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The Game Management section allows administrators to configure which games are available on your GamePanelX installation, customize game settings, and manage game templates.

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Game Listing

The Games page displays all available game configurations in a table format:
  • Game Icon: Visual identifier for the game
  • Name: Display name of the game
  • Description: Brief description of the game
  • Type: Installation method indicator
  • Templates: Whether templates are available (Yes/None)
  • Manage: Click to edit game settings

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Installation Types

Games are identified by installation method icons:

Steam

Games that can be automatically installed via Steam

Auto Installer

Games with automatic installation scripts

Manual

Games requiring manual template creation

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Adding a New Game

To add a custom game configuration:
1

Access Add Game Form

Click the “Add” button at the bottom of the Games page.
2

Basic Information

Enter the essential game details:
  • Name: Display name for the game
  • Type: Select game, voice, or other
  • Internal Name: Lowercase identifier (used for file paths)
  • Description: Brief description of the game
3

Server Configuration

Set default server parameters:
  • Port: Default port number
  • Map: Default starting map
  • Max Players: Default player limit
  • Hostname: Default server name
  • Config File: Configuration file name
4

Advanced Settings

Configure startup and query options:
  • Startup: Auto-start on boot (Yes/No)
  • Query Engine: Select from available GameQ protocols
  • Working Directory: Execution path (optional)
  • PID File: Process ID file location (optional)
  • Update Command: Command to update game files
  • Command: Startup command with parameters
5

Steam Configuration

For Steam-based games:
  • Steam: Enable Steam installation (Yes/No)
  • Steam Name: Steam app identifier
The query engine dropdown is populated from GameQ protocol files in /includes/GameQ/gameq/protocols/.

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Editing Game Configurations

Click any game in the list to access the edit interface, which includes four tabbed sections:

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General Tab

Modify basic game settings:
  • Game name and description
  • Internal name (identifier)
  • Default port, map, max players, hostname
  • Startup behavior
  • Query engine selection
  • Startup command
  • Update command
Changing the internal name may affect existing templates and servers. Exercise caution when modifying this field.

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Automation Tab

Configure automatic installation options: Steam Installation:
  • 0 (No): Manual installation only
  • 1 (hldsupdatetool): Legacy Steam installer
  • 2 (SteamCMD): Modern SteamCMD installer (recommended)
Steam Name: App ID or identifier for Steam downloads Installation Mirrors: URLs for automatic game file downloads Install Command: Commands executed during automatic installation 
# Example install command for automatic installer
wget -O game.tar.gz {MIRROR}/game-v1.0.tar.gz
tar -xzf game.tar.gz
rm game.tar.gz

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Config Items Tab

Define configuration file parameters (optional):
  • Config Separator: Character used between key and value (e.g., = or :)
  • IP: Configuration variable for IP address
  • Port: Configuration variable for port
  • Maxplayers: Configuration variable for player limit
  • Map: Configuration variable for map name
  • Hostname: Configuration variable for server name
  • Rcon: Configuration variable for remote console password
  • Password: Configuration variable for server password
These settings allow GamePanelX to automatically update game configuration files when users change server settings.

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Misc Tab

Miscellaneous settings:
  • Working Directory: Execution directory for the game server
  • PID File: Location of process ID file for server management
  • Config File: Name of the server configuration file
  • Banned Characters: Characters prohibited in server startup parameters
  • Cloud Games: Submit game to GamePanelX Cloud Games repository

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Deleting Games

To remove a game configuration:
  1. Edit the game
  2. Scroll to the “Delete” option in the General tab
  3. Click “Click Here” and confirm deletion
Deleting a game configuration removes it from the system. Ensure no active servers are using this game before deletion.

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Game Templates

From the Games page, you can also:
  • View available templates for each game
  • Create new templates by clicking “Create Template”
  • Access the Template Management section

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Query Engine Integration

GamePanelX uses GameQ v2 to query game servers for status information. The query engine dropdown displays all available protocols from the GameQ library. Supported query protocols include:
  • Source engine games
  • GoldSrc engine games
  • Minecraft
  • TeamSpeak
  • Mumble
  • And many more
If a game doesn’t have a matching query protocol, select “None” - the server will still function but won’t display real-time player counts or status information.

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Command Variables

When configuring game commands, you can use these variables:
  • {IP} - Server IP address
  • {PORT} - Server port
  • {MAP} - Starting map
  • {MAXPLAYERS} - Maximum players
  • {HOSTNAME} - Server hostname
  • {DIR} - Server directory
Example: 
./srcds_run -game csgo -ip {IP} -port {PORT} +map {MAP} -maxplayers {MAXPLAYERS}

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