# TF2 GameServer Setup 

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In this tutorial we're going to look at how to install a tf2 server on a ubuntu 16.04 host. 

## **Initial Setup**

I'm setting it up on an Ubuntu LXC container on proxmox:
    
    
    [ 10.66.66.2/32 ] [ /dev/pts/10 ] [Github/blog/HTB]
    → ssh root@10.0.0.180 -i ~/.ssh/mainpc
    
    
    
    
    
    root@tf2:~# dpkg --add-architecture i386
    root@tf2:~# apt update -y ; apt upgrade -y
    root@tf2:~# apt-get install -y software-properties-common
    
    root@tf2:~# apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests lib32gcc1 lib32z1 libncurses5:i386  libbz2-1.0:i386  lib32gcc1  lib32stdc++6 libtinfo5:i386 libcurl3-gnutls:i386 wget unzip gettext-base libbsd0 curl tmux screen vim -y
    root@tf2:~# rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
    
    root@tf2local:~# curl -sqL "https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steamcmd_linux.tar.gz" | tar zxvf -
    steamcmd.sh
    linux32/steamcmd
    linux32/steamerrorreporter
    linux32/libstdc++.so.6
    linux32/crashhandler.so
    
    
    
    root@tf2local:~# ./steamcmd.sh
    Redirecting stderr to '/home/steam/Steam/logs/stderr.txt'
    ILocalize::AddFile() failed to load file "public/steambootstrapper_english.txt".
    [  0%] Checking for available update...
    [----] Downloading update (0 of 53901 KB)...
    [  0%] Downloading update (738 of 53901 KB)...
    [  1%] Downloading update (2417 of 53901 KB)...
    [  4%] Downloading update (3721 of 53901 KB)...
    [  6%] Downloading update (5180 of 53901 KB)...
    [  9%] Downloading update (6593 of 53901 KB)...
    	
    [...]
    
    WARNING: setlocale('en_US.UTF-8') failed, using locale: 'C'. International characters may not work.
    Redirecting stderr to '/home/steam/Steam/logs/stderr.txt'
    [  0%] Checking for available updates...
    [----] Verifying installation...
    Steam Console Client (c) Valve Corporation
    -- type 'quit' to exit --
    Loading Steam API...OK.
    
    Steam>login anonymous
    
    Connecting anonymously to Steam Public...Logged in OK
    Waiting for user info...OK
    
    Steam>force_install_dir ./tf2/
    
    Steam>app_update 232250 validate
     Update state (0x3) reconfiguring, progress: 0.00 (0 / 0)
     Update state (0x3) reconfiguring, progress: 0.00 (0 / 0)
     Update state (0x3) reconfiguring, progress: 0.00 (0 / 0)
     Update state (0x3) reconfiguring, progress: 0.00 (0 / 0)
    
    [...] (after like 20 minutes)
    
     Update state (0x101) committing, progress: 92.11 (7808672823 / 8477794661)
     Update state (0x101) committing, progress: 94.61 (8020772689 / 8477794661)
     Update state (0x101) committing, progress: 95.87 (8127457161 / 8477794661)
     Update state (0x101) committing, progress: 97.11 (8233117403 / 8477794661)
     Update state (0x101) committing, progress: 98.41 (8343138174 / 8477794661)
    Success! App '232250' fully installed.
    
    Steam>exit
    
    root@tf2local:~$ ls
    Steam  linux32  linux64  package  public  siteserverui  steamcmd.sh  tf2
    
    root@tf2local:~$ cd tf2/
    
    root@tf2local:~/tf2$ ls
    bin  hl2  platform  srcds_linux  srcds_run  steamapps  tf  thirdpartylegalnotices.txt
    
    root@tf2local:~/tf2$ cd tf/
    
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf$ ls
    bin                         maps       tf2_misc_000.vpk  tf2_misc_006.vpk  tf2_misc_012.vpk  tf2_misc_018.vpk  tf2_misc_024.vpk                      tf2_textures_dir.vpk
    cfg                         materials  tf2_misc_001.vpk  tf2_misc_007.vpk  tf2_misc_013.vpk  tf2_misc_019.vpk  tf2_misc_dir.vpk                      workshop
    custom                      media      tf2_misc_002.vpk  tf2_misc_008.vpk  tf2_misc_014.vpk  tf2_misc_020.vpk  tf2_sound_misc.vpk.sound.cache
    download                    resource   tf2_misc_003.vpk  tf2_misc_009.vpk  tf2_misc_015.vpk  tf2_misc_021.vpk  tf2_sound_misc_dir.vpk
    gameinfo.txt                scripts    tf2_misc_004.vpk  tf2_misc_010.vpk  tf2_misc_016.vpk  tf2_misc_022.vpk  tf2_sound_vo_english.vpk.sound.cache
    item_whitelist_example.txt  steam.inf  tf2_misc_005.vpk  tf2_misc_011.vpk  tf2_misc_017.vpk  tf2_misc_023.vpk  tf2_sound_vo_english_dir.vpk
    
    
    

Now that srcds is installed, we can start configuring our server, Basically first i want the server to run a few game commands as it boots up, to do that i can either pass those commands as arguements to the **srcds_run** binary like so:
    
    
    ./srcds_run -game tf +map ctf_2fort +maxplayers 24
    	
    

If you have that steamclient.so error do the following:
    
    
    root@tf2local:~# ls
    Steam  linux32  linux64  package  public  siteserverui  steamcmd.sh  tf2
    root@tf2local:~# cd tf2/
    root@tf2local:~/tf2# ls
    bin  hl2  platform  srcds_linux  srcds_run  steamapps  tf  thirdpartylegalnotices.txt
    root@tf2local:~/tf2# ./srcds_run
    
    [...]
    
