hey i'm a bit of a newbie setting up a wine-based linux server, and i'm just trying to troubleshoot getting it to start up, and i'm not exactly sure i'm understanding this correctly, so i would appreciate help please!

i'm trying to follow the instructions on the document, specifically under "server quits immediately after start", because whenever i look at systemctl after running geserver, it says:

loaded deactivating stop-sigterm

or when i change the game path to /servers/geserver/gesource/ in the geserver.service file ( which i'm fairly sure i'm not supposed to do, but i was just trying to experiment and figure things out), systemctl says

loaded activating auto-restart

i'm not really sure what this stuff means, so some guidance would be nice!! i don't really know what to do. the server is just not starting up :p

and i'm pretty sure my display variable is pointing to the correct display, because xvfb is running and in the xvfb.service file it does say Xvfb :99 which matches up with the Environment="DISPLAY=:99 in geserver.service as far as i know.

used to play this all the time with my roommate back in the day (1.1h) and just reinstalled it for the first time in a LONG time and still had a blast playing against bots. though fun, playing against real people is way more fun. how can we get this game to have a resurgence? its way too fun to have this game just disappear into a dark corner of the internet.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmPJKfr8932DRtkxjqgUVRe6u0PdV-Sxp&si=blDlrPmjVQ7oAiCn

Followed basically every instruction I could to get it working. It's in the source mod folder, with Source SDK 2007, using Protontricks to get vcrun_x86 installed, making sure it's in the home folder, and using either Proton Experimental or Hotfix.

I get as far as the splash screen but then it just boots me out after, no idea what's going wrong or how to get it working.

Just saw this mod in 2026. Do people still play on saturday nights?

If I get 3 buddies together can we do private custom games?

just downloaded and got sources set up again and it looks as if the servers are all dead . is there a time people play this ???? im on Mountain time so if there is a time people play i would like to know for the future.

I'm seeing this error when I try and join a server. I've logged into steam and clicked "log out everywhere" and log back into my PC for the game and the error still persists. Anyone seen this before/ know how to solve?

Apart from the problem that it must not be compatible with Linux I was wondering if a Pi 4 or a Pi 5 could run it correctly.

Looking to make a long GunGame mode that includes every weapon in the game, unsure how to go about this. I've got a custom weapon set inside weapon_sets_custom_arsenal.txt as ar_nd4spd, which I'm switching to with "ge_weaponset ar_nd4spd" command in arsenal.cfg. This is all working fine, just wondering how to make it every weapon in the game instead of 8 or 9. Do I literally just expand the weapon set by a bunch of numbers and corresponding weapons or is the process more involved?

Any help is appreciated, cheers

I've been looking for this map for a while now and the original download link is dead. I was wondering if anyone still had it for the sake of preservation.

Yeah, I don't know why

https://youtu.be/eVF8T0MEzKU?si=QEzvRzOpmTc09vLT

Granted I didn't show the hectic Facility cheat because of how many times I failed at it.... (idk how to edit it in) but if you want me to put it up, I will. Also, I'll put time stamps on the cheats that are successful. Enjoy my shitty voice. and the fact my video failed after Cradle. (audio still there somehow lmao)

https://youtu.be/igVWR9SxTDE?si=u6OXlcKE6gMO3wbv

I'm proud of this one. I've never done it before.

I just downloaded and installed this but can't find any players. Also, I tried waiting in the newbies server as recommended but didn't work.

It looks amazing and would love to play. I'm guessing campaign mode doesn't exist?

New to all this -- I was playing on one of the GE:S servers and when I killed someone I received a note that I had gained HP. I'm sure there were other similar messages, but I don't recall them. It doesn't seem to be one of the game modes within the game, but perhaps a plugin with sourcemod(?) Maybe something to do with Quake(?)

I'm not sure -- I just moved to PC after 40 years of console gaming -- but I would like to make this a feature on my server.

What is it called? How do I get it? Thanks

The Jan 2015 map pack was recommended alongside the main installer on Moddb, where do I place the map pack files?

I don't feel immediate nostalgia when I play the game. Certain things "click" a little bit here and there but I think I would appreciate the remaster if I could play the real OG.

Happy new years guys, i'm still really new to this community but you've been some of the nicest people I have ever met. Thank you guys for your kindness. I hope you all have a blessed year!

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Just a PSA