[MistaHardkill]

Here is exactly what I'm trying to do:

I am trying to install metamod:source 1.8 on my left4dead 2 server. There are NO other addons on it. I followed the instructions in the wiki EXACTLY, and the mod won't start. I restart the server and its like the mod doesn't exist. I try loading it with a command, but all I get is "unable to load mod" (or something to the effect of that). I tried going to "Troubleshooting" on the wiki before I resorted to posting for help...but that link..evidently it's just a false sense of hope

I need to get this done so I can run SourceMod 1.3 on there.

[SilentLikeSilence]

When you download a snaphot (both MM:Source & SourceMod).
Download the snapshot in zip if your server is windows and in tar.gz if your server is linux.

The only difference is that windows is using .dll and linux is using .so .
(Check the addons/metamod/bin folder)

[Fyren]

If you're saying doing "meta version" says unknown command and trying plugin_load manually says it can't load the plugin, then look in addons/metamod/bin/ for a file named metamod-fatal.log.