How to admin your first server: The basics

[thebeautyisfake]

This is a small thread for those who ask commonly asked questions, all easy to understand! It's expanding off Mike's FAQ [:

Help me please, I don't know how to add myself as an admin!
If you are running sourcemod, this step is easy.
On efrag, go to your control panel. Hit the button that says "cfg". Scroll down and click on addons/sourcemod/configs/admins_simple.ini

You'll be displayed with a mostly blank file with some commentary.

To add yourself to the list, simply enter your STEAM ID at the bottom of the file, followed by a "z". If your are unsure of how to find this out or how to enter it, read below:

To find your steam ID, join a server, open the developer console (¬) and type status. Beside your name should be a set of numbers. For example: "STEAM_0:0:123456789".

So, now you have your Steam ID. You must enter it at the BOTTOM of the file like this;

"STEAM_0:0:123456789" "99:z"

This will give you unlimited admin rights with the maximum immunity level (stops other admins from kicking you).
Save, restart the server or force a mapchange. Type !admin or /admin to access the features.

[clanleader]

Nice and helpful guide, thanks.

[Mike]

Stickied mate very nice guide

[thebeautyisfake]

Originally Posted by Mike

Stickied mate very nice guide

Sweet [:
Think you could sticky it for the other game forums to? It's just in the CSS one at the moment!

[bennoxb]

where are cfg? im cannot find it on control panel.

[Mike]

As stated at the top:

Help me please, I don't know how to add myself as an admin!
If you are running sourcemod, this step is easy.

If you install sourcemod from the add/remove plugins area, all configs mentioned in this guide are easily viewable.

[lambie1960]

what do you mean by unlimited admin rights. When i type admin on css it tells me its an unknown command i have to type sm_admin and get what i think is limited admin rights can you please advise as i followed all the steps you metioned in basic set up on sourcemod. many thanks. also i would like to add a couple of botts and change host name.

[thebeautyisfake]

Originally Posted by lambie1960

what do you mean by unlimited admin rights. When i type admin on css it tells me its an unknown command i have to type sm_admin and get what i think is limited admin rights can you please advise as i followed all the steps you metioned in basic set up on sourcemod. many thanks. also i would like to add a couple of botts and change host name.

If you added the 99:z as I showed in the guide, you will have all admin powers available to you. What powers are available depends on your setup and what plugins you have running. If you're running sourcemod right out the box without any extras, the admin features you'll have will be very basic (kick, ban, slay etc).
Type /admin to bring up the admin menu, otherwise /sm_admin may work.

[Merk]

Well I use both sourcemod and main admin on main admin i got myself admin but in sourcemod no do they work both or not.

[EDGE6]

Thanks Matey, How do i make it so people on have selective admin which i choose. I can do it with Mani, NP, it's just mani has been hacked 'n' all so can you reply please

Cheers very helpful