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How to create a CS 1.6, CZ, Day of Defeat or Sven Co-op server

Create the server in ProximaClient with a public tunnel and send your friends its address: they connect with the connect command in the game console. The app downloads the server files itself; you don't need to sign in to Steam.

Steps​

  1. Open "Game servers" and click "Add server" (or "Create server" if you have none yet).
  2. At the "Game" step, pick Counter-Strike 1.6, Condition Zero, Day of Defeat or Sven Co-op and click "Next".
  3. At the "Build" step, pick Vanilla, a clean server, or AMX Mod X, a server with plugins (admin tools, stats, map voting), and click "Next". The build can't be changed later without creating the server again. Sven Co-op has a single build, so this step doesn't appear for it.
  4. At the "Setup" step, fill in "Server name" and "Install folder" and tick "Create a public tunnel for this server". The tunnel needs a ProximaMP account.
  5. Click "Start server" and the install begins. Once it finishes, click "Start".

Check it: after the start, the server header shows the tunnel's external address.

How friends join the server​

Send your friends the server's external address from its header. In the game they open the console with the ~ key (Ё on a Russian keyboard layout) and enter the whole address:

connect 203.0.113.10:41234

If the console doesn't open, add -console to the game's launch options in Steam. Sven Co-op is free on Steam, so your friends don't need to buy it.

If your friends can't get in, open "Friends can't connect".

What you manage in ProximaClient​

You manage the server on its tabs: "Players", "Maps" (changing the map), "Launch options" (slots, port, auto-restart after a crash), "Settings" (server.cfg), "Files" and "Scheduler" (backups and restarts on a schedule). In the AMX Mod X build, plugins are turned on, off and removed on the "Plugins" tab.

Condition Zero has built-in bots: add them with the bot_add command in the server console, and set how many with bot_quota.