Tutorial: How to setup a TF2 server

[MrTimcakes]

How do i install sourceMod (I know how i used to run a dedicated 24/7 server but it wont work the way i installed it last) any help?

[Discodude]

I tried this and I'm not sure, but are other people allowed on the server? Also, it is a LAN server (another thing I'm not quite sure about) and I'm not sure why it is. Lastly (so many problems! ) the run file keeps saying that there is no ctf2fort.cfg file or whatever its supposed to be. Should I keep installing it until it responds in the affirmative? This is all so new to me...

[MrTimcakes]

(01-05-2012, 11:07 PM)Discodude Wrote:  I tried this and I'm not sure, but are other people allowed on the server? Also, it is a LAN server (another thing I'm not quite sure about) and I'm not sure why it is. Lastly (so many problems! ) the run file keeps saying that there is no ctf2fort.cfg file or whatever its supposed to be. Should I keep installing it until it responds in the affirmative? This is all so new to me...

i can help you now i got it working add me on steam = MrTimcakes

(CTF2fort.cfg is a config file that when that map load's it dose those commands in the CFG its not needed but if you want low gravity on start up made a file called ctf2fort.cfg and put sv_gravity (ammount))

[MasterBinkie]

Okay, when I made the server, it worked, but it says I'm not the server operator, please help.

[MasterBinkie]

(05-01-2012, 10:57 AM)MasterBinkie Wrote:  Okay, when I made the server, it worked, but it says I'm not the server operator, please help.

Also, it says it as a LAN server.

[Jouseff21]

i fallowed you tutorial step by step, yet i cant find the server. do i have to crate a server in games as well as set it up, or is some thing wrong?

[Haw]

To Mooga,
Mooga please accept my invitation that i sent .
I need some help about TF2 dedicated server creation.
So I hope u accept and are willing to help me .

Thank you.

[Varden]

Hello, I've just joined and used your tutorial to make my first server. By reading the rest of the posts here I figured out what can be done with the map-specific cfg files, thought I would like to know if parameters for bots can be set in those. I would also like to know how to either tether the server to a steam account or disable whatever feature is causing the "could not authenticate with a steam account" error. Most importantly though, my server crashes when cycling maps. windows tells me that it has stopped working and must be closed. I've tried starting the server in multiple modes, with the same result each time. Any thoughts?

[Haw]

I did most of the work for TF2 server creation .
But in the end my server was created and I was able to join in on my server and was visible on LAN but i could not locate my server in the internet list .
On my server people cannot join my server even after giving them my ip(public ip ofcourse) .
I think this is a problem because my ports are not being forwarded correctly and even by going to many different site in order to learn how to port forward but still i think it is not correct .
I use virtual servers in order to port forward and i do not know how to port forward without doing it through virtual servers .
One more thing in the properties of srcds , there is a target location and in there I have put my internal ip and port "27015".
Here's my command in it :-
D:\HLServer\orangebox\srcds.exe -console -game tf -ip 192.168.1.2 -port 27015 +map koth_nucleus -maxplayers 24 -secure
Can anyone guide me through?

[bekammk]

How to instal source mod >?

[Wbusby]

(10-10-2007, 05:44 PM)Beck Wrote:  

Beck Wrote:OK...ran into the first snag....cant get the server to run...
Theres no SRCDS.EXE file to be found...
My HLServer folder is app 1,27 Gb...am I missing something here?

Never mind...saw the solution in an other thread...need to keep running the updater tool and the scrds file will appear in the orangebox folder

I don't have the Orangebox folder or SRCDS.EXE!

[mgillis29]

the system cant find the path specified?

[Daniel Bryan]

can someone please update this i dont know what to do.

[PootisMan]

I have a problem when trying to run the .bat file to start the server, but a window shows up that says:

The procedure entry point SteamAPI_WriteMiniDump could not be located in the dynamic link library steam_api.dll.

Then when i close it, another window pops up and says:

Failed to load the launcher DLL:
The specified procedure could not be found.

And the server doesn't run. HELP MEH!!

[Jiniix]

Hi there, I have a problem settings this up.

It works fine for LAN, sv_lan is set to "0", but I can't make it work over the internet.

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz71/Jiniix/TF2CMD.png
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz71/Jiniix/PortSettings.png

I have played around with the settings and have opened port 27000-27040 and I have the redirection port to 27015 in both (I have to "rules", one for TCP and one for UDP).

Anyone have any idea what's going wrong? Disabled Firewall on the XP that's running it.

Thanks in advance, Jiniix.