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Important:HLDSUpdateTool was deprecated in early 2013 in favor of SteamCMD.
Important:The Content Delivery Network HLDSUpdateTool used was shut down in late 2013, thus HLDSUpdateTool is no longer functional.
(SteamCMD showed up in early 2013 and the CDN was shut down in mid-late 2013) |
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The '''Half-Life Dedicated Server Update Tool''' or '''HLDSUpdateTool''' was a tool to update [[ | {{lang|title=HLDSUpdateTool|HLDSUpdateTool}} | ||
{{ | The '''Half-Life Dedicated Server Update Tool''' or '''HLDSUpdateTool''' was a tool to update {{gldsrc|4}} and {{Source|4}} [[dedicated server]]s. | ||
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All games have been migrated from the deprecated HLDSUpdateTool to [[SteamCMD]]. | |||
== Limitations/Bugs == | |||
{{Important|HLDSUpdateTool was deprecated in early 2013 in favor of [[SteamCMD]].}} | |||
{{Important|The Content Delivery Network HLDSUpdateTool used was shut down in late 2013, thus HLDSUpdateTool is no longer functional.}} | |||
== Setting up == | == Setting up == | ||
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To run the game, see either the [[Half-Life Dedicated Server]] or [[Source Dedicated Server]] page for more information. | To run the game, see either the [[Half-Life Dedicated Server]] or [[Source Dedicated Server]] page for more information. | ||
== External | == External links == | ||
* [http://youtu.be/qv5jE8FWd_A Video tutorial to setup HLDSUpdateTool on Windows] | * [http://youtu.be/qv5jE8FWd_A Video tutorial to setup HLDSUpdateTool on Windows] | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:56, 4 January 2024
The Half-Life Dedicated Server Update Tool or HLDSUpdateTool was a tool to update 
GoldSrc and 
Source dedicated servers.
All games have been migrated from the deprecated HLDSUpdateTool to SteamCMD.
Limitations/Bugs
Important:HLDSUpdateTool was deprecated in early 2013 in favor of SteamCMD.Important:The Content Delivery Network HLDSUpdateTool used was shut down in late 2013, thus HLDSUpdateTool is no longer functional.Setting up
- Windows: Just run the installer
- Linux:
- Open a terminal and browse to a suitable folder
- Execute
wget http://storefront.steampowered.com/download/hldsupdatetool.bin - Execute
chmod +x hldsupdatetool.bin - Execute
./hldsupdatetool.bin- If you are running a 64-bit Linux distro, you will probably have to install 32-bit libs. See here how to do this.
- The real update tool is
./steam
Downloading and running the server
Run the update tool with -command update -game <game>. Optionally, add -dir <path> to download to a custom location.
Run the update tool with -command list to get a list of game names.
To run the game, see either the Half-Life Dedicated Server or Source Dedicated Server page for more information.