FAQ

Note that this FAQ is incomplete and work in progress.

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Basics

What does word X mean?

• CS2: The game Counter-Strike 2, latest entry of the Counter-Strike series and successor of the popular "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive" aka CS:GO.
• cs2-multiserver, MSM: Shell scripts to install, manage and launch dedicated game servers for CS2. Launch on the command line as cs2-server.
• Base Installation: The place where the game files of CS2 are initially installed to. This acts as a source for the files of the instances.
• Instance: An individual game server, with individual configuration and log files. Core game files shared with other instances and the base installation. Instances are specified on the command line with an @-prefix.

How do I install and run a CS2 server?

Please see the section "Getting Started" of the README.

Where are the files saved?

cs2-multiserver creates the folder msm.d/cs2 in your user's home directory. There, you can find the subfolders ...

• base: By default, this is where the Base Installation is saved to.
• inst-...: For each instance, the directory of the game files.
• cfg: The configuration files for cs2-multiserver, separated by instance. These are used to generate the autoexec file and the launch command.
• log: Logs of MSM and the game server, separated by instance.
• tmp: Temporary files.
• addons: Reserved for potential future MSM addons.

If you are limited on disk space, it is okay to occasionally delete the log and tmp files.

How do I get help?

CS2-Multiserver is an administration tool for a niche use case, so there aren't easy guides to follow or lots of people to ask.

It is required that users

• have some networking, game server and/or linux administration knowledge
• read the manual and error messages
• are comfortable experimenting with settings
• try troubleshooting themselves

When asking questions or opening issues, remember that CS2-Multiserver is free software, created by unpaid volunteers in their free time, so ...

• Be respectful and patient
• Do not ask irrelevant questions (for example about linux or networking in general)
• Include all information you can that might be relevant
  • steps to reproduce
  • modifications you made or configuration specific to your case
  • command line output
  • log files (please remove credentials before posting them)

If you have the knowledge and capacity, please also help with issues from others, add to the documentation, or write guides.

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Configuration

What do I need to set for each instance?

How do I select a different map or game mode?

How do I delete an instance?

Just delete the instance folder (~/msm.d/cs2/inst-...).

Can I run CS2-Multiserver with my existing CS2 installatin?

Yes. During cs2-server setup, when you are asked to select the base installation directory, paste or enter the path to your existing CS2 installation and you are good to go.

How can I set server variables?

How do I change the command line arguments?

Troubleshooting

General tips and tricks

• Check for error messages
  • Connect to the server console using cs2-server @myinstance console or ...
  • Open the game logs at ~/msm.d/cs2/log/inst-myinstance
• Take note of any warnings displayed by cs2-multiserver
• Enable script debugging mode with export MSM_DEBUG=1

I cannot connect to my server

I can connect to my server, but other people cannot

My server has bad performance or unusually high CPU usage

Development

How are the source files organized?

How do I navigate the code?