If your operating system is 32-bit (x86), then copy the engine.dll into the Releases(Windows x32) folder. After this copy the engine.dll from the bin folder, which is located in in server root/bin folder, to the new folder you created earlier, VUP. If it disappears again that means that it's fully downloaded and it's OK.Įxtract the archive to a blank folder, and name it VUP. If the window dissapeared try running the shortcut again. Wait for it to download the necessary files for the dedicated server. When it's done, press OK and start the shortcut. cstrike, which is CSS with cstrike, CS 1.6). command update -game "Counter-Strike Source" -dir %p where %p is your directory for CSS Dedicated Server contents.Įxample: C:\Servers\srcds, or C:\Srcds or any other folder, but be aware that you won't put the folder of your Half-Life Dedicated Server (HLDS) folder, like C:\hlserver or C:\servers\hlds, because downloading contents of a Source game into a GoldSource folder will result incorrect working (eg. Now write the following in the Target box after the hldsupdatetool.exe Now the shortcut is created, right-click it and select "Properties". Now as the setup is finished, go to the folder where hldsupdatetool is installed and create a shortcut for hldsupdatetool.exe. Now select the region where is your server from the list below.Īnd now the setup is finished! Press "Finish" to exit the setup.
Press "Next" to install the dedicated server tools. Now choose the location to where to install the dedicated server files, after set, press "Next" button. Installer will now ask us our location to install it. We want to download the dedicated server so we will agree all agreements. After that you will see this:īefore continuing, you should know that you need to agree with it, so you can install and download dedicated server. Note: Password for eSTEAMATiON v1.9RC1 and VUP 2.11 FINAL is csmania!
We will need SteamID's for the clients on our servers, don't we? So that's why we gonna use eSTEAMATION! eSTEAMATION generates SteamID's for cracked clients (whether it's cracked Steam or non-Steam), so that admins could ban players by SteamID's, rather than by IP. And for this we gonna use VUP 2.11 patch (ViTYAN's Universal Patch). It let's all the players (legit, cracked, or by using non-steam (emulated) clients. Now we need to patch our server, so that cracked players can join in too.
In the end, you will get a cracked Counter-Strike Source Dedicated server ready for clients to play with both legit and blank account support.įirst, we download the hldsupdatetool, and with this tool we can download our standalone dedicated server, which doesn't runs with Steam. All downloads in the guide will have direct links and will be updated. This guide will lead you through all downloading, installing and cracking the dedicated server.
How to download and crack a Dedicated server for Counter-Strike Source (Windows)