How to Add Mods to Your Fistful of Frags Server

Plugins on a Fistful of Frags server run through Metamod:Source and SourceMod. You need both: Metamod:Source hooks into the Source Engine, and SourceMod builds on top of it to provide the plugin environment and the admin features. SourceMod officially supports Fistful of Frags and already ships the matching game data.

Important

Your server runs on Linux. Always download the Linux package (.tar.gz) of Metamod:Source and SourceMod — the .zip package is the Windows build and will not work.

Note

Your players do not have to install anything for plugins. Plugins are executed server-side only. Only custom maps have to be available on the player's side as well.

Install Metamod:Source

1. Download Metamod:Source
   Download the current stable version of Metamod:Source as a Linux package (.tar.gz).

2. Stop the server
   Stop your server via the dashboard.

3. Connect via SFTP
   Connect to your server via SFTP.

4. Upload the files
   Extract the archive and upload the addons folder it contains to the following directory:

   /fof/

   Afterwards the folder /fof/addons/metamod/ exists.

5. Start the server
   Start your server and check in the server console with meta version whether Metamod:Source was loaded.

Note

You do not have to create your own metamod.vdf — the matching file is included in the package and ends up at /fof/addons/metamod.vdf when you upload it. If the server answers meta version with Unknown command, first check whether that file and the folder /fof/addons/metamod/ really exist and whether you used the Linux package.

Install SourceMod

1. Download SourceMod
   Download the current stable version of SourceMod as a Linux package (.tar.gz).

   Note

   SourceMod ships its own game data for Fistful of Frags. Always use the current stable branch — it contains the most recent game data for the game.

2. Stop the server
   Stop your server via the dashboard.

3. Upload the files
   Extract the archive and upload the addons and cfg folders it contains via SFTP to the following directory:

   /fof/

   Existing folders are merged, not replaced. Afterwards the folder /fof/addons/sourcemod/ exists.

4. Start the server
   Start your server and check in the server console with sm version whether SourceMod was loaded.

Install plugins

1. Download the plugin
   Download the plugin you want. Ready-to-use plugins come as a .smx file.

2. Stop the server
   Stop your server via the dashboard.

3. Upload the plugin
   Upload the .smx file via SFTP to the following directory:

   /fof/addons/sourcemod/plugins/

4. Start the server
   Start your server and check with sm plugins list whether the plugin was loaded.

Add custom maps

1. Download the map
   Custom maps come as a .bsp file.

2. Stop the server
   Stop your server via the dashboard.

3. Upload the map
   Upload the .bsp file via SFTP to the following directory:

   /fof/maps/

4. Load the map
   Start your server and switch to the new map in the server console with changelevel <map name>. The map name is entered without the .bsp extension.

Steam Workshop

The Steam Workshop for Fistful of Frags contains weapon and character skins, models, sounds, HUD tweaks and maps. Skins and sounds are purely client-side and are subscribed to by each player individually — they do nothing on the server. There is no server-side integration for Workshop maps: upload the map as a .bsp file to the /fof/maps/ folder.

Adjust the map rotation

The mapcycle files are not located in the cfg folder but directly in the game folder:

/fof/mapcycle.txt         <- default rotation
/fof/mapcycle_12.txt      <- rotation for small servers
/fof/mapcycle_32.txt      <- rotation for large servers
/fof/mapcycle_tp.txt      <- Teamplay

Each file contains one map name per line, without the .bsp extension. Which file is used is defined in /fof/cfg/server.cfg:

mapcyclefile "mapcycle.txt"

Note

On top of that the settings fof_sv_mapcycle_dm, fof_sv_mapcycle_dm_12, fof_sv_mapcycle_dm_32 and fof_sv_mapcycle_tp define which of the four files belongs to which slot count or mode. You save a custom rotation as an additional .txt file in the same folder and enter its file name at mapcyclefile.

Tip

Also add your custom maps to the mapcycle file in use so they show up in the regular rotation instead of only being reachable via changelevel.

Deliver custom maps to your players

Players who do not own a custom map cannot join the server. With a download server (FastDL) they download the files automatically when connecting. Add the following lines to /fof/cfg/server.cfg:

sv_allowdownload 1
sv_downloadurl "https://your-domain.com/fastdl/"

Note

The web storage behind sv_downloadurl is not part of the game server — you need your own web server or web space where the map files are stored in the same folder structure as on the server. Without FastDL you have to distribute your maps to your players yourself.

Folder structure at a glance

/fof/addons/metamod/
/fof/addons/sourcemod/
/fof/addons/sourcemod/plugins/     <- .smx plugin files
/fof/addons/sourcemod/configs/     <- configurations, e.g. admin lists
/fof/cfg/                          <- server.cfg and other configurations
/fof/maps/                         <- .bsp map files
/fof/mapcycle.txt                  <- map rotation

Verify the installation

Enter the following commands in the server console:

Command	Description
meta version	Show the Metamod:Source version
meta list	Show the extensions loaded by Metamod
sm version	Show the SourceMod version
sm plugins list	Show the loaded SourceMod plugins

Warning

If the server answers one of these commands with Unknown command, that component was not loaded. In that case check whether you used the Linux package and whether the folders really are located under /fof/addons/.

Warning

Always stop your server before uploading files. After a game update Metamod:Source, SourceMod and individual plugins can become incompatible — check whether updates are available in that case.

Tip

To learn how to give yourself admin rights with SourceMod afterwards, see Add Admin.