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# <Game Name> — Complete Dedicated Server Guide
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## Startup Parameters
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**Default command line**
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<Path/Executable> <all required flags here> # exact for this game, not generic
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**Parameters (exhaustive, server-relevant only)**
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- `-flagA=<value>` — What it does. Default: `<default>`. Notes / constraints.
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- `-flagB` — …
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- (List every valid server flag, 10–40+ as applicable. Include networking, logging, perf, mod-loading, VAC/BE/EAC, RCON, headless clients, etc.)
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**Ports**
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- Game UDP: **P** (assigned)
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- Query/Steam sockets/etc: **P+1**, **P+2**, …
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- RCON / BE / SourceTV / etc: exact numbers or relative math
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(Spell out all auxiliary ports, protocols, fixed vs relative.)
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## Config Files & Locations
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- `<path>/server.cfg` — description
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- `<path>/basic.cfg` — …
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- `<path>/logs/*.log` — …
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- **Mods**: where mod files go, keys/signatures, load order files.
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- **Workshop cache** (if relevant).
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- Include common paths for Windows & Linux.
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## Steam Workshop (if supported)
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- How to mount collections / API keys / start map IDs.
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- Where files cache on disk.
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- Any special caveats.
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## Common Mods (curated)
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- **Mod A (e.g., AMX Mod X / ACE3 / Exile / RocketMod / Oxide / uMod / BepInEx / DarkRP / EssentialsX)**
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- What it’s for.
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- **Install**: exact folder paths, files to edit, any keys/signatures, load order.
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- **Configure**: main config files + common options.
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- (Repeat for each widely used mod for this game.)
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## Database (if used)
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- Engine (e.g., **MySQL**, SQLite, PostgreSQL).
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- Connection file & keys to edit (e.g., `HiveExt.ini`, `database.json`, `config.yml`).
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- Schema notes, migrations, indexes, backup/restore steps.
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## Administration & Scripting (if applicable)
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- RCON tools / admin plugins.
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- Backups, rotation, auto-update strategy.
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## Troubleshooting (game-specific)
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- Symptom → likely cause → resolution, with file/flag names.
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- Include all common errors seen in forums/issue trackers for this game.
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- Networking, signature/anticheat, mod version mismatches, perf, crashes, persistence, etc.
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