    ProtoDefs post data loaded.
    ProtoDefs post data loaded.
    dlopen failed trying to load:
    /root/.steam/sdk32/steamclient.so
    with error:
    /root/.steam/sdk32/steamclient.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
    Looking up breakpad interfaces from steamclient
    Calling BreakpadMiniDumpSystemInit
    Unknown command "r_decal_cullsize"
    Unknown command "startupmenu"
    Network: IP 10.0.0.180, mode MP, dedicated Yes, ports 27015 SV / 27005 CL
    Fri Jul  2 22:17:18 UTC 2021: Server Quit
    
    root@tf2local:~/tf2# mkdir -p ~/.steam/sdk32
    root@tf2local:~/tf2# updatedb
    root@tf2local:~/tf2# locate steamclient.so
    /root/linux32/steamclient.so
    /root/linux64/steamclient.so
    /root/tf2/bin/steamclient.so
    
    
    root@tf2local:~/tf2# ln -s $HOME/linux32/steamclient.so ~/.steam/sdk32/
    
    root@tf2local:~/tf2# ./srcds_run
    
    

That's how i fixed the steamclient.so error. Now instead of running the srcds binary ourselves, we can can just specify those commands in the **tf/cfg/server.cfg** file, if you don't know what to put in here you can just use [cfg.tf](https://cfg.tf/server/):
    
    
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf/cfg$ vim server.cfg
    
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf/cfg$ cat server.cfg
    
    hostname "void.yt"
    sv_password ""
    sv_lan 1
    sv_cheats 1
    
    rcon_password "changeme"
    sv_rcon_banpenalty 15
    sv_rcon_minfailures 15
    sv_rcon_maxfailures 15
    log off
    sv_logfile 0
    sv_logecho 0
    sv_logbans 0
    sm_maxhealth 100000
    tf_bot_add 1 soldier expert
    tf_bot_force_class soldier
    
    sv_pure -1
    sv_pure_kick_clients 0
    sv_alltalk 1
    mp_allowspectators 0
    mp_autoteambalance 0
    mp_teams_unbalance_limit 30
    mp_disable_respawn_times 1
    tf_bot_force_class soldier
    
    mp_forcecamera 0
    sv_allow_wait_command 0
    sv_cheats 0
    sv_pausable 0
    mp_stalemate_enable 0
    mp_stalemate_timelimit 240
    mp_winlimit 0
    mp_timelimit 0
    tf_weapon_criticals 0
    tf_use_fixed_weaponspreads 0
    
    sv_maxrate 50000
    sv_minrate 7500
    sv_maxupdaterate 66
    sv_minupdaterate 20
    sv_maxcmdrate 66
    sv_mincmdrate 0
    sv_allow_point_servercommand always
    	
    

since this server will run only one map i specified it in server.cfg
    
    
    [terminal 1]
    [ 10.66.66.2/32 ] [ /dev/pts/16 ] [Github/blog/HTB]
    → cd /mnt/vault/steam/steamapps/common/Team\ Fortress\ 2/tf/maps
    
    
    [ 10.66.66.2/32 ] [ /dev/pts/14 ] [~/Downloads]
    → python3 -m http.server 9090
    Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 9090 (http://0.0.0.0:9090/) ...
    
    	
    [terminal 2]
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf/cfg$ cd ..
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf$ cd maps/
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf/maps# wget http://10.0.0.10:9090/airborne2.bsp
    --2021-07-02 22:49:26--  http://10.0.0.10:9090/airborne2.bsp ; chmod 755 airborne2.bsp
    Connecting to 10.0.0.10:9090... connected.
    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
    Length: 157192 (154K) [model/vnd.valve.source.compiled-map]
    Saving to: 'airborne2.bsp'
    
    airborne2.bsp                                100%[==============================================================================================>] 153.51K  --.-KB/s    in 0.01s
    
    2021-07-02 22:49:26 (11.5 MB/s) - 'airborne2.bsp' saved [157192/157192]
    
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf/maps# cd ../cfg
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf/cfg# cat mapcycle.txt
    airborne2
    
    

We can run the srcds binary to check that it's working:
    
    
    root@tf2local:~/tf2# ./srcds_run -game tf +map airborne2
    
    
    ************** WARNING ***************
    Running the dedicated server as root
    is highly discouraged. It is generally
    unnecessary to use root privileges to
    execute the dedicated server.
    **************************************
    
