Half-Life Dedicated Server (Steam) Update Tool <br> [4.07.05] </p>
HldsUpdateTool is an application that will update an existing Half-Life <br> Dedicated Server installation to the latest version or will download the <br> latest version (from scratch) if an existing version is not found. <br> To save time/bandwidth downloading files, it's better to install <br> HldsUpdateTool into the root folder of an existing Half-Life Dedicated <br> Server installation. </p>
Installation <br> ------------ </p>
1) Creating an account </p>
It is no longer necessary to have a Steam account to use this tool. </p>
2) Getting the latest version of the Dedicated Server </p>
To download the latest version of the dedicated server to your machine: </p>
a) Open a command prompt. </p>
b) Change to the directory where the HLDS Update Tool is installed. </p>
c) Run the HLDS Update Tool with the "update" command: </p>
>HldsUpdateTool.exe -command update -game -dir </p>
"cstrike", "dmc", "dod", "ricochet", "tfc", "valve", "Counter-Strike Source", or "hl2mp" </p>
is the path where you want the files installed <br> e.g. . (for the current directory) or c:\hlserver </p>
e.g. <br> >HldsUpdateTool.exe -command update -game cstrike -dir . </p>
or </p>
>HldsUpdateTool.exe -command update -game cstrike -dir c:\hlserver </p>
(NOTE: that will be ./steam instead of HldsUpdateTool.exe for <br> Linux users) </p>
d) Steam remembers the options you use, so when you need to update <br> next time you only need to run: </p>
>HldsUpdateTool.exe -command update </p>
e) You can also install multiple copies of the server by specifying a <br> different . </p>
f) Half-Life mods (eg cstrike, dod) and Source mods (eg hl2mp) must <br> be installed to separate directories </p>
3) Updating your Dedicated Server </p>
If your dedicated server becomes out-of-date you will see the following <br> message in your server console and in the server log: </p>
"Your server needs to be restarted in order to receive the latest update." </p>
To update, stop your dedicated server and run the update commands described <br> in Section 2 (above). </p>
4) Help </p>
To see this info and info about other options of the tool, run it with "-?" <br> and it will print them on the screen. </p>
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