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How to Enable Cheats on Your Left 4 Dead 2 Server

Important!

Enabling cheats will disable all Steam Achievements and stats for everyone on the server. Additionally, it allows any player to use cheat commands, not just the admin.

1. Log In to Your Panel

2. Select the ‘Files’ Tab

L4D2 Server Dashboard, Files Tab Highlighted

3. Select the ‘left4dead2’ Folder

Navigating to the left4dead2 root folder in the Cybrancee server file manager

4. Select the ‘cfg’ Folder

Clicking the server.cfg file in the Cybrancee file manager to edit configuration settings

5. Select the ‘server.cfg‘ File

Clicking the server.cfg file in the Cybrancee file manager to edit configuration settings

6. Add the Cheats Command

Paste the following command on a new line. This forces the server to allow all console-based cheat commands:

sv_cheats 1

(Note: If the sv_cheats line already exists, change the number in front of the line to 1)

Adding the sv_cheats 1 command to the server.cfg file to enable global cheats

7. Save the Changes

8. Restart Your Server

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