    
    Auto detecting CPUntinue to launch in 1 secondss
    Using default binary: ./srcds_linux
    Server will auto-restart if there is a crash.
    Using Breakpad minidump system. Version: 6623512 AppID: 232250
    Setting breakpad minidump AppID = 232250
    Using breakpad crash handler
    Loaded 10223 VPK file hashes from /root/tf2/tf/tf2_textures.vpk for pure server operation.
    Loaded 10223 VPK file hashes from /root/tf2/tf/tf2_textures.vpk for pure server operation.
    Loaded 476 VPK file hashes from /root/tf2/tf/tf2_sound_vo_english.vpk for pure server operation.
    Loaded 476 VPK file hashes from /root/tf2/tf/tf2_sound_vo_english.vpk for pure server operation.
    Loaded 1343 VPK file hashes from /root/tf2/tf/tf2_sound_misc.vpk for pure server operation.
    Loaded 1343 VPK file hashes from /root/tf2/tf/tf2_sound_misc.vpk for pure server operation.
    Loaded 2634 VPK file hashes from /root/tf2/tf/tf2_misc.vpk for pure server operation.
    Loaded 2634 VPK file hashes from /root/tf2/tf/tf2_misc.vpk for pure server operation.
    Loaded 2634 VPK file hashes from /root/tf2/tf/tf2_misc.vpk for pure server operation.
    Loaded 1217 VPK file hashes from /root/tf2/hl2/hl2_textures.vpk for pure server operation.
    Loaded 574 VPK file hashes from /root/tf2/hl2/hl2_sound_vo_english.vpk for pure server operation.
    Loaded 383 VPK file hashes from /root/tf2/hl2/hl2_sound_misc.vpk for pure server operation.
    Loaded 451 VPK file hashes from /root/tf2/hl2/hl2_misc.vpk for pure server operation.
    Loaded 451 VPK file hashes from /root/tf2/hl2/hl2_misc.vpk for pure server operation.
    Loaded 5 VPK file hashes from /root/tf2/platform/platform_misc.vpk for pure server operation.
    Loaded 5 VPK file hashes from /root/tf2/platform/platform_misc.vpk for pure server operation.
    server_srv.so loaded for "Team Fortress"
    For FCVAR_REPLICATED, ConVar must be defined in client and game .dlls (sv_use_steam_voice)
    ProtoDefs post data loaded.
    ProtoDefs loaded. 16.46 MB used
    ProtoDefs post data loaded.
    ProtoDefs loaded. 16.46 MB used
    maxplayers set to 24
    No '-replayserverdir' parameter found - using default replay folder.
    Replay: Creating thread pool...succeeded.
    Replay: Starting thread pool with 4 threads...succeeded.
    Cleaning files from temp dir, "/root/tf2/tf/replay/server/tmp/" ...no files removed.
    ProtoDefs post data loaded.
    ProtoDefs post data loaded.
    Looking up breakpad interfaces from steamclient
    Calling BreakpadMiniDumpSystemInit
    Unknown command "r_decal_cullsize"
    ConVarRef dev_loadtime_map_start doesn't point to an existing ConVar
    Unknown command "startupmenu"
    Network: IP 10.0.0.180, mode MP, dedicated Yes, ports 27015 SV / 27005 CL
    Initializing Steam libraries for secure Internet server
    [S_API] SteamAPI_Init(): Loaded local 'steamclient.so' OK.
    CAppInfoCacheReadFromDiskThread took 46 milliseconds to initialize
    CApplicationManagerPopulateThread took 0 milliseconds to initialize (will have waited on CAppInfoCacheReadFromDiskThread)
    RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 453): SteamGameServer013 /
    RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 453): SteamUtils010 /
    Setting breakpad minidump AppID = 440
    Looking up breakpad interfaces from steamclient
    Calling BreakpadMiniDumpSystemInit
    RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 453): SteamGameServer013 /
    RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 453): SteamUtils010 /
    RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 453): SteamNetworking006 /
    RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 453): SteamGameServerStats001 /
    RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 453): STEAMHTTP_INTERFACE_VERSION003 /
    RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 453): STEAMINVENTORY_INTERFACE_V003 /
    RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 453): STEAMUGC_INTERFACE_VERSION014 /
    RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 453): STEAMAPPS_INTERFACE_VERSION008 /
    Setting breakpad minidump AppID = 232250
    No account token specified; logging into anonymous game server account.  (Use sv_setsteamaccount to login to a persistent account.)
    RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 453): SteamGameServer013 /
    RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 453): SteamUtils010 /
    RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 453): SteamNetworking006 /
    RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 453): SteamGameServerStats001 /
    RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 453): STEAMHTTP_INTERFACE_VERSION003 /
    RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 453): STEAMINVENTORY_INTERFACE_V003 /
    RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 453): STEAMUGC_INTERFACE_VERSION014 /
    RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 453): STEAMAPPS_INTERFACE_VERSION008 /
    ConVarRef room_type doesn't point to an existing ConVar
    Executing dedicated server config file server.cfg
    Using map cycle file 'cfg/mapcycle.txt'.
    RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 453): SteamGameStats001 /
    Warning: failed to init SDL thread priority manager: SDL not found
    Set motd from file 'cfg/motd_default.txt'.  ('cfg/motd.txt' was not found.)
    Set motd_text from file 'cfg/motd_text_default.txt'.  ('cfg/motd_text.txt' was not found.)
    SV_ActivateServer: setting tickrate to 66.7
    func_regenerate(func_regenerate) has no associated model.
    RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 453): SteamGameCoordinator001 /
    Connection to game coordinator established.
    Current item schema is up-to-date with version 2B55A3E4.
    --------------------------------------------------------
    sv_pure set to -1.
    Note: Waiting for the next changelevel to apply the current value.
    --------------------------------------------------------
    'airborne2.cfg' not present; not executing.
    Server is hibernating
    Connection to Steam servers successful.
    Assigned anonymous gameserver Steam ID [A:1:929544195:17849].
    VAC secure mode is activated.
    
    

From here we know that the server is running, and we can check it ingame:

![](2.png)

Now that's done, we verified that we could run the srcds binary like this, however we could have a more refined approach and actually make a systemd service to run this as the debian LXC container starts.
    
    
    root@tf2local:~# vim /etc/systemd/system/tf2server.service
    
    root@tf2local:~/tf2# cat /etc/systemd/system/tf2server.service
    [Unit]
    Description=TF2 Server
    After=network.target
    After=systemd-user-sessions.service
    After=network-online.target
    
    [Service]
    Type=simple
    ExecStart=/root/tf2/srcds_run -game tf +map airborne2 
    ExecStop=/root/tf2/killserver.sh
    KillMode=process
    
    [Install]
    WantedBy=multi-user.target
    
    root@tf2local:~/tf2# vim killserver.sh
    root@tf2local:~/tf2# cat killserver.sh
    #!/bin/bash
    kill -9 $(pidof srcds_linux)
    
    root@tf2local:~/tf2# chmod +x killserver.sh
    
    root@tf2local:~# systemctl enable --now tf2server
    
    root@tf2local:~# systemctl status tf2server
    * tf2server.service - TF2 Server
       Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/tf2server.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
       Active: active (running) since Fri 2021-07-02 21:13:15 UTC; 3s ago
     Main PID: 10722 (srcds_run)
        Tasks: 2 (limit: 7372)
       Memory: 1.2M
       CGroup: /system.slice/tf2server.service
               |-10722 /bin/sh /home/steam/tf2/srcds_run
               `-10732 sleep 1
    
    Jul 02 23:03:55 tf2local srcds_run[778]: RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 778): SteamGameServer013 /
    Jul 02 23:03:55 tf2local srcds_run[778]: RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 778): SteamUtils010 /
    Jul 02 23:03:55 tf2local srcds_run[778]: RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 778): SteamNetworking006 /
    Jul 02 23:03:55 tf2local srcds_run[778]: RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 778): SteamGameServerStats001 /
    Jul 02 23:03:55 tf2local srcds_run[778]: RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 778): STEAMHTTP_INTERFACE_VERSION003 /
    Jul 02 23:03:55 tf2local srcds_run[778]: RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 778): STEAMINVENTORY_INTERFACE_V003 /
    Jul 02 23:03:55 tf2local srcds_run[778]: RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 778): STEAMUGC_INTERFACE_VERSION014 /
    Jul 02 23:03:55 tf2local srcds_run[778]: RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 778): STEAMAPPS_INTERFACE_VERSION008 /
    Jul 02 23:04:05 tf2local srcds_run[778]: RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 778): SteamGameStats001 /
    Jul 02 23:04:09 tf2local srcds_run[778]: RecordSteamInterfaceCreation (PID 778): SteamGameCoordinator001 /
    
    

And that's it! We managed to setup a simple local tf2 server.

