Installing Metamod:Source

This article will guide you through a Metamod:Source installation.

If you don't already have Metamod:Source bundled with a plugin, you can install it manually with the directions below.

1. Download the appropriate package for your server: there is a Linux tarball and Windows zip file. You can get this from the SourceMM Website.
2. Open the package, you will either have "server_i486.so" or "server.dll".
3. Find your "mod folder" on your server. This will be something like "cstrike" or "hl2mp".
4. Make a folder in your mod folder called "addons", if it doesn't already exist. Make a folder inside addons called "metamod", and a folder inside "metamod" called "bin".
5. Create a new, blank, text file called "metaplugins.ini".
6. Upload the files to your server:
   • Upload the server.dll or server_i486.so file to your addons/metamod/bin Folder.
   • Upload the metaplugins.ini file to your addons/metamod folder.
   • WARNING! - Do not replace the mod's server.dll/server_i486.so (usually in "<mod>\bin"). This will cause your mod to stop working.
7. Open the file in the mod folder called "gameinfo.txt". You will see a few lines at the bottom like this:

   SearchPaths
   {
   	Game				|gameinfo_path|. 
   	Game				cstrike
   	Game				hl2
   }
   

8. Add a line after the "{" sign but before all of the "Game" entries that looks like this:

   GameBin				|gameinfo_path|addons/metamod/bin
   

9. You're done! To test whether it worked, restart your game server and type "meta" in the server console. You should get a menu.
10. For more information, documentation, and troubleshooting, see Category:Documentation (SourceMM)
11. Optional Cvars: mm_pluginsfile - Sets the path and name of the plugins file, defaulting to "addons/metamod/metaplugins.ini". It is relative to the mod directory.

If your gameinfo.txt gets rewritten, and your line gets removed, metamod won't run. There are a couple ways to fix this:

1. Quick-fix Redo steps 7 and 8.
2. Windows-only batch fix Create a text file in "counter-strike source" called sourcemm.bat and then right-click edit. put this in.

   cd "cstrike"
   copy GameInfo.txt.mms GameInfo.txt
   cd ..
   hl2.exe -insecure -console -game cstrike
   

   Then in "cstrike" (under folder you were just in) copy "gameinfo.txt" and rename it "GameInfo.txt.mms" ( I got this off http://www.tcwonline.org/~dvander/cssdm/ )

   Or chnage the permission of the file gameinfo.txt to write protected.
3. Linux-only fix Open a console or xterm or whatever your prefer and cd to the directory where you installed steam (a program called steam will be there). Open up a new file called gameinfopatcher (in vim or whatever editor you like) and type the following in:

   #/bin/bash
   if [ "`grep addons/metamod/bin < gameinfo.txt`" = "" ]
   then
   # I love here document patches.
     echo gameinfo.txt needs patching for metamod.
     patch -Np0 <<EOPATCH
   *** gameinfo.txt.bak	Sun Apr 16 19:04:34 2006
   --- gameinfo.txt	Mon Apr 17 11:01:49 2006
   ***************
   *** 41,44 ****
   --- 41,45 ----
     		SearchPaths^M
     		{^M
   + 			GameBin				|gameinfo_path|addons/metamod/bin^M
   EOPATCH
   
     test $? || echo patch failed 
     rm gameinfo.txt.orig || echo temp file deletion failed
   
   else
     echo Already patched.
   fi
   

   Those ^M's are control characters. To type them in vim, press Ctrl-v Ctrl-m. For other editors, you're on your own. Also, be mindful of tabs and backticks. If you can't figure out how to do all that or just don't want to mess with it, you can download a tarred bzip2 from http://www.tlcomputing.com/gameinfo.txt.updater.tar.bz2 (note: this link appears to alter the GameInfo.txt with an extra '/', which is wrong). To be able to run this script you must make it executable by running:

   chmod +x gameinfopatcher

   Now cd into the directory of the mod whose gameinfo.txt you need to fix. For example,

   cd cstrike

   Now you just need to run the updater like this:

   ../gameinfopatcher

   You can safely run this script any time, even if Valve changes the contents of gameinfo.txt. I recommend running it after every update.