Zombie Mod setup-remote server. Contructive replies please!

[Fox McCloud]

Hey guys,

Before you flame me or remark at how much of a dumbass n00b I am, I want to say that I have been searching through archives on here, reading FAQs and trying to get zombie mod to work on my brand spankin' new server with pretty much no coherent resolution to my problem...that being, I can't friggin' get my remote server to start up Zombie Mod. I rented a server for a month through gameservers.com and don't have direct access to server commands. I can only rcon things through my client at home. So, I don't think that commands like rcon meta do anything at all to help me.

My question is, can anyone who is kind enough to actually walk me through how they got their ZM to work please do so? I'm looking for constructive replies here. None of the 'YOU'RE AN IDIOT! IT'S SO EASY!' I don't consider myself an idiot, moron, etc. Anything is easy once you know how to do it!

Boo, I don't know if you still read posts on this forum, but your help would be beneficial as well.

Here's what I have done:

I've downloaded both Zombie Mod and Metamod, unzipped those files and installed the files in their approprate directories. I had one administrator at gameservers.com help me a little...he said he 'changed a few files' (meaning added a line to a config file from what I could see) and that the mod should work. I tried slapping in rcon commands in my CS console at home with no luck.

Again, any help you guys could give would be beneficial. Especially when being related to remote servers. An in-depth walkthrough would be the best for this situation, and I'm SURE it'd shut a whole hell of a lot of people up. In fact, why isn't there a sticky with super in depth instructions for setup? Maybe I AM an idiot, but the instructions given by zombiemod's installation page just doesn't seem to be in depth enough for me. Or maybe like I'm missing a step or two.

Thanks in advance for any help guys. I really need it and I'm excited to get my server up and running for everyone to use.

[Fox McCloud]

Well, I guess I'll reply to my own post. After researching a bit and communicating more with my server host, they notified me that they use linux servers, not windows. I wasn't aware of that initially. I could have sworn that they gave the option of windows servers. Regardless, they claim that my server is now running zombiemod. I'll check it when I get home from work. If that's the case, I'll post up my IP when I get home. All are welcome to play on my server.

My main reason for creating my own server is that I'm getting tired of playing all the regular maps (I'd like to throw in classic CS maps as well like the good ol' days) and also play these maps DARK! I'm surprised a lot of servers out there play this game in brightness. I think the ambience is totally killed when you play with daytime lighting. MUCH more creepy on dark servers...and fun. Anyway, more on this later.