Yet another help topic..

[DscytheX]

I'll be back later on to check in if this worked for you. If not I'll give you my e-mail and send you the files and where in the folder they should be for this to work.

[DscytheX]

Sorry, I didn't type the correct backup Gameinfo.txt filename. It should be GameInfo.txt.mms

My apologies. =)

[Ssgt.T]

Originally Posted by DscytheX

I had the same problem when starting up a Listening server. Here's how I got it to work:

Make sure you also have the MetaMod:Source addon as well. Don't use the VDF file creator since MetaMod will run Mani. if you created this file delete it. You need to get metamod working before you can get Mani to work.
The problem lies in the Gamesinfo.txt file and MetaMod and you also need a sourcemm.bat file to load CS with after being logged in to Steam. Here's what you do.

you need to edit the Gameinfo.txt file in the cstrike folder to look like this:

"GameInfo"
{
game "Counter-Strike Source"
title "COUNTER-STRIKE'"
title2 "source"
type multiplayer_only
nomodels 1
nohimodel 1
nocrosshair 0
hidden_maps
{
"test_speakers" 1
"test_hardware" 1
}
nodegraph 0


FileSystem
{
SteamAppId 240 // This will mount all the GCFs we need (240=CS:S,

220=HL2).
ToolsAppId 211 // Tools will load this (ie: source SDK caches) to

get things like materials\debug, materials\editor, etc.

//
// The code that loads this file automatically does a few things here:
//
// 1. For each "Game" search path, it adds a "GameBin" path, in <dir>\bin
// 2. For each "Game" search path, it adds another "Game" path in front of it with _<langage> at the end.
// For example: c:\hl2\cstrike on a french machine would get a c:\hl2\cstrike_french path added to it.
// 3. For the first "Game" search path, it adds a search path called "MOD".
// 4. For the first "Game" search path, it adds a search path called "DEFAULT_WRITE_PATH".
//

//
// Search paths are relative to the base directory, which is where hl2.exe is found.
//
// |gameinfo_path| points at the directory where gameinfo.txt is.
// We always want to mount that directory relative to gameinfo.txt, so
// people can mount stuff in c:\mymod, and the main game resources are in
// someplace like c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\<username>\half-life 2.
//
SearchPaths
{
GameBin |gameinfo_path|addons/metamod/bin
Game |gameinfo_path|.
Game cstrike
Game hl2
}
}
}


The main change is the line GameBin |gameinfo_path|addons/metamod/bin
Just add this line before the Game |gameinfo_path|.

Then create a new notepad file and copy this into it:

cd "cstrike"
copy GameInfo.txt.mms GameInfo.txt
cd ..
hl2.exe -insecure -console -game cstrike

Save the file with Save as to your counter-strike folder (not the cstrike but the one before it) for easy access and name it sourcemm.bat.
When you save it make sure to change the tab that says Save as from Text Documents (*.txt) to All files.
Then make a shortcut of it and drop it on your desktop.

Now after all that start Steam, then double click sourcemm.bat to run it. It should start CS for you.
Now create your game using the menu.
Then to run mani you type this into the console :
meta load addonsmani_admin_pluginbinmani_admin_plugin_mm

to get the admin menu type admin in the console.

If you log on to CS witout using the sourcemm.bat file it will erase the line you added to the Gameinfo.txt file so I keep a copy of it saved under Gameinfo.mm.txt. This way I can just copy and paste it when I wanna start using Mani for admin purposes on Lan.

Hope this works for you. =)

Well you've helped me a bit thanks but when i load cs using sourcemm.bat.. and and go to create a server it goes about 3/4's the way then minimizes and i and it say hl2 has encountered an error must close... blah blah but when i click on the sourcemm.bat it says it can't find the gameinfo.txt ? what could be wrong? Also if this helps when i open sourcemm.bat it says it cannot find GameInfo.txt.mms GameInfo.txt could this be why it stops loading towards the end of resources, if so how do i fix that?

[Ssgt.T]

I have an MDMP File it may help i get a new one everytime CSS crashes

[DscytheX]

Sorry for the late reply.

Let's try again but with these changes:
Just make sure you have the GameInfo.txt and GameInfo.txt.mms in the same folder and that the GameInfo.txt has that added line for meta mod.

Also, take out the two lines in your autoexec.cfg file that start mani on startup. They look like this:

mani_reverse_admin_flags 0 // Set the option to reverse the meaning of the admin flags set in adminlist.txt
mani_reverse_immunity_flags 0 // Set the option to reverse the meaning of the immunity flags set in immunitylist.txt

And remove this line from the metaplugins.ini file found in cstrike/addons/metamod :
addons\mani_admin_plugin\bin\mani_admin_plugin_mm

This is the important one though because it starts mani up when you start CS.

Then load cs again with the sourcemm.bat, create a server (with no bots), and once your into the game type this into the console:

meta load addons\mani_admin_plugin\bin\mani_admin_plugin_mm

then when you type admin in the console and go back to the game you should see the admin menu on the left hand side.

Let me know if this works for you. =)

[Ssgt.T]

well i'd have to go back through all the steps and try it again, but it isn't necesary i downloaded a diffrent version and i have it up and running, thanks for the help though

[DscytheX]

cool. I'm glad to hear it's working for you

Now I hope someone will help me with my post someday
Take care Ssgt.T.