[ CS:Source ] How to install custom maps to your game server

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Here is how easy it is to install custom maps to your counter strike source game server. First you will need to know what type of files goes to what folder. Some custom maps bring more than just the map and it may also bring materials, sounds, map overview...

Now you need to find your way to the /cstrike folder that's where the maps, materials and sound folders are in the server.



Here's what goes into the maps folder.

maps/
maps/map name.BSP
maps/map name.NAV
maps/map name.RES
maps/map name.TXT
maps/graphs
maps/graphs/map name.AIN
maps/soundcache
maps/soundcache/map name.MANIFEST

Here's what goes into the materials folder.

materials/
materials/map material folder
materials/map material folder/map material file.VMT
materials/map material folder/map material file.VTF
materials/map material folder/map material file.TXT

Here's what goes into the sound folder.

sound/
sound/map sound.MP3
sound/map sound.WAV
sound/map sound.MP3.ZTMP
sound/map sound.WAV.ZTMP
sound/map folder/map sound.MP3
sound/map folder/map sound.WAV
sound/map folder/map sound.MP3.ZTMP
sound/map folder/map sound.WAV.ZTMP

After you are done uploading the custom maps to your server you need to add the name of the map(s) to the maplist.txt file that is located in the /cstrike folder. Download the file and add the name of the map(s) that you just uploaded to the maps folder. When adding the name of the map you do not need to add the extension of the map.

Example...

cs_office
de_3rdstreet
de_dust2

In the example above i did not add the .extension of the map .bsp to maplist.txt file.

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