Tutorials

A precise breakdown of metamod/plugins.ini: the win32 vs linux platform columns, relative paths, and why it is not AMXX's plugins.ini.

Why the server loops one map or ignores mapcycle.txt, the mapcyclefile cvar, why maps must end for the cycle to advance, nextmap plugins overriding it, file format traps, and verifying rotation.

A full, line-by-line server.cfg for CS 1.6 covering identity, rates, gameplay, logging and downloads — with an explanation of when it actually executes.

The bind syntax and key names, chaining commands with semicolons, +/- hold commands, building buy binds, and toggle aliases that flip state each press.

Why a ban vanishes on restart: the write step that saves it to disk, the exec that reloads it, and the Linux file-permission problem that silently drops both.

Where autoexec.cfg goes, why config.cfg keeps overwriting your settings, how to make an autoexec that wins, and the file-extension and quoting traps that stop it loading at all.

A complete, commented server.cfg for a public CS 1.6 server that keeps rounds fast and fun without turning into chaos: timing, economy, team balance and anti-grief.

A no-filler reference to the server cvars that matter on a public CS 1.6 server: identity, networking, rates, downloads, logging and security, with sane values.

Why the engine does not read your ban files at startup on its own, which files hold SteamID versus IP bans, and the exec lines server.cfg needs so bans survive a boot.

Stock HLDS does not auto-execute a per-map config. Here is the mapchangecfgfile workaround and a small AMX Mod X plugin that reliably execs maps/mapname.cfg on every map.

A clean 5v5 match config for CS 1.6: the mp_ cvars ESL-style play expects, why a match plugin handles the score and knife round, and how to keep the pug config separate from your public one.

A practical walkthrough of addons/amxmodx/configs/amxx.cfg: access control, admin activity visibility, flood control, intro messages and the cvars worth changing.