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Windows dedicated server

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This is a setup guide that allows you to install a basic Team Fortress 2 Windows dedicated server. In the below example the server is installed onto the C drive in a folder called hlserver.

Download and install the SteamCMD Tool

It is recommended you create a separate user to install and run game servers.

It is also recommended you use the non-beta version of the Steam client, otherwise it won t be able to locate Steam libraries.

Download steamcmd.zip

Unzip steamcmd.zip to a directory, for example C: hlserver.

Create a SteamCMD script

Create a file called tf2_ds.txt in the folder where you installed the tool. In this example, that is C: hlserver

Edit the file with this text:

ShutdownOnFailedCommand 1

NoPromptForPassword 1

force_install_dir c: hlserver tf2

app_update 232250

quit

If you want to opt in to the prerelease version of the TF2 dedicated server, add this line before the app_update line:

beta prerelease

Create an updating batch file

Create a file called update.bat in the folder where you installed the tool.

Edit the file with this text:

echo off

title update.bat

steamcmd runscript tf2_ds.txt

Start the download/update

Run the update.bat to start the download. This may take several hours as dedicated server content is currently 5.8 GB.

You may need to run the file multiple times until the message Success. App 232250 fully installed. displays.

Create/Update server files

Create a file called server.cfg in C: hlserver tf2 tf cfg

Edit the file with these details:

hostname Your server s name //The server name that players will see in the server browser and in the scoreboard

sv_password //Leave empty if you do not want a password

rcon_password Your_Rcon_Password //Password to enable rcon access from the console

mp_timelimit 30 //Time per map in the rotation, in minutes. 0 to never rotate the map on a timer.

mp_maxrounds 10 //Maximum number of rounds to play per map before forcing a mapchange

sv_allowupload 1 // Allow clients to upload customization files e.g. sprays

sv_allowdownload 1 // Allow clients to download files e.g. sprays, custom maps, custom content, etc.

net_maxfilesize 15 // Maximum allowed file size for uploading in MB Optional

An example with more cvars console variables can be found in Example Server.cfg for TF2 dedicated server.

Create the files motd.txt and mapcycle.txt in C: hlserver tf2 tf cfg

You may want to use the motd_default.txt and mapcycle_default.txt as references

Create a file called pure_server_whitelist.txt in C: hlserver tf2 tf cfg

It is advised that you copy and paste the contents of the pure_server_whitelist_example.txt file into your file first, and then apply any modifications you may want

Create a file to run the server

Create a shortcut that references to the file C: hlserver tf2 srcds.exe. Name the shortcut an appropriate name,

Right click on the shorcut, select properties,

Set Target to:

C: hlserver tf2 srcds.exe -console -game tf sv_pure 1 map ctf_2fort maxplayers 24

C: hlserver

Run the shortcut you have created to start your server.

This will start a pure server with 24 slots running on 2Fort by default. If you don t wish to apply pure server rules, you can remove sv_pure 1. You can also change the value of maxplayers up to 32.

Other command line options

Some other common command-line options for TF2 are:

-ip 1.2.3.4 - Bind to a specific IP address. By default, the server listens on all network interfaces.

-port 27015 - Bind to a different port 27015 is the default

-strictportbind - If a server is already running on the specified port, the server will shut down instead of moving to the next available port.

randommap - Use instead of map to select a map at random

servercfgfile - Which tf cfg file to execute on map change, defaults to server.cfg

mapcyclefile - Which tf cfg file contains this server s mapcycle, defaults to mapcycle.txt. Will also look in tf

-replay - Executes replay.cfg and adds an additional slot for the replay bot, but removes it from the player count.

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