server.cfg generator

Pick a game, fill in the rest, and copy out a config plus the command line to start it. The cvar names, gametype codes and binary name change with the game, which is where most hand-written configs go wrong.

Turn sv_pure off if you load a mod pak. It is unusable on Call of Duty 1 patch 1.1 — why.

/opt/cod2/main/server.cfg
// Call of Duty 2 server.cfg
// generated on free.war24.net/tools/server-cfg-generator/

seta sv_hostname "^3My ^7Server"
set rcon_password "CHANGE-ME"
set sv_maxclients 20
set g_gametype "dm"

// content
set sv_pure 1
set sv_allowDownload 1

// network
set sv_maxRate 25000
set sv_fps 20
set sv_timeout 60
set sv_floodProtect 1
set g_antilag 1

// gameplay
set scr_friendlyfire 0
set scr_killcam 1
set scr_teambalance 1
set g_allowVote 1
set sv_punkbuster 0

// limits (timelimit is in minutes, not seconds)
set scr_dm_timelimit 15
set scr_dm_scorelimit 500

// logging
set g_log "games_mp.log"
set g_logsync 0
set logfile 1

// rotation
set sv_mapRotation "gametype dm map mp_toujane map mp_breakout map mp_brecourt map mp_burgundy"
map_rotate
command line
setarch i386 -R ./cod2_lnxded \
  +set fs_basepath /opt/cod2 \
  +set fs_homepath /opt/cod2 \
  +set dedicated 2 \
  +set net_port 28960 \
  +set sv_maxclients 20 \
  +set rcon_password "CHANGE-ME" \
  +exec server.cfg \
  +map mp_toujane
Everything runs in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, including the rcon password. Still, generate the password yourself with something like head -c 24 /dev/urandom | base64 rather than typing a word.

Next steps

Cvar reference
Everything the generator does not expose, and what each setting does.
Map rotation syntax
Mixing gametypes, per-map exec, and forcing the next map over rcon.
Fast download
Getting custom maps to clients in seconds instead of minutes.