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Command-line arguments for the Source Dedicated Server executable (srcds.exe, srcds_run)

Command-Line Parameters

Argument	Description
-allowdebug	(Same as -debug ?)
-autoupdate	Autoupdate the game. Requires -steam_dir and -steamcmd_script to be set.
-binary <binary>	Use the specified binary (no auto detection).
-console	SrcDS will run in console mode.
-debug	Run debugging on failed servers if possible. Requires -gdb to be set [confirm]
-debuglog <logname>	Log debug output to this file.
-dev	Show developer messages.
-fork <number> (in all games since )	Starts up the specified number of instances as subprocesses at once. They will each use the first available port number at 27015 or above. When using this functionality, other server parameters support substitution. For instance, if you specify +exec autoexec##.cfg, then the first server will execute autoexec01.cfg, the second autoexec02.cfg, and so on.
-game <game or path>	Specifies which game/mod to run. Accepts either a path to a gameinfo.txt, or one of these pre-set values.
-gdb <gdb>	Use <dbg> as the debugger of failed servers.
-help	?
-insecure	Starts the server without Valve Anti-Cheat.
-ignoresigint	Ignore signal INT (prevents CTRL+C quitting).
-ip	Specifies the address to use for the bind(2) syscall, which controls on which IP addresses the program is reachable on. It must either be a local address (an addresses of the host it runs on) or 0.0.0.0 (the wildcard). This has nothing to do with externally-visible addresses in NAT setups.
-maxplayers <number>	Specifies how many player slots the server can contain.
-netconport <number> (in all games since )	Creates a remotely accessible server console on the specified port. This can be connected to with telnet or similar applications, and allows controlling of the server as if the commands were being typed in at the console
-netconpassword <password> (in all games since )	If set, users must type PASS "password" to use the remote console described above
-nobots	Disable bots.
-nohltv	Disables SourceTV and closes its port (usually 27020).
-norestart	Won't attempt to restart failed servers.
-notrap	Don't use trap. This prevents automatic removal of old lock files.
-port	The port the server advertises to clients.
-steam	Use this (along with -console) when you are running the version of SRCDS downloaded through Steam[confirm]. Original Description "Quit on steam update failure"
-steamcmd_script <path>	[confirm] Path to the steam script to execute. Example: ~/Steam/hl2_ds.txt.
-steamerr	Quit on steam update failure.
-steamuser	Steam user ID?
-steampass	Steam Login Password?
-steam_dir <path>	Dir that steam.sh resides in. Example: ~/Steam
-tickrate <number>	Specifies Server-Tickrate (for more info see Source Multiplayer Networking). This cannot be altered on TF2 (except older versions), CSS (except older versions), L4D, and L4D2.
-timeout <number>	Sleep for <number> seconds before restarting a failed server.
-dumplongticks	Generate minidumps when there are long server frame

Console Variables

• +<console variable> <arg> - Sets the Cvar (or console variable) to the specified setting.

Some Useful Console Variables

Argument	Description
+hostname "Hostname"	Specifies the name of the server (Spaces between words won't work here!).
+ip	Specifies the IP when multiple network cards are installed (Old, but still works).
+map <map>	Specifies which map to start.
+maxplayers <number>	Specifies how many player slots the server can contain (Old, but still works).
+hostport <port>	Specifies the host port (Port specification before -port was added, but can still be used).
+clientport <port>	Specifies the client port (The port the server advertises to clients, the same as -port and clientport in console)
+sv_lan <0/1>	If set to 1, server is only available in Local Area Network (LAN).