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Dedicated Server Set Up

- Install regular Alien Swarm dedicated server. E.g. here D:\servers\Alien Swarm

- Copy reactivedrop folder into D:\servers\Alien Swarm

- Create config file D:\servers\Alien Swarm\swarm\cfg\reactivedrop01.cfg (for some reason it loads configs from swarm/cfg folder)

- Run server using following command D:\servers\Alien Swarm\srcds.exe -console -game reactivedrop -port 27045 -maxplayers 32 +map lobby +exec reactivedrop01

New Console Commands and Cvars

In console use command find rd_ and find rm_ to find all new commands added into the mod. Most notable are

selectmarine
rotatecameraleft
rotatecameraright
rd_instagib_enable
rd_instagib_disable

rd_default_weapon 10 // set default weapon to railgun in DM

Level Design

Setting up Hammer

Assuming you have Steam installed into E:\Games.

- Open file E:\Games\Steam\SteamApps\common\alien swarm\bin\GameConfig.txt

- Add this section

        "ReactiveDrop"
        {
            "GameDir"        "e:\games\steam\SteamApps\sourcemods\reactivedrop"
            "Hammer"
            {
                "GameData0"        "e:\games\steam\SteamApps\sourcemods\reactivedrop\fgd\base.fgd"
                "GameData1"        "e:\games\steam\SteamApps\sourcemods\reactivedrop\fgd\reactivedrop.fgd"
                "GameData2"        "e:\games\steam\SteamApps\sourcemods\reactivedrop\fgd\swarm.fgd"
                "GameData3"        "e:\games\steam\SteamApps\sourcemods\reactivedrop\fgd\swarm_fixed_ents.fgd"
                "TextureFormat"        "5"
                "MapFormat"        "4"
                "DefaultTextureScale"        "0.250000"
                "DefaultLightmapScale"        "16"
                "GameExe"        "e:\games\steam\steamapps\common\alien swarm\swarm.exe"
                "DefaultSolidEntity"        "func_detail"
                "DefaultPointEntity"        "info_player_start"
                "BSP"        "e:\games\steam\steamapps\common\alien swarm\bin\vbsp.exe"
                "Vis"        "e:\games\steam\steamapps\common\alien swarm\bin\vvis.exe"
                "Light"        "e:\games\steam\steamapps\common\alien swarm\bin\vrad.exe"
                "GameExeDir"        "e:\games\steam\steamapps\common\alien swarm"
                "MapDir"        "e:\games\steam\SteamApps\sourcemods\content\reactivedrop\mapsrc"
                "BSPDir"        "e:\games\steam\SteamApps\sourcemods\reactivedrop\maps"
                "PrefabDir"        "e:\games\steam\steamapps\common\alien swarm\bin\Prefabs"
                "CordonTexture"        "tools\toolsskybox"
                "MaterialExcludeCount"        "0"
            }
        }

New features added into mod