## **In-game RCON and Bonus plugins**

if you want to run console comamnds that require privileges to do so on your local server, you need to use rcon, and since we specified the password earlier, we do the following:

![](3.png)

Obviously don't give the rcon password to anyone you don't trust. Now if you want some plugins you can install [sourcemod](https://www.sourcemod.net/downloads.php) and [metamod](http://www.sourcemm.net/downloads.php?branch=stable):

![](4.png)
    
    
    root@tf2local:~/tf2# cd tf/
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf# ls
    bin                         maps               steam.inf         tf2_misc_006.vpk  tf2_misc_013.vpk  tf2_misc_020.vpk                tf2_sound_misc_dir.vpk
    cfg                         materials          tf2_misc_000.vpk  tf2_misc_007.vpk  tf2_misc_014.vpk  tf2_misc_021.vpk                tf2_sound_vo_english.vpk.sound.cache
    custom                      media              tf2_misc_001.vpk  tf2_misc_008.vpk  tf2_misc_015.vpk  tf2_misc_022.vpk                tf2_sound_vo_english_dir.vpk
    download                    modelsounds.cache  tf2_misc_002.vpk  tf2_misc_009.vpk  tf2_misc_016.vpk  tf2_misc_023.vpk                tf2_textures_dir.vpk
    downloadlists               replay             tf2_misc_003.vpk  tf2_misc_010.vpk  tf2_misc_017.vpk  tf2_misc_024.vpk                workshop
    gameinfo.txt                resource           tf2_misc_004.vpk  tf2_misc_011.vpk  tf2_misc_018.vpk  tf2_misc_dir.vpk
    item_whitelist_example.txt  scripts            tf2_misc_005.vpk  tf2_misc_012.vpk  tf2_misc_019.vpk  tf2_sound_misc.vpk.sound.cache
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf# wget https://sm.alliedmods.net/smdrop/1.10/sourcemod-1.10.0-git6509-linux.tar.gz
    --2021-07-03 17:25:03--  https://sm.alliedmods.net/smdrop/1.10/sourcemod-1.10.0-git6509-linux.tar.gz
    Resolving sm.alliedmods.net (sm.alliedmods.net)... 104.26.8.106, 104.26.9.106, 172.67.73.151, ...
    Connecting to sm.alliedmods.net (sm.alliedmods.net)|104.26.8.106|:443... connected.
    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
    Length: 17422077 (17M) [application/x-gzip]
    Saving to: 'sourcemod-1.10.0-git6509-linux.tar.gz'
    
    sourcemod-1.10.0-git6509-linux.tar.gz         100%[===============================================================================================>]  16.61M  1.03MB/s    in 17s
    
    2021-07-03 17:25:21 (998 KB/s) - 'sourcemod-1.10.0-git6509-linux.tar.gz' saved [17422077/17422077]
    
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf# wget https://mms.alliedmods.net/mmsdrop/1.11/mmsource-1.11.0-git1144-linux.tar.gz
    --2021-07-03 17:30:14--  https://mms.alliedmods.net/mmsdrop/1.11/mmsource-1.11.0-git1144-linux.tar.gz
    Resolving mms.alliedmods.net (mms.alliedmods.net)... 104.26.8.106, 172.67.73.151, 104.26.9.106, ...
    Connecting to mms.alliedmods.net (mms.alliedmods.net)|104.26.8.106|:443... connected.
    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
    Length: 1859179 (1.8M) [application/x-gzip]
    Saving to: 'mmsource-1.11.0-git1144-linux.tar.gz'
    
    mmsource-1.11.0-git1144-linux.tar.gz          100%[===============================================================================================>]   1.77M   677KB/s    in 2.7s
    
    2021-07-03 17:30:18 (677 KB/s) - 'mmsource-1.11.0-git1144-linux.tar.gz' saved [1859179/1859179]
    
    

then extract both files:
    
    
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf# tar -xzf mmsource-1.11.0-git1144-linux.tar.gz
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf# tar -xzf sourcemod-1.10.0-git6509-linux.tar.gz
    
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf# rm mmsource-1.11.0-git1144-linux.tar.gz
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf# rm sourcemod-1.10.0-git6509-linux.tar.gz
    
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf# ls -lash addons/
    total 24K
    4.0K drwx------  4 1000 1000 4.0K May  6  2018 .
    4.0K drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4.0K Jul  3 17:32 ..
    4.0K drwx------  3 1000 1000 4.0K May  6  2018 metamod
    4.0K -rw-------  1 1000 1000   50 May 26  2014 metamod.vdf
    4.0K -rw-------  1 1000 1000   58 Dec 20  2017 metamod_x64.vdf
    4.0K drwx------ 11 1000 1000 4.0K Oct  1  2019 sourcemod
    
    

Now that's done we have our addons folder, we will need to configure **admins_simple.ini**
    
    
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf# cd addons/sourcemod/configs/
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf/addons/sourcemod/configs# ls
    admin_groups.cfg  admin_overrides.cfg  adminmenu_custom.txt    adminmenu_sorting.txt  admins_simple.ini  core.cfg       geoip          maplists.cfg
    admin_levels.cfg  adminmenu_cfgs.txt   adminmenu_grouping.txt  admins.cfg             banreasons.txt     databases.cfg  languages.cfg  sql-init-scripts
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf/addons/sourcemod/configs# vim admins_simple.ini
    
    

Basically in here we add our **SteamID** with the **"99:z"** permissions
    
    
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf/addons/sourcemod/configs# tail -n 3 admins_simple.ini
    "STEAM_0:0:576829438"   "99:z"
    
    
    

And with this we can restart our tf2 server:
    
    
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf/addons/sourcemod/configs# systemctl restart tf2server
    
    

Now when we connect back to the server we can type **!sm_admin** in chat to use the sourcemod admin commands pannel:

![](5.png)

If you need to make any custom scripts, for example making players and bots spawn with extra health, you can use the **scripting** directory in sourcemod:
    
