Hl2 server help.

Can I get someone to tell me how to make a hl2 server. I want to make a lan server to test out new maps that I would be adding to EFB. Also do I need to have hl2 installed to my other computer to run a hl2 server, or can the empires server packet work by itself.

thanks,
Whale

 

You need the Source SDK Base installed to run Empires Mod.

 

to run a dedicated empires servers you need to download Source Dedicated Server and then install the Empires Server Pack on top of it. It's pretty easy in windows.

 

For windows: http://storefront.steampowered.com/download/hldsupdatetool.exe
For linux: http://storefront.steampowered.com/download/hldsupdatetool.bin

In the windows version, run it from the command line like this:

Code:

hldsupdatetool -command update -game hl2mp -dir <install folder here, try using .\>

As for linux... I decided to set one up on a virtual machine to figure it out.

Code:

chmod +x hldsupdatetool.bin
./hldsupdatetool.bin

type yes to continue

Code:

chmod +x steam
./steam

the update tool will update itself

Code:

./steam -command update -game hl2mp -dir <install folder here, try ./>

the linux version of Half-Life 2: Deathmatch will be downloaded