CS:Promod

CS:Promod is a Counter-Strike recreation from scratch using Source 2007's engine. Its original goal was to give to players a more "profesionnal" environment for competing to each other, by giving the gameplay of Counter-Strike 1.6 with the beauty of Source's Engine, while customizing it for the best of both worlds. To save some time in its development process, the mod required Counter-Strike: Source's assets in order to play.

However, due to multiple problems (such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive being announced, as well as a change in CS:Source's file architecture with OrangeBox's update amongst financial problems too), the mod was put to an halt until 2025, where its spiritual successor named CS:Legacy was publicly announced.

Installation

1 - Getting the required files

A) If you own Counter-Strike: Source

• Simply Install Counter-Strike: Source from STEAM, and continue the tutorial.

B) If you don't own Counter-Strike: Source

• Download SteamCMD (taken from The official wiki page).
• Extract it into a folder.
• Download this batch (or create the file below), put it in the folder where steamcmd lies, and execute it.

start steamcmd.exe +login anonymous +app_update 232330 validate

After a while, you should get this :

The Counter-Strike: Source files are found in <steamcmd folder>/steamapps/common/Counter-Strike Source Dedicated Server/cstrike.

2 - Extract the files & continuing the installation

• Install Source SDK Base 2007 (Visible under the Tools category, or in the search bar like in the screenshot below)

• Download CS Promod Beta 1.10 from Moddb and install it.

• Download and extract GCFScape.

• Using GCFScape, open <Your Steam Folder>/Steamapps/Common/Counter-Strike:Source/cstrike/cstrike_pak_dir.vpk (or <steamcmd folder>/steamapps/common/Counter-Strike Source Dedicated Server/cstrike/cstrike_pak_dir.vpk if you're using the SteamCMD method)

• Select all the files and right click -> Extract.

• Extract it in the <Your Steam Folder>/Steamapps/Common/Source SDK Base 2007/cstrike folder (you will have to create a new folder).

Now, you can restart STEAM, and run CS:Promod.

FAQ

I can't connect to the Deathmatch server, it says it's filled with BOTs!

• It's a known issue regarding CSPromod 1.10, and no solution has been found yet until a way to "hide" the bots exists. However you can still connect manually using the console!