Help! CS doesn't start!

[ex_ze]

Yesterday, I installed PODbot (the latest version btw), Metamod, and Adminmod. Now when I try to start a game, it would go through all of the processes, but will go back to the startup screen. It won't let me play. There's no error message, and the online servers works fine. What's wrong with my CS?

[KWo]

More info - what the version of CS, what the version of metamod, adminmod podbot (all numeric version, not info "the latest one"), type of server (DS/listenserver), based on Windows/linux.
Copy and paste the contents of Your metamod's plugins.ini file. Does it work without podbot or not?
Want more exactly help - be more exactly Your-self..

[ex_ze]

Counter-Strike v1.6
Metamod 2.6
PodBot 2.5
AMX Mod X (Didn't see any numeric version in there)
And, I am running Windows XP, so I am running HLDS.
Metamod.ini:

win32 addons/podbot/podbot_mm.dll
win32 addons/statsme/dlls/statsme_mm.dll
win32 addons/amxmodx/dlls/amxmodx_mm.dll
linux addons\podbot\podbot_mm_i386.so
linux addons\statsme\dlls\statsme_mm_i386.so
linux addons\amxmodx\dlls\amxmodx_mm_i386.so

It works with PodBot. I started a game, then after that, I couldn't start a new game anymore. I'm not trying to setup a server with bots. I just want to play with bots a little and see the results.

[KWo]

There is no metamod 2.6 yet. Last known version (at least for me) is 1.17.4. Podbot2.5 couldn't start work with CS1.6 because its code is too old and it's not supporting new weapons of CS1.6 . The first step You need to get to work Your CS without other fun mods (amxmodx and statsme for example). Read this topic - how to install metamod:
http://forums.bots-united.com/showthread.php?t=2576
and download from www.metamod.org the latest version of metamod and download from filebase the fullpack with R2B46c (currently the latest version of podbot mm - we call it so since it's a metamod version of old PODbot 2.5). Unzip to correct places (look again to the topic about how to install metamod).

Go to Your plugins.ini (addons\metamod directory) and remove all lines started with linux (since You have Win XP You don't need them at all) and comment out (by ";" at beginning of the line - without quotes) the call for amxmodx and statsme. So - Your plugins.ini should look like this:

win32 addons/podbot/podbot_mm.dll
; win32 addons/statsme/dlls/statsme_mm.dll
; win32 addons/amxmodx/dlls/amxmodx_mm.dll

You don't need at all statsme if You are using amxmodx, BTW

Then try to start the server and look if You are able to join it. After making this done - go back we will try to help You with other steps (amxmodx).

[ex_ze]

Still doesn't work... :-/

[>BKA< T Wrecks]

Now this statement is too vague in order for us to help you.

What exactly did you do in the meantime? What has changed? Which version of MetaMod (as KWo wrote, 2.6 doesn't exist) do you have now, and which version of the bot? Were you really trying to run PODBot 2.5? If so, have you gotten rid of it and installed PODBot mm already? We just need more details...

[KWo]

If You need us using some effort to help You - try also put at least some effort to answer exactly to the questions we are for You. Look at other people when they were asked us here - always they got some help after they answered detailed to our questions.

[ex_ze]

I followed what KWo told me to do, and followed that sticky. The only problem is, CS refuses to start up. I make a new game, and then it precaches resources (for de_aztec, btw), it just goes back to the menu without any error messages whatsoever. I put in PODbot 2.6, and Metamod 1.7. They're the most latest releases, right? And also, I deleted all of the files and commands for the linux os.

EDIT: Wait.. I decided to try to start up a game and watch the console...


LoadLibrary failed on c:\program files\Valve\Steam\steamapps\*****\counter-strike\cstrike\addons\metamod\dlls\metamod.dll (126)
Host_Error: Couldn't get DLL API from c:\program files\Valve\Steam\steamapps\*****\counter-strike\cstrike\addons\metamod\dlls\metamod.dl

I thought Metamod weren't supposed to interfere with CS?

[KWo]

OK. I'm trying again - did You download the metamod version 1.17.4 from
this location?
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/m...n.zip?download

Make sure You will unzip the file metamod.dll to cstrike/addons/metamod/dlls

Go to Your csrtike dir and open liblist.gam file and look for the line:
gamedll "addons\metamod\dlls\metamod.dll"

Make sure the backslashes are used here You put this way - "\".

Go to Your cstrike\addons\metamod directory and open Your plugins.ini file (make sure it's not a plugin.ini.txt file - to make sure about it You need to unmark in Your Windows preferences something like "Hide extensions for more known file types" - I mean they shouldn't be hidden. Otherwise You will not be sure if there is or there isn't .txt after this .ini extension.

The latest podbot isn't 2.6...In filebase we have fullpack called R2B46c (and this is the number of version). You can get it here:
http://filebase.bots-united.com/inde...on=file&id=294

In Your plugins.ini file You should have this line:

win32 addons/podbot/podbot_mm.dll
(and here the slashes are contrary than before)

If You will still try to use any older version of metamod or podbot mm I'll not be able to help You.