This post is dedicated to setting up fast downloading on Counter-Strike to download maps, models, sound files and other game resources with full speed. These steps are tested on Counter-Strike 1.6 Dedicated Server but they should also work on other servers too. By default, the HLDS limits the speed by which the maps and other game resources are directly downloaded on player’s computer. To overcome this limitation, HLDS provides a mechanism called FastDL support. Using FastDL, all the game resources…
This post is about resetting player ranks and statistics from the server. Which means the stats you see with /top15 /rank and other rank related commands will be cleared. Steps: Stop HLDS: Stop your Counter-Strike server. Remove Ranks File: Goto cstrike/addons/amxmodx/data directory and csstats.dat file. You can also rename this file to something else like csstats_13-FEB-15.dat if you want to keep a backup of old scores. Start HLDS: Start your HLDS. All rank related commands should be showing a blank…
We have seen many server owners asking about how to show Content Hosting Provided By banners on different online forums and social website. Most of the solutions provided on those forums are outdated and hence not working. So here is a simple, updated and working tutorial for setting this up for your HLDS Server. Content hosting provided by is a banner which is displayed to the players connecting to a Counter-Strike server. When a new map is added on server,…
When you setup Counter-Strike server, by default the player ranks are saved on server and they are present even when the server is restarted. Unless you have done something terribly wrong with your server settings which is what happened in our case. A few days back we had to reinstall our server from scratch. While installation, we missed something because of which the player ranks in server were not saving any more. When ever the server restarts, all the ranks…
If you don’t know what is a Static IP or why is it needed, read this: http://www.counterstrike.com.pk/help/difference_between_dynamic_and_static_ip_address Steps: Getting Static IP on PTCL Broadband, PTCL EVO, PTCL Wingle, PTCL Nitro and PTCL CharJi connection is fairly simple. All you have to do is call PTCL Helpline on 1236 if you have PTCL Landline or 0800-80-800 if you are calling from mobile. Talk to the operator and tell them that you need Static IP on your connection. They will ask you…