Counter-Strike 1.6 server console commands

These are the Counter-Strike 1.6 server commands you’re most likely to want. Run them in the Console tab on the server page, or from Discord with /server console. You need the Control servers permission and a Live server. Commands reach the game over RCON, so the server’s reply appears right under your command.

A few things to know first:

• As you type, the console suggests commands from its Counter-Strike list. That list is built for CS2, so some suggestions don’t exist in 1.6. The commands on this page do.
• Separate several commands with ; on one line: mp_freezetime 3; sv_restart 1.
• Commands you run are kept as Recent shortcuts for one-click reuse.
• Settings you change in the console last until the server restarts. To keep them, put them in server.cfg (see Make settings stick).

See The console for the tab itself.

Maps

Command	What it does
changelevel <map>	Change map, keeping players connected.
map <map>	Load a map, reconnecting everyone.
maps *	List every map the server has.

changelevel de_inferno

Maps that come with Counter-Strike 1.6 include:

Type	Maps
Bomb defusal (de_)	de_dust2 (the default), de_dust, de_inferno, de_nuke, de_train, de_aztec, de_cbble, de_prodigy, de_piranesi, de_chateau, de_storm, de_survivor, de_vertigo
Hostage rescue (cs_)	cs_office, cs_italy, cs_assault, cs_militia, cs_estate, cs_havana, cs_backalley, cs_siege

Use maps * to see the exact list on your server.

Rounds and match

Setting	What it does
mp_timelimit <minutes>	Time on each map before it changes. 0 means no limit.
mp_maxrounds <rounds>	Change map after this many rounds. 0 means no limit.
mp_winlimit <rounds>	Change map after a team wins this many rounds. 0 means no limit.
mp_roundtime <minutes>	Length of each round.
mp_freezetime <seconds>	Freeze at the start of each round, for buying.
mp_buytime <minutes>	How long the buy menu stays open.
mp_c4timer <seconds>	Time from planting the bomb to the explosion.
sv_restart <seconds>	Restart the round after N seconds, resetting scores and money. sv_restartround does the same.

Money, teams and damage

Setting	What it does
mp_startmoney <amount>	Money each player starts with, from 800 to 16000.
mp_friendlyfire <0/1>	Damage to teammates.
mp_autoteambalance <0/1>	Even out team sizes automatically.
mp_limitteams <n>	Maximum difference in team size. 0 means no limit.
mp_autokick <0/1>	Kick idle players and team killers automatically.
mp_footsteps <0/1>	Footstep sounds.
mp_flashlight <0/1>	Allow flashlights.
sv_alltalk <0/1>	Both teams hear each other on voice.
sv_gravity <value>	World gravity.

Bots

Counter-Strike 1.6 dedicated servers have no built-in bots, so there are no bot commands to run. Bots need a third-party add-on. See AMX Mod X on Counter-Strike 1.6 for how add-ons fit on SLASHPLAY.

Players and bans

Command	What it does
status	List connected players with their user id and Steam ID.
kick <name>	Disconnect a player by name. Use quotes for names with spaces.
banid <minutes> <userid or steamid> kick	Ban a player and kick them. 0 minutes means permanent.
removeid <steamid>	Lift a ban.
writeid	Save the ban list to a file (banned.cfg in the cstrike folder).
say <message>	Message everyone as the server.

Settings SLASHPLAY manages for you

These are set when the server starts. Don’t change them in the console or in server.cfg:

Setting	Why
sv_password	The join password. Use Password on the General tab instead. If server.cfg sets it, it overrides the dashboard, and the copied connect line stops working.
rcon_password	The Console tab uses it. Change it and the console stops working.

Blocked commands

quit, exit, shutdown and _restart are refused, because they would take the server down in a way the dashboard can’t follow. Use Restart server on the General tab, or Stop & Save, instead.

Make settings stick

Console changes are gone after a restart. For settings you want every time, put them in server.cfg. Counter-Strike 1.6 reads it from the cstrike folder itself (cstrike/server.cfg, not cstrike/cfg) each time a map loads.

cstrike/server.cfg is not in one of the kept folders, so make it yours before you edit it, or your changes are lost at the next stop.

Steps

1. On the server page, open Advanced → Files and go to cstrike.

   

2. If server.cfg shows a closed padlock, click it and choose Take ownership. It’s a tiny file, so it costs next to nothing to store. If there’s no server.cfg, create one on your computer and Upload it: new uploads are yours automatically.

   

3. Click Edit on server.cfg and add one command per line, for example:

   hostname "Old school 1.6"
   mp_timelimit 30
   mp_roundtime 3
   mp_freezetime 3
   mp_startmoney 800
   mp_friendlyfire 0

   

4. Save, then click Restart server on the General tab (or change map) so the game reads it.

Leave sv_password and rcon_password out of it. Extra configs you want to run by hand can go in cstrike/cfg, which is kept. See What’s kept between runs.

Custom maps

1. Upload the map’s .bsp file to cstrike/maps with the file manager. The folder is kept between runs.
2. If the map came with a .res file, upload it to cstrike/maps too. If it came with its own .wad texture file, upload that to cstrike. Other files (models, sounds, sprites) go in the matching folders under cstrike, as they were in the download. New uploads outside the kept folders are part of your save automatically.
3. Load the map with changelevel <mapname>, without the .bsp.

Players who don’t have the map download it from the server when they join. That can take a while for big maps.

Related

• The console
• AMX Mod X on Counter-Strike 1.6
• What’s kept between runs
• The file manager