Tutoriels

Why errno 111 is connection refused and not a password problem, the bind-address and skip-networking traps, opening port 3306, and proving the path before blaming the plugin.

Why FastDL requests 404, the cstrike path the engine appends, how bzip2 pre-compression works and when the client falls back, MIME-type blocks, and testing the exact URL in a browser.

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.

The launch options, compatibility settings and renderer changes that make a 20-year-old GoldSrc engine run cleanly on Windows 11.

A per-game NVIDIA Control Panel profile for CS 1.6 that lowers latency and fixes aspect ratio: v-sync off, low latency mode, power management, scaling and threaded optimization.

Build a CS 1.6 spray the game will accept: correct BMP format, power-of-two size, importing through the menu, binding the spray key, and why servers rate-limit it.

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.

Send RCON to your CS 1.6 server from a Discord channel: how GoldSrc RCON's challenge-response works over UDP, a minimal bot pattern, and the access controls that keep it from becoming a backdoor.

How amx_who and the engine status command list connected players, where each shows the SteamID and userid, and how to use them to target moderation actions.

A plain explanation of AMX Mod X: where it sits above the engine, how Metamod loads it, what .sma/.amxx and modules are, and the config files that run it.

Boost services inflate your player count to climb the browser. Here is what they actually do, when it helps, where it backfires, and what genuinely grows a server.