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How to Install Plugins on Your Half-Life 2 Deathmatch Server

Installing plugins on your Half-Life 2: Deathmatch server can enhance gameplay and add new features. Game Host Bros makes it easy to enable SourceMod, which is required for most plugins.

How to Install SourceMod

  1. 1
    Log in to Bropanel and select your server.
  2. 2
    In the sidebar, go to Settings in the left sidebar.
  3. 3
    Find the Enable SourceMod option and change its value to 1.
  4. 4
    Click Save & Restart to apply your changes.

Whenever your server starts, SourceMod and Metamod will automatically stay up to date with the latest stable version.

Note

If you want to manually install a specific version of SourceMod and Metamod, keep this setting disabled to stop our system from handling these frameworks.

How to Install Plugins

Once SourceMod is installed, you can start adding plugins to your server:

  1. 1
    In the sidebar, go to Files.
  2. 2
    Navigate to the /hl2mp/addons/sourcemod/plugins directory.
  3. 3
    Upload your plugin files (usually ending in .smx) to this directory.
  4. 4
    Restart your server or use the sm plugins refresh command in the server console.

How to Install Extensions

Some plugins require additional extensions to function properly. Here's how to install them:

  1. 1
    In the sidebar, go to Files and navigate to the /hl2mp/addons/sourcemod/extensions/ directory.
  2. 2
    Upload the extension files (ending in .so for Linux) to this directory.
  3. 3
    If the extension came with a .cfg file, upload it to hl2mp/cfg/sourcemod.
  4. 4
    Restart your server.

Always make sure you're using extensions compatible with Linux and your SourceMod version.