Best CS 1.6 Plugins for AMX Mod X

What you need first

AMX Mod X plugins need a stack underneath them:

• ReHLDS and ReGameDLL_CS — maintained replacements for the original server engine and game library.
• Metamod-R — loads AMX Mod X and other server modules.
• AMX Mod X — runs the plugins. The current stable release is 1.9.0; 1.10 is the development branch.
• ReAPI — an AMX Mod X module that gives plugins direct access to ReHLDS and ReGameDLL. Many modern plugins require it.

Building that stack from scratch is covered in how to make a CS 1.6 server. To see what your server runs, type version, meta version, amxx version and game version in the console.

How to install an AMX Mod X plugin

1. Get the compiled plugin — a .amxx file — from the plugin's official page. If only the source (.sma) is offered, compile it yourself: put it in addons/amxmodx/scripting and run ./amxxpc plugin.sma (Linux) or amxxpc.exe (Windows), using the compiler from the same AMX Mod X version your server runs.
2. Upload the .amxx to addons/amxmodx/plugins, and any config, language or sound files to the folders the plugin's instructions name.
3. Enable it by adding its file name on a new line in addons/amxmodx/configs/plugins.ini. A ; in front of a line disables a plugin.
4. Load any module it needs (for example reapi, or an SQL module) in configs/modules.ini.
5. Change map or restart, then check with amxx plugins that it is running.

The plugins AMX Mod X already includes

Before downloading anything, look at what ships with AMX Mod X. Most of it is enabled by default:

Admins are listed in configs/users.ini with access flags, and players log in by setting their password with setinfo _pw.

Popular plugins by category

Many classic CS 1.6 plugins have not been updated in years. They often still work, but test them on your server and keep a backup. Each entry links its official page.

Admin and bans

• Advanced Bans — replaces the built-in ban commands with timed bans that expire correctly across map changes. Old (2011) but widely used.
• AMXBans — a web panel plus game plugin that keeps bans and admins in MySQL, so several servers can share them. This maintained fork runs on modern PHP; its own README warns the codebase is very old and not recently audited, and you compile the plugins yourself.

Map voting

• Map Manager [Modular] — a modern, actively maintained map vote with rock-the-vote and nominations, split into modules you enable as needed. Requires AMX Mod X 1.9 or 1.10.
• Galileo — a feature-rich older alternative; no longer updated. Disable the built-in timeleft when you use it.

Stats and chat

• CSstatsX SQL — keeps player stats in MySQL or SQLite, with skill ratings and played time. The project is no longer maintained.
• Chat Manager — chat prefixes, colours and custom names for admins and players.

Game modes

• Zombie Plague 5.0 — humans against zombies, with special rounds, classes and extra items.
• Deathrun Manager — the classic deathrun mode: one terrorist with traps, the rest race through.
• GunGame — climb through the weapons by scoring kills.

All three game modes date from the early 2010s and are no longer updated by their authors. Test them on a ReGameDLL server before opening it to players.

Anti-cheat: the honest picture

Server-side cheat detection for CS 1.6 is limited, and most of what once existed is no longer maintained. What is realistic today:

• ReChecker — a Metamod plugin from the ReHLDS team that checks players' game files against a list you define and kicks or logs on a mismatch. It needs ReHLDS. It catches modified files, not every cheat.
• ReAimDetector — an aim and no-spread detector for ReHLDS servers. It has not been updated since 2018.

The setup that actually works is a combination: ReChecker, a ban system such as Advanced Bans, demos for evidence, and admins who are online when players are.

ReAPI or Orpheu?

Both let plugins reach into the game beyond what AMX Mod X offers on its own, but they work very differently:

• ReAPI is an AMX Mod X module that exposes ReHLDS and ReGameDLL through supported functions and hooks. It is maintained alongside them.
• Orpheu hooks engine and game functions by scanning for their signatures in memory. Its last release is from 2014.

On a ReHLDS and ReGameDLL server, prefer plugins built on ReAPI. The ReGameDLL documentation itself warns that it is not binary compatible with the original game library and that some Orpheu-based plugins may fail or crash the server.

When a plugin will not load, and how many is too many

• amxx plugins lists every plugin and its state; anything not running has a problem.
• amxx modules shows whether the modules a plugin needs (ReAPI, SQL, CSX) are loaded.
• meta list shows Metamod plugins; BADF means a file failed to load.
• The logs in addons/amxmodx/logs — especially the error_ files — name the plugin and the cause.

The usual causes: a missing module, a wrong file name in plugins.ini, a plugin compiled for a newer AMX Mod X than the server runs, or folder permissions.

There is no fixed limit on how many plugins a server can run. What costs performance is plugins that do work every frame. Remove what you do not use, prefer ReAPI-based plugins, and on AMX Mod X 1.10 the amx_perflog_ms setting logs any plugin call that runs too long.

Plugins on a HytHost CS 1.6 server

Every HytHost CS 1.6 server comes with ReHLDS, ReGameDLL, Metamod-R, AMX Mod X and ReAPI installed, so you go straight to step 2 above: upload plugins with the file manager or SFTP and list them in plugins.ini. Plans include MySQL databases, which AMXBans and SQL-based stats need, and custom sounds and models reach players over FastDL.

With priority support, our team can install an AMX Mod X plugin with a basic configuration for you, on a best-effort basis. See CS 1.6 server hosting.