Руководства

A line-by-line guide to reunion.cfg on ReHLDS: the mandatory SteamIdHashSalt, the cid_ client-provider modes, how Steam and non-Steam share one identity space, and why the salt must never change.

Run a genuinely free CS 1.6 server on Oracle's Always Free tier by choosing the x86 AMD micro shape and working around Oracle's restrictive default firewall.

Install and manage a CS 1.6 server with LinuxGSM's csserver script, which wraps SteamCMD, tmux, and a self-healing monitor.

The exact SteamCMD sequence to download the CS 1.6 dedicated server as app 90, why anonymous login works, what app_update 90 validate does, and the pitfalls of the shared HLDS package.

Why a map shows black, purple-checkered, or missing textures in game, and how WAD embedding, client-side WADs, and correct texture names put them back.

A recap of the November 2023 25th Anniversary update to Counter-Strike, why it broke non-Steam clients and old server stacks, and what the steam_legacy branch rolls back to.

How to point a domain at your CS 1.6 server so players connect by name instead of a raw IP, why GoldSrc resolves hostnames, the A-record setup, and the non-default-port caveat.

A practical map of which CS 1.6 game modes fill servers where, why non-Steam dominates certain regions, and how to pick a mod that matches the players you can actually reach.

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.

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.

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.

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.