    
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf/addons/sourcemod# cd scripting/
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf/addons/sourcemod/scripting# ls -l
    total 1080
    drwx------ 2 1000 1000   4096 May  6  2018 admin-flatfile
    -rw------- 1 1000 1000   9857 May  6  2018 admin-sql-prefetch.sp
    -rw------- 1 1000 1000  21482 Dec 17  2018 admin-sql-threaded.sp
    -rw------- 1 1000 1000   4822 Jul 12  2018 adminhelp.sp
    drwx------ 2 1000 1000   4096 Sep 15  2019 adminmenu
    -rw------- 1 1000 1000   7284 May 29  2019 adminmenu.sp
    -rw------- 1 1000 1000   3637 Dec 17  2018 antiflood.sp
    drwx------ 2 1000 1000   4096 Dec 17  2018 basebans
    -rw------- 1 1000 1000   9755 Dec 17  2018 basebans.sp
    -rw------- 1 1000 1000  12112 May  6  2018 basechat.sp
    drwx------ 2 1000 1000   4096 Oct 24  2020 basecomm
    -rw------- 1 1000 1000   7206 Dec 17  2018 basecomm.sp
    drwx------ 2 1000 1000   4096 Oct  7  2019 basecommands
    -rw------- 1 1000 1000  11414 Feb 25  2020 basecommands.sp
    -rw------- 1 1000 1000  12849 Jul 12  2018 basetriggers.sp
    drwx------ 2 1000 1000   4096 Mar  3  2019 basevotes
    -rw------- 1 1000 1000  12326 May 12  2019 basevotes.sp
    -rw------- 1 1000 1000   4386 May  6  2018 clientprefs.sp
    -rwx------ 1 1000 1000    452 May  6  2018 compile.sh
    drwx------ 2 1000 1000   4096 May  6  2018 funcommands
    -rw------- 1 1000 1000  10977 Oct 12  2018 funcommands.sp
    drwx------ 2 1000 1000   4096 May  6  2018 funvotes
    -rw------- 1 1000 1000  10707 May 12  2019 funvotes.sp
    drwx------ 2 1000 1000   4096 Jun 25 15:36 include
    -rw------- 1 1000 1000  34195 May 29  2019 mapchooser.sp
    -rw------- 1 1000 1000   6878 May  6  2018 nextmap.sp
    -rw------- 1 1000 1000  13402 Apr 30  2020 nominations.sp
    drwx------ 2 1000 1000   4096 May  6  2018 playercommands
    -rw------- 1 1000 1000   3351 May  6  2018 playercommands.sp
    -rw------- 1 1000 1000   3484 May  6  2018 randomcycle.sp
    -rw------- 1 1000 1000   8191 May  6  2018 reservedslots.sp
    -rw------- 1 1000 1000   7322 Jul 12  2018 rockthevote.sp
    -rw------- 1 1000 1000   3712 May  6  2018 sounds.sp
    -rwx------ 1 1000 1000 333328 Jun 25 15:37 spcomp
    -rwx------ 1 1000 1000 434152 Jun 25 15:38 spcomp64
    -rw------- 1 1000 1000  25196 Apr  6  2019 sql-admin-manager.sp
    drwx------ 2 1000 1000   4096 May  6  2018 testsuite
    
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf/addons/sourcemod/scripting# cat maxhealth.sp
    /**
     * MaxHealth Changer by bl4nk
     *
     * Description:
     *   Change the max health of players at spawn.
     *
     */
    
    #pragma semicolon 1
    
    #include <****sourcemod>
    
    // Global Definitions
    #define PLUGIN_VERSION "1.0.0"
    
    new Handle:cvarAmount;
    
    public Plugin:myinfo =
    {
        name = "MaxHealth Changer",
        author = "bl4nk",
        description = "Change the max health of players at spawn",
        version = PLUGIN_VERSION,
        url = "http://forums.alliedmods.net"
    };
    
    public OnPluginStart()
    {
        CreateConVar("sm_maxhealthchanger_version", PLUGIN_VERSION, "MaxHealth Changer Version");
        cvarAmount = CreateConVar("sm_maxhealth", "200", "Amount of life to change health to upon spawn");
    
        HookEvent("player_spawn", event_PlayerSpawn);
    }
    
    public event_PlayerSpawn(Handle:event, const String:name[], bool:dontBroadcast)
    {
        new client = GetClientOfUserId(GetEventInt(event,"userid"));
        CreateTimer(0.1, timer_PlayerSpawn, client);
    }
    
    public Action:timer_PlayerSpawn(Handle:timer, any:client)
    {
        new MaxHealth = GetConVarInt(cvarAmount);
        SetEntData(client, FindDataMapInfo(client, "m_iMaxHealth"), MaxHealth, 4, true);
        SetEntData(client, FindDataMapInfo(client, "m_iHealth"), MaxHealth, 4, true);
    }

Now before we move on we need to compile that .sp file:
    
    
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf/addons/sourcemod/scripting# ./compile.sh maxhealth.sp
    
    Compiling maxhealth.sp...
    SourcePawn Compiler 1.10.0.6509
    Copyright (c) 1997-2006 ITB CompuPhase
    Copyright (c) 2004-2018 AlliedModders LLC
    
    Code size:             3668 bytes
    Data size:             2600 bytes
    Stack/heap size:      16384 bytes
    Total requirements:   22652 bytes
    
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf/addons/sourcemod/scripting# ls -lash compiled/
    total 16K
    4.0K drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4.0K Jul  3 18:17 .
    4.0K drwx------ 14 1000 1000 4.0K Jul  3 18:30 ..
    8.0K -rw-r--r--  1 root root 4.3K Jul  3 18:26 maxhealth.smx
    
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf/addons/sourcemod/scripting# cp compiled/maxhealth.smx ../plugins/maxhealth.smx
    
    

Now that we moved the compiled plugin into the plugins directory, we restart the server to reload the configs:
    
    
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf/addons/sourcemod/scripting# cd ..
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf/addons/sourcemod# systemctl restart tf2server
    
    

We restart the server to reload the configs, and we can verify it is working by executing the **sm_maxhealth x** command, if you use it ingame you need to use **rcon sm_maxhealth x** :

![](6.png) ![](7.png)

likewise, we can also just put it in the **server.cfg** file or just pass it as arguements when we run the **srcds_run** binary.
    
    
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf/cfg# vim server.cfg
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf/cfg# cat server.cfg
    hostname "void.yt"
    sv_password ""
    sv_lan 1
    sv_cheats 1
    
    rcon_password "void.yt"
    mp_enableroundwaittime 0
    sv_rcon_banpenalty 15
    sv_rcon_minfailures 15
    sv_rcon_maxfailures 15
    log off
    sv_logfile 0
    sv_logecho 0
    sv_logbans 0
    sm_maxhealth 100000
    tf_bot_force_class soldier
    
    sv_pure -1
    sv_pure_kick_clients 0
    sv_alltalk 1
    mp_allowspectators 0
    mp_autoteambalance 0
    mp_teams_unbalance_limit 30
    mp_disable_respawn_times 1
    tf_bot_force_class soldier
    
    mp_forcecamera 0
    sv_allow_wait_command 0
    sv_cheats 0
    sv_pausable 0
    mp_stalemate_enable 0
    mp_stalemate_timelimit 240
    mp_winlimit 0
    mp_timelimit 0
    tf_weapon_criticals 0
    tf_use_fixed_weaponspreads 0
    
    sv_maxrate 50000
    sv_minrate 7500
    sv_maxupdaterate 66
    sv_minupdaterate 20
    sv_maxcmdrate 66
    sv_mincmdrate 0
    sv_allow_point_servercommand always
    tf_bot_add 1 soldier red expert
    
    
    root@tf2local:~/tf2/tf/cfg# systemctl restart tf2server
    
    

And that's how i setup my own personal TF2 training server!

