The Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal
Stupid, but extremely ravenous!

Monster Plugin - Version 3.5 - Install

Filename: plugin_blatt_monster

Offline Manual

You are reading this offline manual for this plugin. The links to the right navigate through the offline information. The links above and to the left link to www.ravenousbugblatterbeast.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. If you downloaded the plugin from somewhere else, or downloaded it some time ago, I recomend you check for an updated plugin. Note that the on-line manual may have been updated even if the plugin hasn't.

Installing The Plugin

Complete the following form to tailor these instructions to your system:

Which type of server are you using?
Windows Dedicated (You run HLDS.EXE)
Windows Listen (You click "Create Game")
Linux Dedicated
In which subfolder is the game installed?
Where is Metamod installed?
cstrike/addons/metamod folder
cstrike folder
Where is Admin Mod installed?
cstrike/addons/adminmod folder
cstrike folder

Requirements

Check you have installed all the prerequisite software for this plugin and it is working before you attempt to install the plugin.

Copying Files

Copy the contents of the X folder to your X folder.

Copy the contents of the X folder to X (you will need to create this folder).

Copy the contents of the Config folder to X (you will need to create this folder).

Metamod Configuration

Next you need to install the monster Metamod plugin. Open the file X and add the following line:

X

Adding the plugin to Admin Mod

Open the file Xplugin.ini and add the following line above Xplugin_base.amx but below Xplugin_antiflood.amx.

Xplugin_blatt_monster.amx

Admin Mod Configuration

  • Set admin_vault_file to the name of your vault file (normally vault.ini). This file will be created if it doesn't exist.
  • You must ensure that file_access_read is set to 1 in your X.

Testing the installation

Start a game, then check your log file. Any errors from the plugin should be reported at the point the first player connects. Note: If you see an error message repeating continuously, there is usually another error that appears above it once; that one indicates the real problem.

If no errors are reported you have successfully installed the plugin.

Using the Monster library on Linux

The monster_mm.i386.so file is compiled with GCC version 3. Therefore you will need have version 3 of libstdc++ on your linux machine to load the monster plugin. Check your log file at the point Metamod loads for messages about this library being missing. You can also type "meta list" in the server console. If the status of the monster plugin is "badf" this is probably the cause.

If you do not have this file, you can download it from the GCC site. I used version 3.0.4 although newer versions should work. Alternatively you can download the source and compile it yourself on GCC version 2.9x.

Using the Monster library on a fast Windows machine

If you have a Pentium 4 or an Althon that supports 3DNow Pro, you can use the optimised version of the monster_mm.dll. Take the file monster_p4athlon_mm.dll, copy it to your addons\monster\dlls folder and rename it to monster_mm.dll. This version uses SSE instructions and is optimised for the longer pipelines of these processors.