How to make a standalone plugin for TF2?

F2dk · **Author**

Hi Everyone

I was wondering how to go about making a "standalone" server-side plugin for TF2? With "standalone" I mean a plugin independent of SourceMod or any other Admin plugin...

I tried reading on Valve's Developer site, using the Create Mod in Source SDK... But it didn't get me any closer to making a simple TF2 server-side plugin.

Say I just want to do something very simple... Like, double the speed of the Soldier's rockets. Or, every time a Soldier shoots a rocket a message pops up reading "POW".

Where do I start?

Greetings, F2

CrimsonGT · 03-02-2009 , 13:37 Re: How to make a standalone plugin for TF2?

Learn C++.

DJ Tsunami · 03-02-2009 , 13:50 Re: How to make a standalone plugin for TF2?

Good luck, making Valve Server Plugins is a pain in the ass compared to SourceMod plugins, so you're better off doing the latter for simple stuff like doubling the rocket speed or popping up messages.

Nephyrin · 03-05-2009 , 03:52 Re: How to make a standalone plugin for TF2?

Creating raw server plugins (aka Valve Server Plugins/VSPs) is not a simple job, and even for the examples you gave would involve a lot of work.
There is also MM:S - a plugin system that is designed to support 'raw' C++ plugins, while allowing them to load and share the sourcehook library which most plugins use to hook things in the engine. Writing MM:S plugins is preferable to going straight at VSPs, and is less of a pain. SourceMod itself is a MM:S plugin.

Check out the sample_plugin folder in the source SDK as well as the example plugins that come with metamod source. But be warned, creating a plugin of any type is no easy task, and is not a very good place to start if you're not already fluent in C++.

- Neph