## **Docker Setup**

With further testing, i realised that setting up tf2 servers is dependant on old 32 bit librairies, and you can face any number of problems (most notably the segmentation fault core dumped crashes that will never tell you the source of the issue, even with the -debug flag). So instead let's set it up using docker:
    
    
    
    root@docker0:/home# mkdir -p /home/tf2/server/tf/maps/
    root@docker0:/home# tree .
    .
    ├── nothing
    └── tf2
        └── server
            └── tf
                └── maps
                    └── altar.bsp
    
    root@docker0:~# cd ~ ; 	
    
    root@docker0:~# docker pull cm2network/tf2:latest
    root@docker0:~# docker pull cm2network/tf2:sourcemod
    
    root@docker0:~# mkdir tf2
    root@docker0:~/tf2# vim docker-compose.yml
    root@docker0:~/tf2# cat docker-compose.yml
    
    version: "3"
    services:
        tf2:
            image: cm2network/tf2:sourcemod
            container_name: tf2
            environment:
              - SRCDS_RCONPW=void.yt
              - SRCDS_PW=void.yt
              - SRCDS_PORT=27015
              - SRCDS_TV_PORT=27020
              #- SRCDS_NET_PUBLIC_ADDRESS="0"
              - SRCDS_IP="0"
              - SRCDS_FPSMAX=300
              - SRCDS_TICKRATE=66
              - SRCDS_MAXPLAYERS=14
              - SRCDS_HOSTNAME=void.yt
              - SRCDS_TOKEN="void.yt"
              - SRCDS_STARTMAP="altar"
            volumes:
                - ./data:/home/steam/tf-dedicated/
                - ./logs:/home/steam/Steam/logs
            ports:
                - 27015:27015
                - 27020:27020
            network_mode: host
    
    
    root@docker0:~/tf2# mkdir data
    root@docker0:~/tf2# mkdir logs
    root@docker0:~/tf2# chmod 777 data/
    root@docker0:~/tf2# chmod 777 logs/
    
    
    root@docker0:~/tf2# docker-compose up
    #let it finish then CTRL+C
    #move altar.bsp in ~/tf2/data/tf/maps 
    
    root@docker0:~/tf2/data/tf/maps# ls -lash altar.bsp
    172K -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 169K Oct 30 16:12 altar.bsp
    
    #append the sourcemodded commands you want to server.cfg :
    
    root@docker0:~# tail -n13 tf2/data/tf/cfg/server.cfg
    
    sm_maxhealth 100000
    tf_bot_add 1 soldier expert
    tf_bot_force_class soldier
    mp_allowspectators 0
    mp_autoteambalance 0
    mp_teams_unbalance_limit 30
    mp_disable_respawn_times 1
    tf_bot_force_class soldier
    sv_allow_point_servercommand always
    
    

Then compile the maxhealth mod in the container:
    
    
    root@docker0:~# docker exec -it tf2 bash
    steam@docker0:~/tf-dedicated/tf/addons/sourcemod/scripting$ nano maxhealth.sp
    steam@docker0:~/tf-dedicated/tf/addons/sourcemod/scripting$ cat maxhealth.sp
    /**
     * MaxHealth Changer by bl4nk
     *
     * Description:
     *   Change the max health of players at spawn.
     *
     */
    
    #pragma semicolon 1
    
    #include 
    
    // Global Definitions
    #define PLUGIN_VERSION "1.0.0"
    
    new Handle:cvarAmount;
    
    public Plugin:myinfo =
    {
        name = "MaxHealth Changer",
        author = "bl4nk",
        description = "Change the max health of players at spawn",
        version = PLUGIN_VERSION,
        url = "http://forums.alliedmods.net"
    };
    
    public OnPluginStart()
    {
        CreateConVar("sm_maxhealthchanger_version", PLUGIN_VERSION, "MaxHealth Changer Version");
        cvarAmount = CreateConVar("sm_maxhealth", "200", "Amount of life to change health to upon spawn");
    
        HookEvent("player_spawn", event_PlayerSpawn);
    }
    
    public event_PlayerSpawn(Handle:event, const String:name[], bool:dontBroadcast)
    {
        new client = GetClientOfUserId(GetEventInt(event,"userid"));
        CreateTimer(0.1, timer_PlayerSpawn, client);
    }
    
    public Action:timer_PlayerSpawn(Handle:timer, any:client)
    {
        new MaxHealth = GetConVarInt(cvarAmount);
        SetEntData(client, FindDataMapInfo(client, "m_iMaxHealth"), MaxHealth, 4, true);
        SetEntData(client, FindDataMapInfo(client, "m_iHealth"), MaxHealth, 4, true);
    }
    
    steam@docker0:~/tf-dedicated/tf/addons/sourcemod/scripting$ ./compile.sh maxhealth.sp
    
    Compiling maxhealth.sp...
    SourcePawn Compiler 1.10.0.6522
    Copyright (c) 1997-2006 ITB CompuPhase
    Copyright (c) 2004-2018 AlliedModders LLC
    
    Code size:             3668 bytes
    Data size:             2600 bytes
    Stack/heap size:      16384 bytes
    Total requirements:   22652 bytes
    
    steam@docker0:~/tf-dedicated/tf/addons/sourcemod/scripting$ cp compiled/maxhealth.smx ../plugins/maxhealth.smx
    
    steam@docker0:~/tf-dedicated/tf/addons/sourcemod/configs# vim admins_simple.ini
    "STEAM_0:0:576829438"   "99:z"
    
    
    

Then restart the container:
    
    
    CTRL+C
    root@docker0:~/tf2# docker-compose up
    
    	
    [ 10.66.66.2/32 ] [ /dev/pts/19 ] [~]
    → cat tf2.sh
    #!/bin/sh
    
     /usr/bin/steam -silent -no-browser -offline -applaunch 440 -windowed -w 3840 -h 2160 +connect 192.168.0.200 -noborder -console -novid +viewmodel_fov 130 >/dev/null 2>/dev/null &
    echo 'rcon_password void.yt ; rcon sv_cheats 1; rcon tf_bot_add 2 soldier red expert; rcon buddha'
    
