How to Add Mods to Your No More Room in Hell Server

Plugins on a No More Room in Hell 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 No More Room in Hell and already ships the matching game data for the Linux server.

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. Plugins are executed server-side only, no downloads are required on the player's side.

Install Metamod:Source

Download Metamod:Source
Download the current stable version of Metamod:Source as a Linux package (.tar.gz).
Stop the server
Stop your server via the dashboard.
Connect via SFTP
Connect to your server via SFTP.
Upload the files
Extract the archive and upload the addons folder it contains to the following directory:
```
/nmrih/
```
Afterwards the folder /nmrih/addons/metamod/ exists.
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 has been part of the package since Metamod:Source 1.10. The VDF generator in the Metamod documentation is only meant for Left 4 Dead 1, for third-party mods on Source SDK Base and for non-English listen servers; No More Room in Hell is not listed there.

Metamod is not loading?

If the server answers meta version with Unknown command, you can load Metamod:Source through the gameinfo.txt instead. Open the file /nmrih/gameinfo.txt and add the following as the first line inside the SearchPaths block:

GameBin	|gameinfo_path|addons/metamod/bin

Restart the server afterwards.

Install SourceMod

Download SourceMod
Download the current stable version of SourceMod as a Linux package (.tar.gz).
Note
Game support for No More Room in Hell was last updated with SourceMod 1.11. Use at least that version, ideally the current stable branch.
Stop the server
Stop your server via the dashboard.
Upload the files
Extract the archive and upload the addons and cfg folders it contains via SFTP to the following directory:
```
/nmrih/
```
Existing folders are merged, not replaced. Afterwards the folder /nmrih/addons/sourcemod/ exists.
Start the server
Start your server and check in the server console with sm version whether SourceMod was loaded.

Install plugins

Download the plugin
Download the plugin you want. Ready-to-use plugins come as a .smx file.
Stop the server
Stop your server via the dashboard.
Upload the plugin
Upload the .smx file via SFTP to the following directory:
```
/nmrih/addons/sourcemod/plugins/
```
Start the server
Start your server and check with sm plugins list whether the plugin was loaded.

Add custom maps

Download the map
Custom maps come as a .bsp file.
Stop the server
Stop your server via the dashboard.
Upload the map
Upload the .bsp file via SFTP to the following directory:
```
/nmrih/maps/
```
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

No More Room in Hell has a Steam Workshop with objective and survival maps, skins, sounds and mutators. How Workshop content is set up on the server side is not officially documented — so upload maps as .bsp files to the /nmrih/maps/ folder instead.

Folder structure at a glance

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

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 /nmrih/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.

How to Add Mods to Your No More Room in Hell Server ​

Install Metamod:Source ​

Install SourceMod ​

Install plugins ​

Add custom maps ​

Folder structure at a glance ​

Verify the installation ​