Tutoriels

The three rate cvars plus ex_interp decide how smooth and how accurate your connection feels. Here are values that make sense, what they actually do, and why the server can override them.

A reference to the mp_ gameplay cvars that shape a CS 1.6 round, with correct units, sane defaults, and which ones only exist under ReGameDLL.

A practical RCON command cheat sheet for CS 1.6 admins: status, changelevel, kick, ban, cvar changes, config exec and log control, with real syntax.

Precache models, sounds, sprites and generic files in plugin_precache, understand the path rules, and avoid the precache overflow that crashes map load.

A complete, working first plugin: register a chat command that reports a player's health, compiled and installed step by step. Real Pawn, not pseudocode.

When 100% CPU on hlds_linux is normal busy-waiting and when it is a real problem - pingboost modes, a runaway plugin, empty-server spin, and how to tell them apart.

When every non-Steam player shares one id, admin access and bans by SteamID collapse. Fix it with sv_lan 0 and a correct Reunion SteamIdHashSalt and client-id modes.

A Metamod plugin shows 'bad load' in meta list. What that status means, the real causes — wrong architecture, ABI mismatch, wrong path or platform tag — and how to fix each.

The exact ports a CS 1.6 server uses — game, RCON, HLTV, and Steam master traffic — with copy-paste ufw and iptables rules and how to prove the port is really open.

How AMX Mod X modules load, what modules.ini actually controls, how to add a third-party module, and how to read amxx modules output.

A safe, staged upgrade from AMX Mod X 1.8.2 to 1.10: what breaks, how to recompile, how to test, and how to roll back in thirty seconds.

The rates, update ceiling, stable fps, plugin discipline and entity budget that let a full 32-player CS 1.6 server feel as tight as a 10-slot one.