subject: Different Sorts Of CS Modifications That Can Be Used On Gaming Servers [print this page] Different Sorts Of CS Modifications That Can Be Used On Gaming Servers
Counter Strike regardless of which version has always had a massive amount of mods and add ons available to make your server different. Because of the massive amounts of plug-ins, scripts, game type modifiers, protection scripts etc., we would be here for a month of Sundays! This should be a helpful with setting up mods on Counter-Strike Source servers.Mani Admin Plugin Arguably the most well know mod on CSS and Team Fortress 2 game servers. One of two popular admin mods Mani Admin is written in C++. The plug-in allows administrators to kick, ban, perform map changes etc. Also allows the use of public initiated voting. The plug-in also has support for custom admin skins as well as the custom sounds like Quake. The down side with the mod is that it has been known to have some quite large exploits in it and so a prime target for hackers. Metamod SourceMetamod is used as a layer between the engine and the game and allows the plug-in to interact with the commands that go between the layers. This is just a base to allow other modders to build there plug-ins from. As this is a base plug-in any unnecessary functions have been left out like MySQL or game play mods but has been coded in C++. Sourcemod There are lots of game servers that use Sourcemod as a mod . Sourcemod like Mani is an admin plug-in that will need you to have Metamod installed first to use it. Sourcemod features all the core admin function one would need but also has a highly customizable permission system. Reserved slots are a handy function to always allow you and your friends to get on your own server without having to wait for a free slot. Public voting can also be enabled within the mod as well. Sourcemod can be expanded with over 450 community submitted add-ons to it. Personally I like Sourcemod better than Mani as its a much more stable mod and the admin interface is easy to learn. Mattie's EventScripts Eventscripts is used for adding extra functions by either using a community submitted script or writing your own. The Eventscripts language itself has been designed to be easy to learn and use. Eventscripts also allows the use the python scripting language. GunGame This is an extremely popular add-on for Sourcemod that makes the game into a level system. You start off with low power weapons and advance to higher levels by killing the opposition and with the last levels requiring the highest skill with things like HE grenades and the knife. This is just one of the popular add-ons for Sourcemod and works well with CSS Deathmatch. CSS DeathmatchThis mod turns CSS into a HL2 style Deathmatch game allowing either team or free for all games. You get spawned to a random part of each map after death and get your weapons by selecting from a menu.
