively.
<b>EDIT</b>
I have now changed the Aliens and Marines commands from CS style to NS style. I have'nt checked them out yet. Hope they work =]
I also removed some stuff from the conmotd.txt file. These will not affect gamplay in any way, but I show it here for completeness.
<b>conmotd.txt:</b>
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"============================================================================="
""
" Hello &name&, and Welcome to &hostname& server!"
" The current map is &cm_currentmap& with &cm_timeleft& minutes left"
" The next map will be &cm_nextmap&"
""
"============================================================================="
""
" This server is running NS v1.01, AdminMod and ClanMod &clanmod_version&"
" You may use/say the following commands:"
" 1. 'menu' Which will open the information menu."
" 2. 'votemap' Which will bring up the map vote menu."
" 3. 'myid' Which announces your personal info."
""
"============================================================================="
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Thats it really!
<b>IMPORTANT</b>
You need to bind the keys 1-0 to slot1-slot10 for the menus to work!!!
Add this to your config.cfg (client-side)
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bind 1 "slot1"
bind 2 "slot2"
bind 3 "slot3"
bind 4 "slot4"
bind 5 "slot5"
bind 6 "slot6"
bind 7 "slot7"
bind 8 "slot8"
bind 9 "slot9"
bind 0 "slot10"
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Happy hunting!
<b>EDIT: Things that won't work in NS</b>
I will begin to start a list of things that do not work in ClanMod for NS. The idea is that I will add stuff to this list by editing this post. That way this stuff is easy to find. My intetion is not to create a complete list of stuff that doesnt work. I will add the things that I come across during causal NS play. I will try to create a quite comprehensive list though. Check back on this post once in a while.
Legend: [CM] Means feature in ClanMod. [ADMIN] Means feature in AdminMod
<ul>
<li>[ADMIN] admin_csay do not work. Probably due to the way NS displays text on screen
<li>[CM] cy and all other clanmod commands for centertext do not work. Related to issue above.
</ul>
You’ll need to download the package and install it using the apt-get command. You will have to be logged in as ROOT in order to install them. Use the following commands for lynx and unzip packages.
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apt-get lynx
apt-get unzip
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Once both are installed you should be able to type “lynx” and “unzip” at the command prompt to get either a lynx web browser (Q to quit) and a short help on the usage of unzip.
<a href='http://forums.unitedadmins.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16356' target='_blank'>http://forums.unitedadmins.com/showthread....&threadid=16356</a>
And you can download ClanMod here:
<a href='http://www.unitedadmins.com/ClanMod.aspx' target='_blank'>http://www.unitedadmins.com/ClanMod.aspx</a>
1.) You don't need to add +server.cfg on the command line. It is executed auto.
2.) add exec autoexec.cfg to the server.cfg file. In the autoexec.cfg file put maxplayers X (x being number of players you want your server to have.) If you do this then leave the +maxplayers line off the command line also. I find it easier to do this way, because you can change maxplayers whenever you want and it will change on map change.
Check the following:
<ul>
<li>That the password field in adminmod.cfg is the same as the setinfo line in autoexec.cfg
<li>Try enclosing the value assigned to the password field paramters with "-signs
<li>The passwords are the same in the user.ini and the autoexec.cfg file
<li>Join your server. In the console type disconnect. Type exec autoexec.cfg. Type retry. (Just to make sure the file is executed)
<li>Try with no encryption on the passwords. Check the adminmod paramater for this in adminmod.cfg
<li>Check the server-console (e.g. print-out in the screen application) for lines that say that adminmod is running correctly, that the users.ini file has been loaded etc
<li>Checkt that there is a line in the console at login that says that you have become admin
<li>Make sure that the commands you try work with NS. admin_say and admin_map will work
<li>Make sure that you have the appropriate access level to execute the command, assign yourself the highest level of access for debugging purposes
</ul>
try "wget" sometime. It is much nicer than lynx IMHO.
Syntax: "wget <a href='http://www.file.com/thisfile.tar"' target='_blank'>http://www.file.com/thisfile.tar"</a> <-- this will find the file and download it.. It will work with FTP files as well.
