Installation

:::warning Deprecated

These instructions are kept for reference. hitboxtracker is no longer maintained — see What is hitboxtracker? before using any of this, and prefer Hitbox Fixer on a current server.

:::

hitboxtracker needed both halves installed: a plugin on the server and a module on the client. Installing only one did nothing.

Requirements

• Client: Counter-Strike 1.6 build 4554 or later.
• Server: Metamod 1.20 or later.

1. Get hitboxtracker

Download hitboxtracker.zip from the releases page. The archive holds both halves:

Path in the archive	Purpose
server/cstrike/addons/hitboxtracker/hitboxtracker_mm.dll	Server plugin, Windows.
server/cstrike/addons/hitboxtracker/hitboxtracker_mm_i386.so	Server plugin, Linux.
client/hitboxtracker.dll	Client-side rendering module.
client/cs.exe	The project's own launcher, which loads that module.

2. Install the server plugin

Copy the binary matching your platform into <mod>/addons/hitboxtracker/ and register it in <mod>/addons/metamod/plugins.ini:

win32 addons\hitboxtracker\hitboxtracker_mm.dll
linux addons/hitboxtracker/hitboxtracker_mm_i386.so

3. Install the client module

Put hitboxtracker.dll and cs.exe into the working directory of the Counter-Strike 1.6 client, then start the game through cs.exe rather than the normal shortcut — the launcher is what loads the module.

4. Verify

Join a server running the plugin and set r_drawentities to 6 or 7. If the extra hitbox rendering doesn't appear, either the client was started without the launcher or the server plugin isn't loaded — check meta list on the server.

See Settings for what each r_drawentities value does.