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How To Set Up Reserved Slots for VIPs and Admins on Your Left 4 Dead 2 Server

Important!

You must have SourceMod and MetaMod installed on your server before following this guide. If you do not have them yet, check out our guides on installing them first.

1. Log In to Your Panel

2. Select the ‘left4dead2’ Folder

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

3. Select the ‘addons’ Folder

Left 4 dead 2 Selecting the addon folder

4. Select ‘sourcemod’ Folder

Selecting the SourceMod folder in L4D2

5. Select the ‘plugins’ Folder

Selecting the Plugins in L4D2

6. Select the ‘disabled’ Folder

Locating the disabled folder inside the sourcemod plugins directory

7. Inside the ‘disabled’ Folder, Select ‘reservedslots.smx‘ File

(Note: If the file is not in the disabled folder, check the main plugins folder it may already be active!)

Locating and highlighting the reservedslots.smx plugin file inside the disabled folder on the server control panel

8. After Selecting the File, Select the ‘Move’ Button

Checking the box next to the reservedslots.smx file to move it out of the disabled folder

9. Move the File Into ‘Plugins’ Folder

Path: home/container/left4dead2/addons/sourcemod/plugins

Using the move files prompt to send the reserved slots plugin back to the main sourcemod plugins folder

10. Restart Your Server

11. Inside the ‘left4dead2’ Folder, Select the ‘cfg’ Folder

Opening the cfg configuration folder for Left 4 Dead 2 on the Cybrancee panel

12. Select the ‘sorucemod’ Folder

Opening the sourcemod folder inside the core server cfg directory

13. Inside ‘sourcemod’ Folder, Select the ‘sourcemod.cfg’ File

Selecting the sourcemod.cfg file to edit core plugin settings

14. Set Your Reserved Count and Type

Scroll down until you find the reserved slot settings. As shown in the screenshot:

Change sm_reserve_type to 1 (This automatically kicks the public player with the shortest playtime to make room when an admin joins).

Change sm_reserved_slots to 1 (Number of slots you want to hold back).

Changing the sm_reserve_type and sm_reserved_slots variables in the configuration file

15. Select the ‘Save Content’ Button

16. Navigate to the ‘configs’ Folder

Path: home/container/left4dead2/addons/sourcemod/configs

Opening the configs folder inside the addons sourcemod directory

16. Select the ‘admins_simple.ini’ File

Selecting the admins_simple.ini file to assign VIP permissions

17. Add Your Steam ID and Reserved Slot Flags

Scroll to the bottom of the file. Paste your admin or VIP’s Steam ID, followed by their permission flags. To grant reserved slot access, they must have the “a” flag.

(Example: STEAM_0:1:561734901 "99:z" "a").

Adding a user Steam ID with the 'a' flag to grant reserved slot access

18. Select the ‘Save Content’ Button

19. Restart Your Server

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