    
    
    
    root@tf2:~# apt update -y ; apt upgrade -y ; apt install sudo -y
    root@tf2:~# adduser gameserver
    Adding user `gameserver' ...
    Adding new group `gameserver' (1000) ...
    Adding new user `gameserver' (1000) with group `gameserver' ...
    Creating home directory `/home/gameserver' ...
    Copying files from `/etc/skel' ...
    New password:
    Retype new password:
    passwd: password updated successfully
    Changing the user information for gameserver
    Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default
            Full Name []:
            Room Number []:
            Work Phone []:
            Home Phone []:
            Other []:
    Is the information correct? [Y/n] y
    root@tf2:~# usermod -aG sudo gameserver
    root@tf2:~# su - gameuser
    su: user gameuser does not exist
    root@tf2:~# su - gameserver
    gameserver@tf2:~$ pwd
    /home/gameserver
    gameserver@tf2:~$ ls -l
    total 0
    gameserver@tf2:~$ ls -lash
    total 20K
    4.0K drwxr-xr-x 2 gameserver gameserver 4.0K Dec 12 13:27 .
    4.0K drwxr-xr-x 3 root       root       4.0K Dec 12 13:27 ..
    4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 gameserver gameserver  220 Dec 12 13:27 .bash_logout
    4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 gameserver gameserver 3.5K Dec 12 13:27 .bashrc
    4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 gameserver gameserver  807 Dec 12 13:27 .profile
    gameserver@tf2:~$ mkdir hlserver
    gameserver@tf2:~$ cd hlserver/
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver$ wget https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steamcmd_linux.tar.gz
    --2021-12-12 13:27:48--  https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steamcmd_linux.tar.gz
    Resolving steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net (steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net)... 92.123.225.26, 92.123.225.73
    Connecting to steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net (steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net)|92.123.225.26|:443... connected.
    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
    Length: 2428561 (2.3M) [application/octet-stream]
    Saving to: 'steamcmd_linux.tar.gz'
    
    steamcmd_linux.tar.gz                                100%[=====================================================================================================================>]   2.32M  4.49MB/s    in 0.5s
    
    2021-12-12 13:27:49 (4.49 MB/s) - 'steamcmd_linux.tar.gz' saved [2428561/2428561]
    
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver$ tar zxf steamcmd_linux.tar.gz
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver$ ./steamcmd.sh +login anonymous +force_install_dir ./tf2 +app_update 232250 +quit
    ./steamcmd.sh: line 37: /home/gameserver/hlserver/linux32/steamcmd: No such file or directory
    
    gameserver@tf2:~$ sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
    gameserver@tf2:~$ sudo apt-get update
    Hit:1 http://security.debian.org buster/updates InRelease
    Hit:2 http://ftp.debian.org/debian buster InRelease
    Hit:3 http://ftp.debian.org/debian buster-updates InRelease
    Get:4 http://security.debian.org buster/updates/main i386 Packages [311 kB]
    Get:5 http://ftp.debian.org/debian buster/main i386 Packages [7863 kB]
    Get:6 http://ftp.debian.org/debian buster/contrib i386 Packages [46.0 kB]
    Get:7 http://ftp.debian.org/debian buster-updates/main i386 Packages [15.2 kB]
    Fetched 8236 kB in 5s (1803 kB/s)
    Reading package lists... Done
    gameserver@tf2:~$ sudo apt-get install lib32z1 libncurses5:i386 libbz2-1.0:i386 lib32gcc1 lib32stdc++6 libtinfo5:i386 libcurl3-gnutls:i386 -y
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver$ ./steamcmd.sh  +login anonymous +force_install_dir ./tf2 +app_update 232250 +quit
    Redirecting stderr to '/home/gameserver/Steam/logs/stderr.txt'
    ILocalize::AddFile() failed to load file "public/steambootstrapper_english.txt".
    [  0%] Checking for available update...
    [----] Downloading update (0 of 53822 KB)...
    [  0%] Downloading update (1235 of 53822 KB)...
    [  2%] Downloading update (2823 of 53822 KB)...
    [  5%] Downloading update (4637 of 53822 KB)...
    [  8%] Downloading update (6584 of 53822 KB)...
    [ 12%] Downloading update (8194 of 53822 KB)...
    [ 15%] Downloading update (9681 of 53822 KB)...
    [ 17%] Downloading update (11333 of 53822 KB)...
    [ 21%] Downloading update (12822 of 53822 KB)...
    
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver$ cd tf2/
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2$ cd tf/maps
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2/tf/maps$ wget https://cloud.void.yt/s/wGeqMTLzyyGBfiD/download/altar.bsp
    
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver$ cd tf2
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2$ ls -lash
    total 104K
    4.0K drwxr-xr-x  7 gameserver gameserver 4.0K Dec 12 13:59 .
    4.0K drwxr-xr-x  8 gameserver gameserver 4.0K Dec 12 13:59 ..
    4.0K drwxr-xr-x  2 gameserver gameserver 4.0K Dec 12 13:53 bin
    4.0K drwxr-xr-x  4 gameserver gameserver 4.0K Dec 12 13:53 hl2
    4.0K drwxr-xr-x  6 gameserver gameserver 4.0K Dec 12 13:53 platform
     12K -rwxr-xr-x  1 gameserver gameserver  12K Dec 12 13:48 srcds_linux
     12K -rwxr-xr-x  1 gameserver gameserver 9.6K Dec 12 13:48 srcds_run
    4.0K drwxr-xr-x  5 gameserver gameserver 4.0K Dec 12 13:53 steamapps
    4.0K drwxr-xr-x 12 gameserver gameserver 4.0K Dec 12 13:53 tf
    4.0K -rwxr-xr-x  1 gameserver gameserver   77 Dec 12 13:56 tf2.sh
     48K -rwxr-xr-x  1 gameserver gameserver  47K Dec 12 13:48 thirdpartylegalnotices.txt
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2$ cat tf2.sh
    #!/bin/sh
    ./srcds_run -console -game tf +sv_pure 1 +map altar +maxplayers 24
    
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2$ sudo apt install mlocate -y
    
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2$ sudo updatedb
    
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2$ locate steamclient.so
    /home/gameserver/hlserver/linux32/steamclient.so
    /home/gameserver/hlserver/linux64/steamclient.so
    /home/gameserver/hlserver/tf2/bin/steamclient.so
    
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver$ mkdir -p  /home/gameserver/.steam/sdk32/
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver$ ln -s /home/gameserver/hlserver/linux32/steamclient.so /home/gameserver/.steam/sdk32/
    
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2$ sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/tf2server.service
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2$ cat /etc/systemd/system/tf2server.service
    [Unit]
    Description=TF2 Server
    After=network.target
    After=systemd-user-sessions.service
    After=network-online.target
    
