Errors
Anleitungen zu CS 1.6 Server-Setup, Fixes, Plugin-Entwicklung und Administration.
Reading AMXX error_*.log: What Each Error Actually Means
Where AMX Mod X writes its logs, how to read a run-time error line, and what the common messages -- run time error 4, native error, invalid plugin, failed to load -- actually tell you.
Fix: Players Stuck with STEAM_ID_PENDING
Why players show as STEAM_ID_PENDING and never validate, how Steam auth works on a CS 1.6 server, and the sv_lan, connectivity and non-Steam fixes that let them in.
Fix: 'Native not found' After Installing ReAPI
Why a plugin using ReAPI reports a missing native at load, how the reapi module, ReHLDS and ReGameDLL must line up, the modules.ini and version traps, and how to confirm the hook chain is available.
Fix: 'meta list' Shows Metamod but Not AMX Mod X
Metamod loads but AMX Mod X is absent from meta list. How the addons/metamod/plugins.ini line works, the Linux vs Windows and i386 filename traps, and reading the load status.
Fix: HLDS Docker Container Exits Immediately
Why a containerized HLDS/ReHLDS server starts and stops within a second, the 32-bit library requirement, missing +map and console flags, tty/foreground issues, and reading the real crash from logs.
Fix: amxmodmenu Opens Nothing
Why the amxmodmenu command opens an empty menu or nothing at all: missing admin flags, the menu front-end plugins not loaded, and how the submenu access model gates every entry.
Fix: Players Show Choke and Loss on the Scoreboard
Choke and loss look similar but have opposite causes: choke is your server hitting a rate cap, loss is real packet loss. How to tell them apart with net_graph and fix each.
Fix: 'Connection failed after 4 retries' on Your Server
The connect handshake behind 'Connection failed after 4 retries' - UDP reachability, sv_lan, rate/netchan limits, wrong port, and provider-level UDP filtering - each with a concrete test.
Fix: 'Module failed to load' in AMX Mod X
Work through every reason AMX Mod X reports a module as failed to load: wrong architecture, missing system libraries, version mismatch, and modules.ini configuration.
Fix: Zombie Plague Round Doesn't Start
Why a Zombie Plague server sits in an endless standard round with no infection, the plugin load order and cvars that gate the mode, and how to read the AMXX log to find the real cause.
Fix: 'S_FindName: out of sound slots' / Sound Precache Overflow
What the sound-precache limit is in GoldSrc, why plugins that precache too many sounds crash the server, and how to find and trim the offender so the map loads.
Fix: RCON Works Locally but Not Remotely
Why rcon succeeds from the server box but 'Bad rcon_password' or timeouts hit from outside, how the RCON challenge works, the sv_rcon and firewall settings that block it, and how to test it safely.