If you get the "LoadLibrary failed on ***/hlds_l/ns/dlls/ns_i386.so: libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory" error, look for a file named libstdc++-libc6.1-2.so.3 in your lib directory. If you find that make a symlink to it, i.e. ln -sf libstdc++-libc6.1-2.so.3 libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2.
-Slappy
Are you running in seperate broadcast domains? if you are that's probably why.
Im getting this crazy error. Tell me what ive done wrong.
./hlds_run: ./hlds: cannot execute binary file
I followed the directions exactly. Im running yellow dog linux on an iMac, that there may be the problem, but if you think you know what it is, reply.
Thanx
SkWyReL
I have 1 little problem so far! all went as it was supposed to as instructions,
anyway!went to run it [ ./hlds_run ] it don,t like! What's wrong here?Oh wise one,kissing foot!are we missing a run file here!
I loaded and did all the right things! running MANDRAKE 8.1 on an old Athlon 700meg Slot A
Cheers Dennis <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='asrifle.gif'><!--endemo-->
I have 1 little problem so far! all went as it was supposed to as instructions,
anyway!went to run it [ ./hlds_run ] it don,t like! What's wrong here?Oh wise one,kissing foot!are we missing a run file here!
I loaded and did all the right things! running MANDRAKE 8.1 on an old Athlon 700meg Slot A
Cheers Dennis <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='asrifle.gif'><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Make sure you are in the hlds_l directory when you try to run the server. Basically, you should be able to see the hlds_run file when you do an "ls -l" in the hlds_l directory.
I still have a problem,Where as the item ./hlds_run not work'th machine don,t like it,it say no file exists! Tis the same if I use ls-l no such file! I thought the full bin file came out as a tar file with which you zap and move to Directory with all it,s goodies NOT a binary one!??
...note:
In directory hlds_l is File ds_l_3110_full.bin This was dumped in there by the hlds_l_3110_full.bin after running it,and NS directory with all the rest plus the 1.2 patch NO other files!Me being rank beginner is stuckith
fix please so me can beat'th my Son over head in gaming!(fat chance)Grin)
Cheers Dennis
<!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='asrifle.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::skulk::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='skulk.gif'><!--endemo-->
Could i be or feel much stupider. This is one of those moments where you fall out of your chair screaming DUH!
Thanks...
SkWyReL
I still have a problem,Where as the item ./hlds_run not work'th machine don,t like it,it say no file exists! Tis the same if I use ls-l no such file! I thought the full bin file came out as a tar file with which you zap and move to Directory with all it,s goodies NOT a binary one!??
...note:
In directory hlds_l is File ds_l_3110_full.bin This was dumped in there by the hlds_l_3110_full.bin after running it,and NS directory with all the rest plus the 1.2 patch NO other files!Me being rank beginner is stuckith
fix please so me can beat'th my Son over head in gaming!(fat chance)Grin)
Cheers Dennis
<!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='asrifle.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::skulk::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='skulk.gif'><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
"ls -l" has a space between the "ls" and the "-l", it tells linux to list the contents of the directory in "long" format.
If you have the "hlds_l_3110_full.bin" file you need to run it. To do that you need to "chmod 777 hlds_l_3110_full.bin" to give it permission to become an executable file then, run the file by typing "./hlds_l_3110_full.bin"
When it executes the file it will give you a license agreement, you have to agree to it and then it will extract the .tar.gz file that you can actually expand into the server structure. From that point you should be able to follow the guide the rest of the way into "offspring beatdown."
Vadakill
ns_v1_linux_dedicated_server.tar.gz (85mb)
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Do I need the ns_102.zip also for a Linux dedicated server install? Is that the patch and do I need to have find a .tar version of it or will the .exe work with Linux
n00b alrt
ns_v1_linux_dedicated_server.tar.gz (85mb)
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Do I need the ns_102.zip also for a Linux dedicated server install? Is that the patch and do I need to have find a .tar version of it or will the .exe work with Linux
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Well now you need 1.03 instead of 1.02. I usually unzip the zip on my machine, make all the changes needed to the config, then take the server down for a sec, upload it all, and bring it back up.
There is no .tar.gz version of the patches.