CS 1.6 Fun Server

A fully configured Counter-Strike 1.6 dedicated server running on Docker, deployable to Coolify or a bare host in one command.

Features

• Full money ($16,000) + free kevlar+helmet every round
• Spawn weapon packs — players pick once with /packs or key 1, then auto-equip every spawn
• Money refill after buys — buying weapons keeps topping back up to $16,000
• 125 HP — slight boost, rifle headshots still kill
• Smart CZ bots blocked from AWP/Scout/AUG/SG552/Shield at the game-DLL layer
• Bots always present — server never looks empty to players browsing the list
• Weakened Expert template — HARD brain (smart pathing, grenades, teamwork) with forgiving aim
• Weapon restrictions — tactical shield and auto snipers (G3SG1/SG550) banned for everyone, AWP limited to 3 per team
• No-reload pistols + shotguns — clip auto-refills on every shot
• Infinite reserve for rifles/SMGs — reload still needed, backpack never empty
• Admin revive — /revive respawns dead T/CT players without restarting the round
• Hourly refresh — maps rotate/vote every 60 minutes to keep matches clean
• Shared-host defaults — 500 FPS/ticrate, lighter rates/logs, Docker CPU/RAM guardrails
• 42 maps — official + custom (fy, aim, awp, rats, deathrun, knife arena)
• Map voting — /rtv rock-the-vote + /de /cs /fy /aim /awp /rats /ka /dr group votes
• Admin menu — /admin + chat shortcuts for kick/ban/slap/map/restart/bot
• Live FX — /night, /day, /dusk, /dark, /grav, /speed, /ff
• Buy anywhere + unlimited buytime + alltalk + no friendly fire
• VAC secured + Steam authentication

Stack

Component	Version
HLDS	Build 10211 (Oct 2024)
ReGameDLL_CS	5.28.0.756
Metamod	1.21.1-am
AMX Mod X	1.10.0 build 5474
ReChecker	2.7
Base image	steamcmd/steamcmd:latest

Quick Start

git clone https://github.com/marceloeatworld/cs16.git
cd cs16
cp env.example .env          # edit values as needed (RCON_PASSWORD, CF_*, TZ)
docker compose build
docker compose up -d
docker compose logs -f

Server starts on UDP 27015. Connect from CS 1.6: connect YOUR_IP:27015.

RCON Password

Nothing is hardcoded. The container picks the password in this order:

1. RCON_PASSWORD environment variable (recommended — set it in Coolify or .env)
2. Otherwise a random 24-character password is generated at first start and printed once in the logs:

[entrypoint] No RCON_PASSWORD set -- generated: <RANDOM_24_CHARS>

Grab it with docker compose logs cs16 | grep "generated". The server.cfg in Git never contains a real password.

Project Structure

.
├── Dockerfile               # SteamCMD + ReGameDLL + Metamod + AMX + plugin build
├── docker-compose.yml       # network_mode: host, env vars, volume mounts
├── entrypoint.sh            # Config sync + RCON password injection + hlds_run
├── admin-setup.sh           # Interactive admin-add helper
├── ai_commentator.py        # Optional Cloudflare Workers AI sidecar
├── configs/
│   ├── server.cfg           # Gameplay, rates, plugin cvars, bot rules
│   ├── game_init.cfg        # bot_enable 1 (read once at DLL init)
│   ├── plugins.ini          # AMX Mod X plugin load list
│   ├── users.ini            # Admin list (empty in Git — add yours)
│   ├── maps.ini              # Admin map menu
│   ├── mapcycle.txt         # Map rotation
│   ├── metamod-plugins.ini  # Metamod plugin load list
│   ├── scrollmsg.ini        # Rotating banner messages
│   ├── reunion.cfg          # Steam / non-Steam auth
│   └── BotProfile.db        # CZ bot profiles (funny names + weakened Expert)
├── scripting/               # Custom AMX Mod X plugins (.sma source)
│   ├── admin_menu.sma       # Admin + FX menus + chat shortcuts
│   ├── full_equip.sma       # Money, armor, HP, ammo refill
│   ├── loadout_packs.sma    # Player spawn packs and quick weapon commands
│   ├── weapon_limits.sma    # AWP limit, shield/auto-sniper ban, bot safety net
│   ├── fun_extras.sma       # /rtv, /help, welcome
│   ├── map_groups.sma       # Grouped map voting
│   └── ai_commentator.sma   # Game event feed for the AI sidecar
└── data/
    ├── maps/                # Drop custom .bsp + .nav + .wad here
    ├── models/              # Custom player/weapon models
    ├── gfx/                 # Custom env textures
    └── logs/                # Persistent server logs

Player Commands

Command	Description
/help	List all commands
/packs /guns /loadout	Choose a spawn weapon pack
/rifle /awppack /rush /shotgun /heavy /pistol /random	Pick a pack directly
/nopack	Disable automatic spawn pack for yourself
/rtv	Rock the vote (60% threshold)
/maps	Show map groups
/de /cs /fy /aim /awp /rats /ka /dr	Start a 3-map vote in that group
/nextmap	Show next map
/timeleft	Show time remaining

Admin Commands

Command	Description
/admin	Show all admin commands
/kick /ban /slap /team	Player management
/map /votemap	Change map / vote map
/restrict	Weapon restriction menu
/restart	Restart round
/revive	Respawn a dead player
/bot	Bot settings menu (quota, add, kick, status)
/info	Server info
/fx	Server FX submenu
/night /day /dusk /dark	Instant map lighting change
/grav	Gravity preset menu
/speed	Movement speed preset menu
/ff	Toggle friendly fire

Bot Configuration

Bots are native CZ bots shipped with ReGameDLL. No custom bot plugin.

