![]() ![]() sv_allow_lobby_connect_only 0 allows for players to connect directly to your server without using the Left 4 Dead lobby system.The rcon_password is for remote administration of Left 4 Dead when the server is running.You can change the hostname to whatever you want.Once Left 4 Dead 2 has installed we need to to create a server configuration file called server.cfg and a script to run the server.Ĭreate files called server.cfg and autoexec.cfg in the following location /home/username/hlds/left4dead2/left4dead2/cfg: cd /hlds/left4dead2/left4dead2/cfgĪ basic server.cfg should look something like this: hostname "Left 4 Dead" Left 4 Dead files will now install to /home/username/hlds/left4dead2/ – this may take some time, so you may want to make a cup of tea. ![]() Note: you will most likely be prompted to run the last command again as the first time it runs it will update steam and not install Left 4 Dead. steam -command update -game left4dead2 -dir /home/username/hlds Run Steam to download the Left 4 Dead files. Now make Steam executable: chmod +x steam ![]() Type yes to the agreement and then press enter to continue. ![]() Make hldsupdatetool.bin executable: chmod +x hldsupdatetool.bin If you do not have wget installed then install it as follows: sudo apt-get install wgetĬreate a new folder for downloading and installing L4D2: mkdir hldsĭownload the hldsupdatetool from Valve: wget Hopefully that will remain enough!įirst update Ubuntu Server: sudo apt-get update After installing a minimal virtual machine, open-vm-tools and L4D2 I had 4.6Gb of free space. I knew that L4D2 would take up more space and so I started out with a 15Gb virtual hard drive this time. Setting up a dedicated server for Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2) is almost exactly the same as Left 4 Dead (L4D) which I covered a while ago. ![]()
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