So the first step is to create a steam group. The advantage of this method is that you can invite players to your steam group and only those players will be able to play on the server – they will also see steam group servers when the game loads (so your server should be easy to join). On my server this is /home/sxl4d/user/l4d/left4dead/cfg.Īside from setting a password with the sv_password cvar in your server.cfg there is another way to make your server private, and that is to associate it with a “steam group”. Copy the contents of the cfg folder to the cfg folder on the server. On my server this is /home/user/hlds/l4d/left4dead/addons. Copy the contents of your addons folder to the addons folder on the server. Next download SourceMod and extract the files. Upload this file to the addons folder on your server. Now you need to generate a vdf file – choose Left4Dead as the game type and leave the gamefolder blank to download the correct file (click Generate Metamod VDF). On my server this is /home/user/hlds/l4d/left4dead.

Copy the addons folder to your left4dead folder on your server. Next download Metamod to your computer and extract the files.

Copy and paste it from the console and save it for later. Before you do this you will need to confirm your Steam ID for use later – simply join a server and then open the console and then type the following and hit enter: status Installation consists of copying files to your server so you will need ftp or SSH access to your server.

Well it can help you administer your server in game and you can also install additional plugins with it. Why would you want SourceMod on your Left 4 Dead server?

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