Descriptions with. denote community modified descriptions and my not be entirely accurate.; This list does not include all console commands. Svalltalk 0 // If you enable cheats, people will be able to take over your server svcheats 0 svconsistency 1 svmaxplayers 6 svvisiblemaxplayers 6 exec banneduser.cfg exec bannedip.cfg // bandwidth rates/settings svminrate 5000 svmaxrate 25000 svmincmdrate 10 //svmaxcmdrate 101.

Installation¶

To install this server, open SteamCMD, login anonymously and run the following commands:

Configuration¶

To configure the server you'll need to create a server.cfg file inside the left4dead2/cfg folder. You can add the minimum settings:

Sourcemod¶

Installation¶

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In order to use plugins on your server you'll need Sourcemod and Metamod, to install these, head over to the Sourcemod and Metamod download sites and download the latest version inside the mod folder of the game server that you want to install it on (in this case /home/steam/l4d2/left4dead2).

Untar the downloaded files and delete them.

At this point, Sourcemod and Metamod are both installed, but before we head into the server, we'll set our account as admin. From the same directory, open the following file:

At the bottom, you'll need to append your STEAMID32 ID, (which you can find here) with the following tag 99:z, your file should end with a line similar to the following:

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Adding Plugins¶

Running the Server¶

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To run the server, simply launch srcds_run from the l4d2 folder with the required parameters.