AMX Mod Setup Guide
Half-Life server administration by OLO

# modules.ini - Adding more modules

The modules.ini file in your addons\amx\config folder contains what modules run in your server. Some plugins require more from AMX than it is capable of in it default state. So its core functionality is expanded by adding more modules, which allow plugin authors to do more as well.

Note that as of v0.9.9, AMX doesn't need you anymore to specify your modules path: it will look for them in addons\amx\modules.

This is what the default modules.ini looks like:

; AMX Modules
; NOTE: 'AMX+MM' modules have to be declared in both
; amx/modules.ini and metamod/plugins.ini since
; AMX v0.9.9 (same as 0.9.3, differs from 0.9.7)
; Simple way to identify them: their filename
; contains '_mm'.
; CS Stats
; This one must also be declared in MetaMod's plugins.ini!
csstats_mm.dll
csstats_mm_i586.so
; Fun: more functions for modifications in HL
; This one must also be declared in MetaMod's plugins.ini!
fun_mm.dll
fun_mm_i586.so
; MySQL access
; mysql.dll
; mysql_i586.so
; 3rd party modules
; Vexd Util.
; This one must also be declared in MetaMod's plugins.ini!
; VexdUM_mm.dll
; VexdUM_mm_i586.so
; For DoD compatibility, see this:
; http://djeyl.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=22018

(Note that a semi-colon ; was inserted at the beginning of the original lines. This prevents them from being used without deleting the original lines.)

Modules can be found at these two locations on the AMX site:

- AMX Mod modules
- AMX mod modules forum

(Note that some modules require an entry in the metamod\plugins.ini. Those whose names contain '_mm' do need to be declared to MetaMod, others like MySQL, MThread or GeoIP do not.)

Once your modules are declared, start up your server and type meta list. This lists MetaMod's plugins. You should get something like this:

Currently loaded plugins:
description stat pend file vers src load unlod
[ 1] AMX RUN - amx_mm_i586.so v0.9.9 ini ANY ANY
[ 2] CSStats RUN - csstats_mm_i586. v0.9.9 ini ANY ANY
[ 3] Fun RUN - fun_mm_i586.so v0.9.9 ini ANY ANY
[ 4] VexdUM RUN - VexdUM_mm_i586.s v0.9.9 ini ANY ANY
4 plugins, 4 running

You can also type amx modules to list the modules AMX has loaded. It should look like this:

Currently loaded modules:
name type version author status
[ 1] VexdUM amx&mm 0.9.9 AMX Dev Team running
[ 2] MySQL access amx 0.9.1 dJeyL running
[ 3] Fun amx&mm 0.9.9 OLO running
[ 4] CSStats amx&mm 0.9.9 OLO running
4 modules, 4 correct

Note the 'type' column: modules that contain 'amx&mm' have to be declared in MetaMod's plugins.ini. Others (MySQL in this example) don't.

## Tip:

Module downloads may include files with the .inc extension. It's important that these files get in to the addons\amx\examples\include folder. As you compile plugins that use these modules, the .inc file(s) that came with the modules are required for the plugins that use them to compile.

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