exoGameCtl - Easy Half-Life Game Installer
Copyright (c)2002-2003 JeffDodge.Com.  All Rights Reserved.
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Introduction
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The scripts found in this package were  designed to make your life easier and make it super
simple to install  Half-Life servers for your clients.  The script will add the user to the
box, copy hlds to their directory, setup all necessary cron jobs and scripts for the remote
restart feature of exoGameCtl and start the server.


Setup Instructions
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Before you  can use  the  easy installation  script  you must  first  create  your  default
installation  tar file, which  is simply a customized  install of hlds with all of the mods
you wish to have installed for the user when you setup thier account.

Once you have finished creating your default installation you will  then need to tar up the
directory you installed your default  hlds to (usually hlds_l).  Use the  following command
to create the tar file...

   tar cvfz hlds.tar.gz hlds_l/*

Once you have created  your tar file you  will need to edit the  hldsinst  script  prior to
using it because you will need to set the command to add the user to the system,  it is the
variable named "addcmd" at the top of the script, just uncomment the proper one.

Once that has been done, you are ready to start using the easy installer.  All you need to
do now is put the hlds.tar.gz file  in the same directory as the easy installer script and
run the script as follows...

   ./hldsinst <login> <ip> <port> <mod_name> <max_players> <start_map>

Thats all their is to it!
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If you  have any questions or problems please post them on our forums and someone  will get
back to you ASAP.  http://forums.exodus.tk

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