Team Fortress 2 servers on SLASHPLAY
What a SLASHPLAY Team Fortress 2 server is: vanilla TF2 on cp_dustbowl with 24 slots, one-click Steam joining, from 3 tokens an hour.
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SLASHPLAY runs dedicated Team Fortress 2 servers for you and your friends. Deploy one, and everyone joins with one click from Steam or a connect line in the console. It runs only while you play, and stopping it saves your server config, maps and addons.
Quick facts
| Version | TF2 Vanilla: the game as Valve ships it |
| Starting map | cp_dustbowl |
| Players | 24 slots |
| Default size | SMALL: 1 CPU, 2 GB memory |
| Cost | 3 tokens an hour ($0.03) on SMALL. MEDIUM 6, LARGE 12, XLARGE 24. |
| 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 you can change
TF2 has no one-click match controls on SLASHPLAY. You run it with the tools every TF2 server admin knows:
- The Console tab sends server commands, like
changelevel pl_badwaterormp_timelimit 30. It doesn’t suggest commands for TF2 as you type, so keep the command list handy. - The file manager (Advanced → Files) opens the game folder. Your
tf/cfg/server.cfg, thetf/mapsandtf/addonsfolders, and the ban lists are part of every save, so a custom config, extra maps or addons 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.
- The size. SMALL handles a casual game. Go MEDIUM or bigger for a full 24-player server with lots of action. You can change the size whenever the server is stopped. See Server sizes.
Where to start
- Start a Team Fortress 2 server: deploy, join, invite friends, stop.
- Team Fortress 2 console commands: maps, match rules, bots, bans, and a
server.cfgthat sticks. - SourceMod on Team Fortress 2: admin menus and plugins, installed by hand.
- Schedules and auto-stop to keep costs in check.
IN THIS SECTION
Beginner ▶ Video Start a Team Fortress 2 server Deploy a Team Fortress 2 server on SLASHPLAY, join it from Steam or the console, invite your friends and stop it again when you're done. Intermediate ▶ Video Team Fortress 2 server console commands The TF2 server commands worth knowing: change maps by game mode, time and win limits, tournament mode, bots, kicks and bans, plus how to make settings stick. Advanced In the works SourceMod on Team Fortress 2 What SourceMod and MetaMod:Source are, why TF2 server admins use them, and how they fit on a SLASHPLAY server: upload into tf/addons and restart.