    [Service]
    Type=simple
    User=gameserver
    ExecStart=/home/gameserver/hlserver/tf2/srcds_run -game tf +map altar +sv_pure 1 +maxplayers 24 -console
    ExecStop=/home/gameserver/hlserver/tf2/killserver.sh
    KillMode=process
    
    [Install]
    WantedBy=multi-user.target
    
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2$ vim killserver.sh
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2$ cat killserver.sh
    #!/bin/bash
    kill -9 $(pidof srcds_linux)
    
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2$ chmod +x killserver.sh
    
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2$ sudo systemctl start tf2server
    
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2$ cd tf
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2/tf$ cd cfg
    
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2/tf/cfg$ vim server.cfg
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2/tf/cfg$ cat server.cfg
    
    hostname "void.yt"
    sv_password ""
    sv_lan 1
    sv_cheats 1
    
    rcon_password "void.yt"
    sm_maxhealth 100000
    
    mp_allowspectators 0
    mp_autoteambalance 0
    mp_teams_unbalance_limit 30
    mp_disable_respawn_times 1
    
    mp_timelimit 0
    mp_stalemate_enable 0
    
    
    
    
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2/tf$ wget https://mms.alliedmods.net/mmsdrop/1.11/mmsource-1.11.0-git1145-linux.tar.gz
    --2021-12-12 15:00:16--  https://mms.alliedmods.net/mmsdrop/1.11/mmsource-1.11.0-git1145-linux.tar.gz
    Resolving mms.alliedmods.net (mms.alliedmods.net)... 104.26.9.106, 172.67.73.151, 104.26.8.106, ...
    Connecting to mms.alliedmods.net (mms.alliedmods.net)|104.26.9.106|:443... connected.
    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
    Length: 1859188 (1.8M) [application/x-gzip]
    Saving to: 'mmsource-1.11.0-git1145-linux.tar.gz'
    
    mmsource-1.11.0-git1145-linux.tar.gz                 100%[=====================================================================================================================>]   1.77M  4.40MB/s    in 0.4s
    
    2021-12-12 15:00:16 (4.40 MB/s) - 'mmsource-1.11.0-git1145-linux.tar.gz' saved [1859188/1859188]
    
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2/tf$ wget https://sm.alliedmods.net/smdrop/1.10/sourcemod-1.10.0-git6528-linux.tar.gz
    --2021-12-12 15:00:25--  https://sm.alliedmods.net/smdrop/1.10/sourcemod-1.10.0-git6528-linux.tar.gz
    Resolving sm.alliedmods.net (sm.alliedmods.net)... 104.26.9.106, 172.67.73.151, 104.26.8.106, ...
    Connecting to sm.alliedmods.net (sm.alliedmods.net)|104.26.9.106|:443... connected.
    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
    Length: 17500442 (17M) [application/x-gzip]
    Saving to: 'sourcemod-1.10.0-git6528-linux.tar.gz'
    
    sourcemod-1.10.0-git6528-linux.tar.gz                100%[=====================================================================================================================>]  16.69M  5.35MB/s    in 3.1s
    
    2021-12-12 15:00:28 (5.35 MB/s) - 'sourcemod-1.10.0-git6528-linux.tar.gz' saved [17500442/17500442]
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2/tf$ tar -xzf mmsource-1.11.0-git1144-linux.tar.gz
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2/tf$ tar -xzf sourcemod-1.10.0-git6509-linux.tar.gz
    
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2/tf$ cd addons/sourcemod/configs/
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2/tf/addons/sourcemod/configs$ vim admins_simple.ini
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2/tf/addons/sourcemod/configs$ cat admins_simple.ini
    "STEAM_0:0:29598280"    "99:z"
    
    
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2/tf/addons/sourcemod/scripting$ vim maxhealth.sp
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2/tf/addons/sourcemod/scripting$ cat maxhealth.sp
    /**
     * MaxHealth Changer by bl4nk
     *
     * Description:
     *   Change the max health of players at spawn.
     *
     */
    
    #pragma semicolon 1
    
    #include <****sourcemod>
    
    // Global Definitions
    #define PLUGIN_VERSION "1.0.0"
    
    new Handle:cvarAmount;
    
    public Plugin:myinfo =
    {
        name = "MaxHealth Changer",
        author = "bl4nk",
        description = "Change the max health of players at spawn",
        version = PLUGIN_VERSION,
        url = "http://forums.alliedmods.net"
    };
    
    public OnPluginStart()
    {
        CreateConVar("sm_maxhealthchanger_version", PLUGIN_VERSION, "MaxHealth Changer Version");
        cvarAmount = CreateConVar("sm_maxhealth", "200", "Amount of life to change health to upon spawn");
    
        HookEvent("player_spawn", event_PlayerSpawn);
    }
    
    public event_PlayerSpawn(Handle:event, const String:name[], bool:dontBroadcast)
    {
        new client = GetClientOfUserId(GetEventInt(event,"userid"));
        CreateTimer(0.1, timer_PlayerSpawn, client);
    }
    
    public Action:timer_PlayerSpawn(Handle:timer, any:client)
    {
        new MaxHealth = GetConVarInt(cvarAmount);
        SetEntData(client, FindDataMapInfo(client, "m_iMaxHealth"), MaxHealth, 4, true);
        SetEntData(client, FindDataMapInfo(client, "m_iHealth"), MaxHealth, 4, true);
    }
    
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2/tf/addons/sourcemod/scripting$ ./compile.sh maxhealth.sp
    
    Compiling maxhealth.sp...
    SourcePawn Compiler 1.10.0.6509
    Copyright (c) 1997-2006 ITB CompuPhase
    Copyright (c) 2004-2018 AlliedModders LLC
    
    Code size:             3668 bytes
    Data size:             2600 bytes
    Stack/heap size:      16384 bytes
    Total requirements:   22652 bytes
    
    
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2/tf/addons/sourcemod/scripting$ cp compiled/maxhealth.smx ../plugins/maxhealth.smx
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver/tf2/tf/addons/sourcemod/scripting$ sudo systemctl restart tf2server

script to run daily to ensure the tf2 server is always up to date
    
    
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver$ ./steamcmd.sh +login anonymous +app_update 232250 validate
    gameserver@tf2:~/hlserver$ exit
    logout
    root@tf2:~# crontab -e
    0 3 * * * /home/gameserver/hlserver/steamcmd.sh +login anonymous +app_update 232250 validate
    0 4 * * * systemctl restart tf2server