Since Valve has decided not to release SrcDS for OS X, I took things into my own hands.
I noticed that a "dedicated.dylib" binary was included for most available Source engine games. This binary is what handles the logic for dedicated servers. I hoped that I could do something with it and I have -- but not without a lot of hacks.
My primary motivation for this was to make testing easier (for Metamod:Source and SourceMod). I find it nice to be able to develop and test without needing to run the full games on listen servers. This also has the advantage of being able to run inside a virtual machine that lacks the necessary hardware acceleration.
Hopefully someone else out there will find this useful. If you have any problems or questions, feel free to post them.
Download
Requirements- macOS 10.9 or later
- One of the supported games listed below
Supported Games- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Counter-Strike: Source
- Day of Defeat: Source
- Day of Infamy
- Garry's Mod
- Half-Life Deathmatch: Source
- Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
- Insurgency
- Left 4 Dead
- Left 4 Dead 2
- Nuclear Dawn
- Source SDK Base 2013 Multiplayer Mods
- Team Fortress 2
Source Code
Special Thanks- pRED: Created CDetour
- psychonic: Checked dyld symbols on version 10.5 and tested under virtual machine
- Fyren: Pasted some vital output from srcds and gdb on Linux
- Open Steamworks
- Udis86 by Vivek Thampi
General Guidelines
There are essentially two options for running a server. You could run it directly from the game's install directory in
SteamApps (usually
~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/<game>). Or you may opt to have a separate copy of the game by copying it either from the
SteamApps/common directory or from a
SteamCMD install.
Once you have downloaded the package, place the
srcds-cli.bundle and
srcds.sh files from it into the server's root directory.
Counter-Strike: Source Example
- Note: The Library folder may be hidden in Finder by default. To get there you can either use Finder's Go menu while holding the Option/Alt key or you can unhide it semi-permanently it by running the following Terminal command:
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chflags nohidden ~/Library
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You may have to reapply this nohidden flag after a macOS update.
Once the files from the package have been extracted/copied, you can run the server by navigating to the server root directory in Terminal:
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cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Counter-Strike\ Source/
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Then you can start the server by running
srcds.sh with the game name, map, and any other options you'd like:
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./srcds.sh -game cstrike +map de_dust -maxplayers 16 +log on
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Extra Command Line Options of Note- -32 : Force the 32-bit version of the dedicated server to run instead of the 64-bit one. This option currently only applies to Day of Infamy.
- -nosteamupdate : Disable automatic download and updating of Steam libraries. It is highly recommended NOT to use this unless you are having problems or Steam download servers are down.
- -noupdate : Disable automatic update of srcds binaries. It is highly recommended NOT to use this unless you are having problems or are stuck on "Checking for srcds updates..."
- -steambeta : Switch to beta branch for Steam libraries. Much like you can switch your Steam client to opt into the beta version, you can also use the beta version of Steam libraries with your server. Unless you having problems or there is something specific you need from the beta version, you probably don't want this either.
Note on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
The game is now 64-bit on macOS. The latest development builds of
Metamod:Source and
SourceMod will run on this.
Note on Insurgency
You may use the client install of the game to run a server, but Mac binaries are also included in the dedicated server install. You can download this by using
steamcmd with appid 237410. Alternatively, you can get it in the Tools section of the Steam client where it's currently labeled
Insurgency Dedicated Server.
Notes on Day of Infamy
Like Insurgency, you may use the client install of the game to run a server, but Mac binaries are also included in the dedicated server install. You can download this using
steamcmd and appid 462310.
Also note that a 64-bit version of this now exists and is the one that runs by default. Metamod:Source and SourceMod currently do not run on this, but they should in the near future. So if you need to continue running the 32-bit version, make sure you add
-32 to your command line.
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