Counter-Strike 2: LAN 5v5 Setup Guide

• 10 computers with CS2 installed
• All computers must be connected to the same LAN (Local Area Network)

• Choose one computer to act as the host.
  • Ideally, select the most powerful PC out of the 10 available.

• Log in and open Counter-Strike 2 on the host PC.

• Open the console on the host PC.
• Type the following command and press Enter:
  sv_lan 1

• From the host PC, create a Practice Server using the game mode you want to play (e.g., Competitive).

• Open the console and type:
  status
• Look for an IP address after the words “Server: Running” ending with the default port 27015. Example:
  Server: Running [123.12.1.321:27015]
• Write down this IP address; other players will use it to connect to your server.

• On the other computers:
  • Open CS2.
    • Open the console and type:
      connect 123.12.1.321
    • (Replace 123.12.1.321 with the actual IP address from Step 5.)

Done! Start Playing!
Everyone should now be connected to the LAN server and ready to play.

Good luck and have fun!

Ends the warmup phase immediately.

Enables overtime if the match ends in a tie.

Allows players to pause or unpause the server with:

Pauses the match at the end of the current round.

Unpauses the match or cancels a pending pause.

Automatically pauses the match at the end of a round if there are fewer than 5 players on each team.

Pauses the match between overtime halves. Default value is 0 (off).

Ends the warmup phase. Set to 1 if you want the warmup to last forever.

I used this bind to be able to quickly set a pause before the next round starts. This was very useful since we were at a place that served food and drinks at the same time I was able to just press the button when something came up.

This is to simply unpause the match when everyone is ready to play again