HLDSBot

Launch ephemeral Half-Life Dedicated Servers running maps from TWHL's Vault via a Discord bot.

Usage

# 1. Build the HLDS Docker image.
$ make image

# 2. Build HLDSBot.
$ make

# 3. Configure the environment variables (see below).
# 4. Setup and run a caddy server using the provided example Caddyfile.
# 5. Run HLDSBot as UID 1000.

Environment variables

• HLDSBOT_BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL: URL from which TWHL Vault items will be served, will be used as a prefix in the sv_downloadurl CVar.
• HLDSBOT_STEAM_REDIRECT_URL: URL where the steam:// redirector lives, see the /connect route on the provided Caddyfile.
• HLDSBOT_DISCORD_TOKEN: Discord bot token for your application.

TODO

• More tests, integrations tests.
• No host networking.
• rcon client and server pruning after five minutes without clients.
• docker-compose the whole thing.

License

Copyright (C) 2024 Léo Peltier contact@leo-peltier.fr

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.