Configuration File Reference

This is a quick reference of where different configuration files live in GoldenEye: Source.

CFG Files

These files are in the cfg folder. They execute commands in the order which they are listed in the file. However, different CFG files are executed in different orders and in different circumstances.

Startup Scripts: Valve.rc and server.cfg

Valve.rc is executed only once: when the server first starts. This is for initial settings and commands, and generally is not modified by the server operator.

server.cfg is executed at each map load (after Valve.rc). Use server.cfg for your custom settings, and settings which need to be reset every time a map loads. By default, there are lots of comments in this file explaining what various settings do.

Game Mode-Specific Configuration

After a map loads, a game mode is loaded, followed by executing the game mode’s CFG file.

The CFG file for a game mode should be located at cfg/<gameplay_name>.cfg, where <gameplay_name> is the name of the game mode file, excluding the file extension. This is the same name you would put in the gameplay cycle, and the same name that you would get by running ge_gameplaylist. For example, if you wanted to use custom settings for License to Kill, you would create the file cfg/ltk.cfg.

If you change a setting for a specific game mode, be sure to add the command to set it back in server.cfg. Otherwise, the setting may persist after the map changes. For the below example, let’s assume you want to enable Paintball Mode for License to Kill. In server.cfg, you have:

ge_paintball 0

In ltk.cfg, you have:

ge_paintball 1

In this example,

  • server.cfg is executed when the map loads, running ge_paintball 0

  • ltk.cfg then executes when the game mode loads, running ge_paintball 1

  • When the match ends and a new map is loaded, server.cfg is executed again, running ge_paintball 0.

  • The next game mode is loaded and the game executes its CFG file, if present.

Map Cycle

As of v5.0, GoldenEye: Source uses a map script system to choose which level to play next. These scripts are in scripts/maps.

You can fall back to the old mapcycle file by setting ge_mapchooser_usemapcycle to 1 (strongly discouraged!), in which case the level rotation is chosen from mapcycle.txt in the root gesource folder.

Gameplay Cycle

As of v5.0, GoldenEye: Source uses a map script system for choosing game mode based on weight as well as map.

scripts/maps/default.txt specifies the default gamemode weights. Other map scripts override the default game mode weights for that map only.

You can fall back to using the old gameplaycycle file by setting ge_gameplay_mode to 2.