How to Become an Admin on Your No More Room in Hell Server

No More Room in Hell has no built-in admin system beyond RCON. For anything more, the answer is SourceMod, the standard plugin framework for Source servers.

Route 1: RCON

1. Set a password in nmrih/cfg/server.cfg:

   rcon_password "a-long-password-here"

2. Restart the server, or run exec server.cfg from the panel console.
3. Join the server, open the developer console and authenticate:

   rcon_password a-long-password-here

4. Run any server command with an rcon prefix:

   rcon changelevel nmo_broadway
   rcon status
   rcon kickid 3 "reason"

The RCON password is total control. Never give it to a moderator.

Route 2: install SourceMod

SourceMod runs on top of MetaMod, so both are needed and MetaMod goes first.

1. Stop the server.
2. Download the Linux builds of MetaMod: Source and SourceMod.
3. In the panel open Files and go to the nmrih folder.
4. Upload and extract both archives there, so you end up with:

   nmrih/addons/metamod/
   nmrih/addons/sourcemod/
   nmrih/cfg/sourcemod/

5. Start the server and check from the panel console:

   meta version
   sm version

   Both should report a version.

If meta version says nothing, MetaMod is not loading. Confirm nmrih/addons/metamod.vdf exists, which is what tells the engine to load it.

Add SourceMod admins

1. Stop the server.
2. Edit:

   nmrih/addons/sourcemod/configs/admins_simple.ini

3. Add one line per admin:

   "STEAM_0:1:12345678" "99:z"
   "STEAM_0:0:87654321" "50:bcdefgj"

4. Save and start the server.

The ID is in the classic STEAM_0: format, not a SteamID64. The second value is an immunity level, a colon, then permission flags: z is root, c kick, d ban, e unban, f slay, g change map, h change cvars.

Adding plugins

Upload compiled .smx files into nmrih/addons/sourcemod/plugins/, then from the panel console:

sm plugins refresh
sm plugins list

Plugins write their config into nmrih/cfg/sourcemod/ on first run, so start once, then edit what appeared.

If SourceMod does not recognise you

• Run sm_reloadadmins from the panel console, or restart the server.
• Check the Steam ID format.
• Run sm_admins to list who SourceMod thinks the admins are.