xLauz Place Tips and More

Here you will find a series of Tips and Tricks for Half Life 2 DeathMatch and Source games in general.
Some tips are specific to this server, but most will work on other servers as well.
If you would like to see more information on here please submit your suggestions on the comments page.

Menus not Readable / Font too Big

If your RTV or ADMIN menus are not readable due to font too large follow the steps below.

1 - Click here to download the community_patch mod file
2 - Open Steam and select Library. Find Half Life Deathmatch and open Right Click Menu then click Manage --> Browse local files
a - This should take you to path C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2 Deathmatch\hl2mp
3 - Create a folder called custom inside hl2mp
4 - Paste the Downloaded community_patch.vpk inside the custom folder

After above steps and restarting Half Life Deathmatch your RTV and ADMIN menus should be readable.

Unable to RTV or NOMINATE etc

If ESCAPE doesn't bring up in-game menus for RTV, NOMINATE, ADMIN etc you can try these tips:
--> Type this in console cl_showpluginmessages 1 (credit to soul_reaver)
--> Try using one of the key combinations: SHIFT+ESC OR WINDOWS+ESC
--> Change Steam overlay shortcut -> here.
Note: Menu is only supposed to be available when you see a clock logo in upper left corner.

Key Binding is used for assigning commands to a Keyboard/Mouse Key.
Any command which can be typed in the Console window can be bound to a key.
Instead of typing a saysound for example, you could bind a command so you only have to press one key.

First step in binding a key is to enable your Console window.
Go into your Options->Keyboard->Advanced menu and Tick the option to Enable Developer Console.

Once console is enabled, call it up by pressing the ` OR ~ keys (under the ESC on US keyboards).

Once you can bring up the Console window, you're ready to type in a bind command.
Bind commands should follow the following syntax: bind key "command args".

For example, we can bind a key to say !smokebomb in chat instead of typing it each time.
If we choose the letter B, the command you type in console would be: bind B "say !smokebomb"
Now you just have to hit the letter B and the game will automatically say !smokebomb in chat for you.

Note: Before binding a new key, check its binding state by typing bind key in console and checking the response.
You can see from last command output in the example above that the key v was already bound to the command +sm_jetpack
Bonus Tip:You can also bind keys to aliases

Below is a table of useful commands and bindings which you can reference.

Chat	Console	Description
n/a	bind x +sm_jetpack	Make X key JetPack.
!settings	n/a	Access General Client Settings Menu.
help	n/a	Display a list of stats related commands.
rank	n/a	Displays your current rank.
session	n/a	Displays current session data.
timeleft	n/a	Display time left.
rtv	sm_rtv	Request vote for next map.
nominate	sm_nominate	Nominate a map for RTV.
soundmenu	n/a	Displays a menu with sounds to play.
!stop	n/a	Stops the currently playing sound.
!sm_admin	sm_admin	Brings up the Admin Menu (Admin-only).
n/a	bind m "play common/null.wav"	Make M key saysound mute key (by PIL0T)
!sm_help	sm_help	Display a List of Sourcemod Commands
/chat msg	sm_chat msg	In-Game Admin Chat
n/a	bind z toggle_zoom	Enables you to Shoot with Suit Zoom Activated
!cb	bind b "say !cb"	Bind B to use cluster bombs

The player's spawn weapon is defined by cl_defaultweapon.
By changing the value of this property we can define the player's spawn weapon.

Selecting a default weapon will only work on weapons that you spawn with (server dependant).
On our servers we spawn with all weapons so all can be defined.

To change this property, type in console: cl_defaultweapon weapon_code.
The different weapon_codes are provided in the table below for your reference.

As an example, we might want to make the Magnum 357 your default spawn weapon.
For that you would type the following command into the console: cl_defaultweapon weapon_357

Weapon Codes

Description	Weapon
Magnum .357	weapon_357
9mm Pistol	weapon_pistol
Crossbow	weapon_crossbow
Shotgun	weapon_shotgun
Pulse Riffle	weapon_ar2
SMG	weapon_smg1
Grenade	weapon_frag
S.L.A.M.	weapon_slam
Crowbar	weapon_crowbar
Stunstick	weapon_stunstick
Gravity Gun	weapon_physcannon
RPG	weapon_rpg