Here you’ll learn how to connect to your Counter-Strike: Source server and change the most important settings.
Connecting
- Start the server on the server page with Start.
- Wait until the status shows “running”. You can follow the progress in the Console.
- In the game, open the console and enter
connect IP:Port. Alternatively, you can find the server in the Steam server browser. - The address (IP:Port) is shown at the top of your server page.
Important settings
You change these values in the Startup variables tab. Changes take effect on the next restart.
- Steam token (
STEAM_TOKEN) – the Game Server Login Token (GSLT). You create it at steamcommunity.com/dev/managegameservers. - Map (
SRCDS_MAP) – the starting map, e.g.de_dust2.
Good to know
- You enter the Steam token when ordering. You can change it later under Startup variables.
- You may first need to enable the in-game console in the options.
- During setup, the server files are downloaded via Steam, so the first start may take a few minutes longer.