Counter-Strike 1.6 master-server

Do you want your CS 1.6 to have a lot of good search servers? You went where you need to!

Briefly about Counter-Strike 1.6 master-servers:
what is it and what is it for

Counter-Strike 1.6 master-server is a special server that the client of the game CS 1.6 accesses on your computer when you open the server search tab in the game. This master server transfers to your computer the list of CS 1.6 servers from its database (list of IP addresses and ports) so that you can select a server from which you can log in and play.

Most often, when installing the game Counter-Strike 1.6 on a computer, the address of the master server to which you need to be already registered in your client’s settings (in a file called MasterServers.vdf) connect to get a list of game servers. If desired, you can specify any other master server in the MasterServers.vdf settings file. This may be desirable or necessary, since various master servers may fail, freeze, or may have lists of game servers that are not interesting to you (few servers or servers that do not suit you according to the mods and maps of interest to you).

You can use the master server TsarMaster

Our master has its advantages: a large selection of servers from around the world, for every taste, with any mod of the game and with almost any map. At the moment, in our database 4'295 CS 1.6 servers, which are played by 36'359 players on 1'191 maps. All servers are also available for viewing on our website in the server list. Our site monitors game servers around the clock 24/7, ranking the best CS 1.6 servers on the Internet.

Download game Counter-Strike 1.6

with master server TsarMaster installed

You can download the game CS 1.6 to your computer with the already installed master-server from Tsarvar. This is a classic stable build without viruses and all that is superfluous. After installing the game in the "Internet" tab, you will be able to access thousands of top servers from our monitoring for every taste and with any mod of the game.

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Configure the master-server manually

Manually replacing the MasterServers.vdf file on the computer

If you already have the game Counter-Strike 1.6 installed on your computer, you can replace the configuration file of the master-server MasterServers.vdf in your game manually according to the instructions below. After completing these steps, your game will connect to our master server to get a list of game servers in the Internet tab.

Your computer may have several files with the settings of the master server in the game. Files may have different names, but they all have the same contents and store a list of master server addresses for connection. Let's say your game is in the C:\Games\Counter-Strike folder. On your computer, the game can be installed on another drive or in a different folder, find the desired game folder Counter-Strike 1.6. Go through these files one by one, and if such files exist, replace them with the indicated files from our website:

Replace file C:\Games\Counter-Strike\config\MasterServers.vdf with file MasterServers.vdf

Replace file C:\Games\Counter-Strike\config\rev_MasterServers.vdf with file rev_MasterServers.vdf

Replace file C:\Games\Counter-Strike\config\MasterServer2.vdf with file MasterServer2.vdf

Replace file C:\Games\Counter-Strike\platform\config\MasterServers.vdf with file MasterServers.vdf

Replace file C:\Games\Counter-Strike\platform\config\MasterServer2.vdf with file MasterServer2.vdf

[For Steam] Replace file C:\Program Files\Steam\config\MasterServers.vdf with file MasterServers.vdf

You can download all files in one archive and transfer files from the archive to your game — MasterServerCS16.zip
If you are unable to replace these files, you can download Counter-Strike 1.6 from our site.