Cvar	Value	Notes
bot_enable	1	Must live in game_init.cfg — read once at DLL init
bot_quota	8	Total slots filled by humans + bots
bot_quota_mode	fill	Bots get kicked as humans connect
bot_difficulty	2	0 easy / 1 normal / 2 hard / 3 expert
bot_join_after_player	0	Bots join even at 0 humans
bot_allow_snipers	0	Blocks AWP, Scout, G3SG1, SG550 for bots at the buy AI
bot_allow_shield	0	Blocks tactical shield for bots (both T and CT)

The Expert template in BotProfile.db is tuned down: Skill = 25, Aggression = 40, ReactionTime = 0.95, AttackDelay = 0.55, Difficulty = HARD. Bots still play smart but you can actually win duels.

Bots require a .nav file on every map they play. The Dockerfile pulls 20+ official .nav files from phamvanhiepvn/cs at build time.

Weapons & Ammo

Handled by full_equip.sma on every CurWeapon/Money event:

Weapon class	Clip	Reserve
Pistols (Glock, USP, Deagle, P228, FiveSeven, Elite)	Infinite, no reload	—
Shotguns (M3, XM1014)	Infinite, no reload	—
Rifles (AK, M4A1, AUG, SG552, Famas, Galil)	Reload normally	90, always full
SMGs (MP5, P90, UMP45, TMP, MAC10)	Reload normally	120, always full
Snipers (Scout, AWP, G3SG1, SG550)	Reload normally	30, always full
M249	Reload normally	200, always full

Banned: tactical shield (everyone), G3SG1 + SG550 auto snipers (everyone), AWP / Scout / AUG / SG552 for bots only. Humans are limited to 3 AWPs per team.

Spawn Packs

Handled by loadout_packs.sma. On the first human spawn, a simple number menu appears:

Key	Pack
1	Rifle: AK for T, M4A1 for CT, Deagle, grenades
2	AWP, Deagle, grenades
3	P90 rush, Deagle, grenades
4	XM1014 shotgun, Deagle, grenades
5	M249 heavy, Deagle, grenades
6	Deagle pistol pack, grenades
7	Random fun pack every spawn
8	Disable auto pack

The selected pack is re-applied each spawn. /packs opens the menu again. The AWP pack respects wl_awp_per_team; if the team is already at the limit, the player gets the rifle pack for that spawn.

Adding Admins

Use the interactive script:

./admin-setup.sh

Or append to configs/users.ini by hand:

"STEAM_0:1:XXXXXXX" "" "abcdefghijklmnopqrstu" "ce"

Adding Maps

Drop .bsp files into data/maps/. The entrypoint copies them into cstrike/maps/ on every container start. Drop .nav (bot nav), .wad (textures), .res (resources) alongside if they exist.

For bots to play a custom map, the matching .nav file must be present — otherwise the bot buy/move system silently ignores that map.

AI Commentator (optional)

Live game commentary through Cloudflare Workers AI (Gemma 4). Set CF_ACCOUNT_ID and CF_API_TOKEN (see env.example) and the Python sidecar starts automatically. Leave them blank to skip.

Environment Variables

All runtime-configurable values live in env.example. Copy it to .env for local compose, or paste the values into Coolify's Environment Variables tab.

Variable	Default	Purpose
RCON_PASSWORD	auto-generated 24-char	Remote admin console password
CF_ACCOUNT_ID	(unset)	Cloudflare account id for the AI commentator
CF_API_TOKEN	(unset)	Cloudflare Workers AI token
TZ	Europe/Lisbon	Container timezone (any tzdata name)
CS16_CPUS	2.0	Docker CPU limit so HLDS cannot starve other services
CS16_MEMORY	1g	Docker memory limit for the CS container

Coolify Deployment

1. Push this repo to Git.
2. Coolify -> New Resource -> Docker Compose.
3. Advanced -> enable Preserve Repository During Deployment (required so the bind mounts resolve — see coollabsio/coolify#1996).
4. Environment Variables tab -> paste values from env.example:
   • RCON_PASSWORD — strongly recommended
   • CF_ACCOUNT_ID, CF_API_TOKEN — optional, for the AI commentator
   • TZ — optional, defaults to Europe/Lisbon
5. Do not assign a domain. This is raw UDP, not HTTP.
6. Hetzner firewall -> allow inbound UDP 27015 + TCP 27015.
7. Deploy.

Configs are baked into the image as a fallback, so the server still starts if the mount is empty.

Known Issues

• GameConfig CRC mismatch warnings on startup — harmless, AMX 1.10 falls back to its bundled signatures for HLDS 10211.
• pluginmenu.amxx: Menus Front-End not loaded — expected, the stock front-end is replaced by admin_menu.amxx.
• AZERTY keyboards: menu number keys may not reach the game reliably. Use the chat shortcuts (/kick, /ban, ...) which work on any layout.
• mp_infinite_ammo 1 in ReGameDLL actually gives infinite clip on rifles (undocumented engine behavior). The server keeps it at 0 and full_equip.sma handles reserve refill instead.
• Bot weapon restrictions live in server.cfg via bot_allow_* cvars — Ham and fakemeta hooks run too late in the bot buy pipeline.

License

Server configuration and custom plugins are released under the MIT License — see the file headers. CS 1.6, HLDS, and related assets are property of Valve Corporation. AMX Mod X is licensed under GPL v2. ReGameDLL_CS is licensed under GPL v3.