Installing NS and AMXX

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This chonicles my experience in setting up a dedicated NS server with the AMXX addon for added plugin functionality. It is personal and not authoritative, thought it may become more of an authority with time.

This process was started on 10/15/2006.

[edit] The Files

AMXX Full Installer
amxmodx-installer-1.76a.exe (download)
NS AMXX Module (temporary)
ns_module_v1_65f.zip (download) (Temporary NS 3.1 module)
NS Dedicated Server (Windows)
ns_dedicated_server_v31.zip (download)
HLDS Update Tool
hldsupdatetool.exe (download)

[edit] The Steps

Installation Order: Run the hldsupdatetool.exe, which is actually an installation program.
Installed the data to D:\HLServer\.
From that installation, and from the command line, run 'hldsupdatetool.exe -command update -game valve -dir .', which installs the dedicated server into the same directory as the update tool (D:\HLServer\).

Install the NS dedicated server (unzip and put the 'ns' folder into the HLServer folder (so we have D:\HLServer\ns\ now).

Run the AMXX full installer. Installed to default location (C:\Program Files\AMX Mod X\), and checked to that the setup wizard runs after it's done.
During Setup, choose Local Installation/Standalone Server.
Install to Natural Selection.
Install the NS Addon.

At this point, I wanted to see if I had done everything correctly. I made a small batch file (NSServer.bat) in the HLServer directory with the following line:
'C:\Windows\system32\CMD.EXE /C start /WAIT /HIGH d:\HLServer\hlds.exe -game ns +maxplayers 32 +map co_ulysses -console'.
When things ran just fine, I smiled and moved on.