How To Set Up Counter-Strike 2 Private Lobby And Play With Friends In Private

[Music] this video will walk you through everything you need to know to create custom private lobbies and play with friends in CS2 before you can create private lobbies in CS2 there are a couple prerequisites own counter- strike 2 you and your friends will need to own and have installed counter- strike 2 through Steam have friends added make sure to have your friends added in your steam friends list this will allow you to easily invite them to private lobbies unlock private lobbies for brand new players or profiles private lobbies may be locked until you play a certain number of casual matches play some casual Games first to unlock all features once those prerequisites are met you'll be ready to set up your own private CS2 lobbies the easiest way to play privately with friends is to use cs2s built-in private lobby feature here are the steps from the main menu go to the play tab select matchmaking and then click on private matchmaking in the submenu if private matchmaking is grayed out Place some more casual matches first to unlock it press shift plus tab to open the steam overlay this will allow you to invite friends from your steam friends list to the private lobby alternatively you can share a Lobby code or enter a code shared by a friend in the lobby options make sure to set the lobby to open party this will allow your friends to freely join your lobby if set to closed you will have to manually invite each friend choose the map game mode rules and other settings like round timers and friendly fire to customize your private match once you are happy with the settings and Lobby population click the go button to start the match this will launch the game and start the private match using the parameters you [Applause] configured for the most control and easiest way for friends to connect consider setting up your own dedicated CS2 server but this kind of setup is kind of complicated and if you have funds to spare and many friends to play with we can't provide you the exact steps on how to do it but only the major things needed for you to start setting up first you need to choose server provider you can host the server yourself on your PC use a hosting provider or leverage a cloud platform like AWS acquire the Counterstrike two dedicated server files usually labeled as hlds place these files in an accessible server directory edit the server configuration files to choose settings like map rotation max players passwords and gameplay modifiers like Friendly Fire and timers you will need to port forward your router to open the necessary networking ports for others to connect to your CS2 server run the hlds or srcds executable file to launch your configured dedicated server give the server IP address to your friends so so they can connect by clicking play Community server and inputting your IP enjoy playing on your private dedicated server that's it if you think that this video is helpful we would appreciate it if you can leave a like or comment subscribe to our Channel or share it to your friends this can greatly help in making Google's algorithm can find and recommend this to [Music] [Applause] [Music] others [Music] m

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Length: 3min 41sec (221 seconds)

Published: Fri Oct 06 2023