Basic SteamCMD user guide (Windows)
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2014 10:43 pm
- Go to Valve's website on SteamCMD and download it to your VDS or dedicated machine.
- Extract SteamCMD to a folder on your desktop as once opened it will create a lot of secondary files.
- Doubleclick on the "steamcmd.exe" icon and let it do its initial update check. If everything works properly, you should be presented with a screen similar to the one below.
- You are now ready to login. This can be done by typing "login anonymous". While you can use your normal Steam credentials, we recommend sticking with anonymous for security reasons.
- Direct SteamCMD on where to install the files of your choosing. This can be done by typing "force_install_dir <directory path>".
- Trigger the install of the actual files. This can be done by typing "app_update <appid>". Generally the appid should be presented to you before this step, but if it isn't. You can check the SteamDB for a list of them.
Once you've triggered the install you should be presented with a screen similar to this one.. - Type "quit" into SteamCMD to properly disconnect from the Steam servers.
- force_install_dir - Directs SteamCMD on where to install server files.
- app_update 1234 - Will trigger the installation of any dedicated server on Steam.
- app_update 1234 validate - Will check the currently installed files against a copy on Valves servers. This can be useful for troubleshooting missing or corrupted files.
- app_update 4940 -beta [beta name] - Allows you to access a public beta of any dedicated server on Steam(assuming there is one).
- app_update 4940 -beta [beta name] -betapassword [beta code] - Allows you to access any private beta of any dedicated server on Steam(assuming there is one).