Counter-Strike 1.6 servers on SLASHPLAY

SLASHPLAY runs dedicated servers for the original Counter-Strike 1.6, the version the whole series grew from. Deploy one, and your friends join with one click from Steam or by pasting a connect line into the game console. It runs only while you play, and stopping it saves your configs, maps and addons.

Quick facts

Version	CS 1.6 Vanilla: the game as Valve ships it
Starting map	de_dust2
Players	16 slots
Sizes and cost	SMALL 5 tokens an hour ($0.05), MEDIUM 10, LARGE 20, XLARGE 41
Address	name.slashplay.gg:port
How to join	Launch in Steam, or connect in the developer console
Join password	Optional, off by default
Game-specific tab	None

What it costs

The CS 1.6 card on the Deploy tab shows 3 tokens an hour. That’s the game’s base rate, set for a 1 CPU, 1 GB server. The sizes you can pick start at SMALL (1 CPU, 2 GB), which works out to 5 tokens an hour for CS 1.6. The deploy window shows the exact price next to every size, and SMALL is plenty for a full 16-player server. See Server sizes.

What you can change

There are no one-click match controls for CS 1.6. You run it the classic way:

• The Console tab sends server commands, such as changelevel de_inferno or mp_timelimit 30. As you type, it suggests commands from the Counter-Strike list. That list is built for CS2, so not every suggestion exists in 1.6. See CS 1.6 console commands.
• The file manager (Advanced → Files) gives you the game folder. The cstrike/cfg, cstrike/maps and cstrike/addons folders are part of every save, so custom configs, maps and addons like AMX Mod X survive a stop and restore. Anything else you upload is kept too. See The file manager.
• A join password keeps strangers out. Turn it on from the General tab. See Join passwords.

Where to start

1. Start a Counter-Strike 1.6 server: deploy, join, invite friends, stop.
2. Counter-Strike 1.6 console commands: maps, round settings, bans, custom maps and a server.cfg that sticks.
3. AMX Mod X on Counter-Strike 1.6: admin commands and plugins, installed by hand.
4. Start, stop and restore to understand saves and costs.