Tutoriels

How AMX Mod X reads plugins.ini top to bottom, why order changes behavior, how to run a plugin in debug mode, and how to disable one cleanly.

High ping, choke and loss have different causes and different fixes. Learn to read net_graph, set your rates correctly, and tell a server problem from a connection problem.

Your server runs fine but nobody can find it in the internet browser. This is the complete, ordered checklist for making a CS 1.6 server appear in the master list.

Use SQL_ThreadQuery to run MySQL queries off the main thread so a slow database never stalls the game, with correct handle lifetime and error handling.

Install the legacy AMX Mod X 1.8.2 base and CS module on a CS 1.6 server, set up admins, and know exactly what you give up by staying on 1.8.2.

Why AMX Mod X does not recognise your admin - SteamID vs name-based auth, Reunion/non-Steam IDs, account flags, and the amx_reloadadmins step - diagnosed the way admins actually break.

The 'No subscription' error on app 90 almost always means you logged into SteamCMD with a personal account instead of anonymous. Here is the correct install command and the other causes.

HLDS is a 32-bit binary and modern 64-bit Linux ships none of its runtime. Here is the exact i386 package set for Debian, Ubuntu, and RHEL, plus how to diagnose which one is missing.

Let non-Steam CS 1.6 clients connect: Reunion on ReHLDS or dproto on HLDS, the mandatory SteamIdHashSalt, and how admin identification changes when SteamIDs are not real.

Some clients get 'This server is using a different protocol' because CS 1.6 has two engine protocols, 47 and 48. Understand which client uses which and accept both with dproto.

A practical comparison of Metamod-r and Metamod-P for CS 1.6 servers: performance, ReHLDS compatibility, plugin support and how to switch safely.

How to pin an HLDS or ReHLDS instance to a specific CPU core with taskset for better cache locality, and why it matters most when packing many servers on one box.