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Creating and Managing Game Servers

After the installation steps are finished, you can access the Game Server management page where you can perform the following operations:

This section describes how to create a new game server and where to view the list of existing game servers.

You can see a list of existing game servers on the Game Server management page that is the first page that opens after you access the Plesk Game Server module. The following information is provided for each game server:

Status icon - indicates the current status of a game server: the game server is running, the game server is stopped, and the icon indicates that the game server is started but is not responding to ping requests.

Restart icon - click this icon to restart a game server.

Server name - name of the game server defined during its creation. Click this name to make configuration changes to this game server.

Mod title - game modification name.

Active map - map that is currently used on the game server.

Players - number of players that can simultaneously connect to the server.

IP Address - IP address of the game server

Port - port number the game server listens on.

To create a new game server:

  1. To set up a new game server, click the Add CS Game Server icon on the Game Server management page (Modules --> Counter-Strike game server).
  2. Select a game modification you want to run on your server. Click Next.
  3. Choose the operation mode. If your server is going to be restricted to LAN clients only, select the Server is running in LAN-Only mode option. If you are serving both LAN and Internet clients, select the Server is running in LAN & Internet mode option. Click Next.
  4. Specify the maximum number of players who can connect simultaneously to your server. Click Next.
  5. Enter the name for this game server. Click Next.
  6. Select how you want to configure your game server:
  7. After you click Finish, the game server with optimal configuration will be created.

If you selected Run the game server with the default configuration option, the game server will run.

If you chose Customize the default configuration prior to running the game server, you will be taken to the game server configuration page on which you can adjust settings for your game server.

To start, stop or restart a game server:

On the Game Server management page, click the icon to stop a running game server, to start a stopped game server and the icon to restart it.

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On the Game Server management page, click a game server's name. Then click the button to run a game server, the button to start it, and to restart it.

To remove a game server:

  1. On the Game Server management page, select the checkboxes corresponding to the game servers you wish to remove, and click Remove Selected.
  2. On the next page, confirm removal and click OK.

To refresh a list of game servers:

Click the Refresh button on the Game Server management page. This will refresh the list of currently existing game servers.

See Also

Using Game Server

Game Server Interface Basics

Installing Game Server Engine

Configuring Your Game Server

Adding New Maps

Updating Game Servers

Who Can Manage a Game Server