How do I Install?, Easiest way? Options

[DreadedGhoul575]

Hello,
I want to download this mod, but I ain't sure on how to install it; the installation is only for half-life and day of defeat: source.

Does anyone know how to install it? (Just hope it's easy lol)
Thanks,
P.S What do these bots feature?

[Nightc0re]

Hey Nightcore,

I think you gave a very good description of metamod and plugins, thanks for all your support ...

I think he is a new user and just got the native plugin installed a few days before valve's updates broke it. He may be playing on a listen server, single player. I assume the valve updates also broke native rcbot2 plugin on listen servers? I'm using rcbot2 on a listen server, single player, steam offline mode. I updated dod:s about a week before the latest updates, so the native rcbot2 plugin still works for me in offline mode. So if he had his TF2 set to automatic update, that is why it quit working (native rcbot2), I guess...

You're welcome.

Your assumptions are correct. The listen server and the dedicated server are basically the same.
In your game client, there is a folder called "game/tf/bin". In this folder there are two files, the "client.dll" and the "server.dll".

The "server.dll" is loaded when you start an in-game server.
When you install a dedicated server, then you also have this "bin" folder, with the same content except the "client.dll".

I just compared the "server.dll" from the dedicated server with the "server.dll" from the in-game server.
They are binary identical.

So when the dedicated servers are not working.
And you have the latest client, it is very likely that the in-game server doesn't work too.

Metamod can also be loaded from an in-game server, however you have to specify the "-insecure" flag.
Which is not needed when using dedicated servers.